UNBEATABLE News

[p][/p][p]Hi! UNBEATABLE was supposed to come out tomorrow!

That’s a scary sentence. Here’s a worse one: UNBEATABLE will now release on December 9. [/p][p]I hate that I have to say this. There’s no way to apologize for it that feels like enough. I’m personally sorry about this and I wish it was different.[/p][p][/p][p]WHY WOULD YOU ONLY TELL ME NOW?
[/p][p]Because the decision was only made a few hours ago. (No, really, I’m writing this right after the meeting where the decision was made).  We are telling you this as soon as we possibly can.

BUT WHY? THE GAME’S DONE, RIGHT?

There’s a very boring and frustrating reason; QA hit a low-repro progression blocker last night that’s serious enough it’s considered unreleasable. Fixing this would require pushing the console release date back because of cert timelines, and not fixing this is, well. We refuse to do that. We’re fixing it. [/p][p][/p][p]BUT WHY NOT JUST DELAY THE RELEASE OF THE CONSOLE PORT?

That’s very messy! We’d rather release the game all at once for everybody.[/p][p][/p][p]BUT WHY RELEASE ON DECEMBER 9? THAT’S A WHOLE MONTH AWAY[/p][p][/p][p]Another boring reason you can figure out pretty quickly by googling the phrase “2025 game release calendar” and looking at what’s hitting this month. We had a pretty good spot on November 6 where we made a small little island for ourselves, and skipping that date necessarily means skipping forward a lot to find another island, and that’s the closest one we had. On the plus side, it gives us breathing room we didn’t have before to do some pre-launch things we wanted to do that had to get pushed back because of finishing the game in time for, well, tomorrow.

…BUT IS THE GAME GOOD?[/p][p]It’s very good, and I’m very biased. We’ll see what reviewers think. But for those of you waiting the longest for this thing to come out, it makes me feel a bit crazy knowing how much you still don’t know about what’s this thing is. I’m very excited about it. I wish it could have been tomorrow, but.

Thank you to everyone who’s rooted for us up until this point. It’s not much longer now.[/p][p]- RJ Lake and everyone at D-CELL GAMES and Playstack[/p]

[p]We’re just one week away from the end of seven years.[/p][p][/p][p]Seven years ago, UNBEATABLE was barely an idea a couple of people talked about on the internet together. That became a game thanks to the work of a 30-odd group of programmers, musicians, sound designers, game designers, animators, 3D artists, concept artists, and producers holding it all together, and it comes out in 7 days. We've got a lot to share today as we start to prepare for that moment, so let's get right to it.[/p][p][/p][p]okay so please be patient and don’t just scroll to the bottom to find out because there’s a lot more here than that[/p][p][/p][h3]A GENTLE REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON[/h3][p][/p][p][/p][p]UNBEATABLE is a NARRATIVE RHYTHM ADVENTURE GAME with a full 6–8 hour campaign, with a beginning, middle, and end. You might like it![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Of course, UNBEATABLE is also a RHYTHM ARCADE GAME with endless replayability and an original base game tracklist consisting of over 60 playable songs exclusively made for the game all at launch.[/p][p]But if that’s not enough for you…[/p][p][/p][h2]You're GREEDY.[/h2][p][/p][h2]And you'll want to check out our newly revealed VARIETY FOLDER![/h2][p]At launch, you'll be able to play 12 songs from other artists and games, in addition to the in-house soundtrack you were already getting:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Introducing three whole new collaborations with RIFT OF THE NECRODANCER, Spin Rhythm XD, and ROTAENO, and updated collaborations with both NOISZ STARLIVHT and NO STARIGHT ROADS. In addition, our musician Clara graciously provided us a single to include as a part of the base tracklist! Check out the specifics below:[/p]

