With its bizarre reveal trailer, Capcom has announced Pragmata, a mysterious new IP that is set to arrive on PS5 in 2022.
Resident Evil 8 isn’t the only new game Capcom had to show at the PS5 reveal event. The publisher has revealed a brand-new IP called Pragmata, in addition to the anticipated sequel to the horror game.
Pragmata is a total surprise, as they have only tinkered with a mysterious mark since February. The viewers are welcome to experience the scene in which an astronaut is investigating a high-tech room, which appears to have suddenly been ripped from an abandoned area, in the Death Stranding. Who this person is doesn’t matter in the trailer, choosing instead to focus on meeting a little girl with a holographic cat, which seems to be the only other person in the city.
Then things get worse if the camera reveals a distorted, twisted-up building that is floating over the street amid other unmistakably distorted pieces of scenery. Before that picture can completely soak in, the sky starts to glitch out like a screen, and a satellite crashes directly through from somewhere past, making the space explorer and the young lady fly into the air one way or another, winding up on the outside of the moon.
It leaves one wondering all sorts of questions, like “Who’s the astronaut?” and “Are they actually inside the moon?” Capcom tries to develop a mystery feeling with its new IP, so much so that the trailer doesn’t even indicate what kind of Pragmata game it is. In this way, another game that was cryptically leaked before its launch is similar to Death Stranding.
It’ll probably be a while before Capcom responds because the game won’t be published until 2022. While this means that people seeking a clearer understanding of what is happening may need to wait for a response for up to two years, at least they will be given time to develop theories.
Pragmata is scheduled to be available for PS5 sometime in 2024.
