Apr 282025
You might remember us briefly discussing 428: Shibuya Scramble back when it was first translated, and ever since then, I’ve had it on my list of games to play.
428: Shibuya Scramble is an adventure game that uses live action footage and follows multiple characters with intersecting stories.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about it, but I just haven’t gotten around to playing it yet.
Well, the game’s executive producer, Jiro Ishii, has announced a crowdfunding campaign for a new live action adventure game. According to the translation from Gematsu, 428: Shibuya Scramble was developed with the goal of surpassing the older live action adventure game Machi, but live action game has surpassed 428: Shibuya Scramble in turn yet.
It sounds like that will be the goal with this new project, which will also be set in Shibuya and feature multiple protagonists.
The crowdfunding campaign will be through Ubgoe, a Japanese crowdfunding site. Here’s hoping it sees a lot of success and eventually gets a translation!
In the meantime, I should finally play 428: Shibuya Scramble…
I did play 428 Shibuya Scramble! The real-person aspect was definitely unique, but it still had fun mysteries and style to it (good for a May Mystery Month…?)
It’s a long one, but maybe I should finally fire it up for May and see if I can get it done in time.