• [p]\[NEW!] RIFT OF THE NECRODANCER COLLAB featuring both Disco Disaster and Om and On as playable tracks, as well as an unlockable menu palette inspired by the game,[/p]
• [p]\[NEW!] SPIN RHYTHM COLLAB, featuring both Twist Sound and Beyond the Heart (Broken Heart Mix) as playable tracks, as well as an unlockable menu palette inspired by the game,[/p]
• [p]\[NEW!] ROTAENO COLLAB, featuring both Cosmic Starter and K.Moe (VIP), as well as three unlockable menu palettes inspired by characters from Rotaeno,[/p]
• [p]\[NEW!] (one of our musicians, Clara)[/p]
• [p]\[UPDATED] NOISZ STARLIVHT Collab, featuring both the original short cuts of True / Done In Love as well as new full versions of the songs as playable tracks, as well as an unlockable menu palette inspired by Hakuno,[/p]
• [p]\[UPDATED] Low (featured in NO STRAIGHT ROADS) now includes a brand new STAR chart designed by both Cheryl Stelli and CHI XU. A menu palette inspired by Bunkbed Junction is also available as an unlock![/p]

[p]Together, the final base track list included in-game is 76 playable songs, and that will only increase after launch with both new collaborations and original songs in addition to paid DLC.[/p][p][/p][p]Announcing the one more thing:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]well, we're gonna do post-launch updates with songs so hold your horses, but there's also one more thing: [/p][p][/p][h3]The UNBEATABLE Breakout Edition, available on PC at launch, with console versions coming later.[/h3][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]The Breakout Edition includes:[/p]

• [p]The base game! Imagine if it didn’t[/p]
• [p]FOUR brand new exclusive songs created in collaboration with Jamie Paige, Lena Raine, MEMODEMO, and past remixers DOG_NOISE, SoundCirclet, and Lumena-Tan[/p]
• [p]A bunch of extra back catalogue songs from UNBEATABLE director rj lake including tracks from I AM YOUR BEAST[/p]
• [p]That’s not even all the songs[/p]
• [p]20+ additional arcade mode titles[/p]
• [p]1 exclusive menu palette[/p]

[p]I know how you feel about day-one DLC, Gamers. I Understand. But we want to be explicitly clear about what’s going on here. This isn’t “we cut stuff out of the game and told you to pay for it as if it was an extra.” These new songs do not exist without the DLC budget funding its creation, and we jumped at the opportunity to put this together once we realized we could do that.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Future DLCs will be looking to go even further than just song adds (expect extra characters, stages, and challenges!) but to do that we need to not be all-hands-on-deck on the actual game itself, which…we are…because it comes out in a week[/p][p][/p][h3]ALL OF THE SONGS INCLUDED IN THE DLC[/h3]

• [p]\[ORIGINAL] AFTERBURN by DOG_NOISE, SoundCirclet, Lumena-Tan and Alejandro Espinosa ft. Rachel Lake and easy girl PLUS AFTERBURNER, an alternate universe instrumental mix[/p]
• [p]\[ORIGINAL] SQUARE UP by Jamie Paige X peak divide[/p]
• [p]\[ORIGINAL] binary reasoning by Lena Raine X peak divide[/p]
• [p]\[ORIGINAL] goin' crazy by MEMODEMO x peak divide[/p]
• [p]\[VARIETY] Hotel Room 215 by Ponpoko in the Distance ft. Tenchio and postergirlxoxo[/p]
• [p]\[VARIETY] Dear Diary from I AM YOUR BEAST by rj lake ft. Rachel Lake[/p]
• [p]\[VARIETY] FORWARD OPERATING BASS from I AM YOUR BEAST by rj lake ft. Rachel Lake[/p]
• [p]\[VARIETY] Misery Index from Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator by easy girl[/p]
• [p]\[VARIETY] Abab Kababbab by rj lake[/p]
• [p]\[VARIETY] Welcome to Slamtown by rj lake[/p]

[p]Oh, also: UNBEATABLE Breakout Edition will be given out for free to crowdfunding backers who pledged for a copy of the game. It’s only fair![/p][p][/p][p]Before you go, here are some comments we'd like to share from the artists featured in Breakout Edition:[/p][p][/p][p][/p][h2]PRICING[/h2][p][/p][p]Now great! Say no more, you might say. Well, except about the game's price. We know you've been asking this for ages, so here's the answer:[/p][p][/p][p]UNBEATABLE Base Game --- 10% off at launch [/p][p]USD 27.99 / EUR 27.77 / GBP 24.99[/p][p]UNBEATABLE Breakout Edition Bundle --- 10% off [/p][p]USD 37.98 / EUR 34.99 / GBP 33.98[/p][p][/p][p]There will also be bundles available at launch - for those who already own Rift of the Necrodancer, you'll receive a discount for buying our game! (And vice versa. Or maybe if you have neither, buy both together!)[/p][p][/p][h2]OKAY, but when when is the game releasing?[/h2][p][/p][p]Glad you asked. Here's the launch times for the game:[/p][p]UNBEATABLE Base Game:[/p][p]Steam/ PlayStation 5/ Xbox XS: Nov 6, 10am PT / 1 PM ET / 6pm GMT[/p][p]UNBEATABLE Breakout Edition:[/p][p]Steam: Nov 6, 10am PT / 1 PM ET / 6pm GMT[/p][h2][/h2][h2]LOCALIZATION UPDATE[/h2][p]IMPORTANT for Chinese players: our Simplified Chinese localization will arrive post-launch. We want to ensure the quality is up to the standards people expect, and as a result made the difficult decision to push it back and not rush it into the day 1 release. UNBEATABLE will launch in English only, with additional languages coming in future updates. [/p][p]We know the demand for this game in other languages is high! We PLAN ON DOING THOSE. Everything is contingent on the game selling more than two copies, though[/p][p][/p][h2]Okay, that was everything. (for now)[/h2][p][/p][p]Thanks for being you. We'll see you soon.[/p][p][/p]

[p]Hi! Watch this.[/p][p][/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p][p]As of seconds ago, that premiered on stage at Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom’s Opening Night Live Twenty Twenty Five. I know at least a full third of you are immediately going back and frame-by-framing through that, but before you leave, I will kindly ask you let me reiterate: UNBEATABLE releases on November 6th, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X (and S).* [/p][p][/p][p]That’s only one year  and eleven months after the release timing we put on our kickstarter four and a half years ago! That’s only, like, what, two and a half baby’s worth? (And let me tell you: this game is not half a baby.**)[/p][p][/p][p]Let me tell you some things about this game.[/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p][/p][h3]UNBEATABLE IS THE NAME OF A NARRATIVE GAME THAT WILL LAST 6-8 HOURS***
[/h3][p]I am saying nothing more about it. (again, to those third of you already doing so, Enjoy Combing Through The Trailer.) [/p][p][/p][p][/p][p] [/p][p]
[/p][h3]UNBEATABLE IS THE NAME OF AN ARCADE GAME THAT WILL LAST INFINITY HOURS

[/h3][p]There’s far more to it than the demo has shown off (hello, my name is Mister Obvious. i wrote this sentence); the mysterious challenge board will finally not be so mysterious, there’ll be a combination of online leaderboards, cosmetic unlocks(!?), and the “””””STAR Rating”””””” system**** which we will explain more about in the future. We’re targeting a launch with 65+ playable songs (most of which we made ourselves!) and that will only grow over time. Almost all of them will be playable at every difficulty level from the beginning. :) [/p][p]
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[/p][h3]UNBEATABLE IS AT GAMESCOM[/h3][p]
[/p][p]If you are also here in Germany for Gamescom proper, you’ll be able to play the demo with two new songs rotating in - LONER(some of you just had a little ! appear over your head), and something literally called PROPER RHYTHM BPM 271 MEMODEMO SWAG BOOTLEG. It’s by MEMODEMO, and it sounds exactly like what’s in your head when you read that just now.[/p][p]
Okay we lied you can expect this same update to hit the PC/PS5 demo today too, you do not need to be at the event. But the booth is very cool and it has this in it: [/p][p][/p][p]
[/p][p]It also will sometimes have some of the team in it! RJ, Andrew (the directors), Rachel, and Jeff (the producers) are all there in person. The booth will also have free goodies (hooray!). For most of us, it’s our first time in The Europe, and that’s Spooky. [/p][p]
[/p][h3]UNBEATABLE IS GETTING LOCALIZED…[/h3][p]
[/p][p]…to Simplified Chinese at launch. We still plan on adding other languages but they will be following after. This is to ensure we have as much time as possible to have the chance to QA the new language, which is a thing you need to do because the last thing you should do when translating a game is just throw it in and cross your fingers. This should make it possible for the two to be in a quality that meets our standards. We hear a lot of you that you want UNBEATABLE in your language - but with a script this big, it’ll always be a tough effort to localize this game.[/p][p]
[/p][h3]UNBEATABLE IS WOW THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING HUH?[/h3][h3]
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[/p][p]We’ll share more soon. That’s all for now.*****[/p][p]Thanks for being you.

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*assuming nothing goes wrong [/p][p]**it’s at least one and a half [/p][p]***way longer if you take your time or way shorter if you decide to quit the game early[/p][p]****name subject to change******[/p][p]*****btw for our crowdfunding backers we’ll update our plans on final fulfillment soon (SORRY IT’S TAKING SO LONG but there are some exciting things to announce there…) ******but probably it won’t[/p]

[p][/p][p]Are you ready to show what you've got? We're running UNBEATABLE: ARCADE FINALS II, the return of our competitive scoring event for this week only as a part of the Steam Next Fest - from now until Wednesday, June 18, 2025 11:59 PM ET, submit your scores of both WORN OUT TAPES and WORN OUT TAPES \[tally-ho! version] to see who's the best at our newly rotated in tracks! We recommend everyone to participate, as we'll award a cool swag Discord role for those participating (like we've done in the past!). You also can submit with a lower difficulty, although your score will receive a boost for playing on the highest UNBEATABLE difficulty! See below for the links to submit and participate.[/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p]Top 5 will receive prizes like Steam Gift Cards, our UNBEATABLE MAGFest 2025 merch, and for the top 1st place winner, the opportunity to name a unique title (within reason) for the final game's arcade mode! [/p][p][/p][p]MORE DETAILS and SCORE SUBMISSIONS HERE: https://forms.gle/ZQP96dXEMvkKvVjK6 [/p][p]LEADERBOARDS (maintained by FieldofGrass) here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f3kVgotI90z52-KNA6GsVn6m-AR1zHYrwug0sb8TqOc/edit?usp=sharing[/p][p]JOIN THE DISCORD HERE: discord.gg/dcellgames[/p][p][/p][p]Good luck, and have fun![/p][p][/p]

[p]We’ve just pushed a new update featuring two rotating songs:[/p]

• [p]The new version of "WORN OUT TAPES"[/p]
• [p]The original "WORN OUT TAPES" (\[tally-ho! version])[/p]

[p]Here are the full patch notes as shown in our previous announcement during Day of the Devs:[/p][p]V1.6.3-DOTD[/p]

• [p]Sleeping In and Future People are replaced with WORN OUT TAPES and WORN OUT TAPES \\\[tally-ho! Version] in UNBEATABLE \[arcade mode][/p]
• [p]You are now sent back to the \[arcade mode] menu rather than the main menu upon quitting a song in UNBEATABLE \[arcade mode][/p]
• [p]A fix was made to the skybox shader in the rhythm game scenes - the sky is no longer gray in them![/p]
• [p]You can now skip pre-rendered videos (which should allow people who are softlocked by this on certain devices to progress).[/p]
• [p]Subtitle Rendering was fixed.[/p]

[p][/p][p]Check these changes out in the demo today as a part of the Steam Next Fest! You can also listen to the newly rotated songs on YouTube:[/p][p][/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]Also, the full demo soundtrack is now available on YouTube![/p][p]It includes all rhythm songs and BGM in one place. Listen here: D-CELL YouTube Channel[/p][p][/p][p][/p]