Stranger Than Heaven, Sega and RGG Studio’s next big game, will have a Deluxe Edition with additional content included. Details of such bonus content has now been revealed.
The Deluxe Edition contents for Stranger Than Heaven are nothing too crazy like whole new missions, but there are significant features here that make it worth the extra premium.
The headliner bonus content is a collaboration with Wildside, the fashion label founded by fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto. The brand is more known for collaborating with other brands and artists (including The Weeknd, who’s known recently to be playing some games by Sega’s sister brand Atlus). This unique jumpsuit incorporate protagonist Makoto Daito’s tattoo featuring the bald eagle and dragon. The jumpsuit will also be an actual piece of clothing you can buy and wear in real life, coming to Wildside’s online store and other retailers.
The two other items in the Stranger Than Heaven Deluxe Edition that are worth noting is the Record Player and the Electronic Camera. The Record Player lets you listen to 28 songs from the game, including the main theme Stranger Than Heaven. The phonograph only stays in the base, of course, but it will be accessible across all five eras.
The other notable content is the Electronic Camera. In Stranger Than Heaven, the camera functions like an old-timey camera before the advent of digital photography, in that you have to go develop the pictures taken first to see the result of the snap. The Electronic Camera is basically an anachronistic video game cheat where you get access to a typical smartphone camera, the pictures get immediately added to the album like in most Yakuza/Like A Dragon game with a camera fefature.
The Deluxe Edition of Stranger Than Heaven also adds extra promotional posters, musical performers and production items for the stage show mini-game, and extra weapons that makes the early game less of a hassle through bonuses like extra money and more weapon damage.
Stranger Than Heaven Deluxe Edition Contents
- Stranger Than Heaven Base Gae
- Outfit (Wildside Collaboration Jumpsuit)
- 4 Performers (available in Kure, Osaka, Atami, and Shinjuku)
- 4 Weapons (Bone-Splitting Blade, Monkey Hammer, Fortuitous Katana, Rock Sledgehammer)
- 3 Stage Production Items (gold and silver confetti, “smoke that resemble flames,” and colourful balloons)
- 5 Promotional Posters (featuring Orpheus, Takashi, Keiko, Suzy)
- Record Player (in-game soundtrack)
- Electronic Camera
The Deluxe Edition is also available as an upgrade DLC for those who purchase the base game only.
Sega is also offering a Stranger Than Heaven Collector’s Edition. Unlike most Collector’s Edition, this does come with the game itself, a physical copy no less, alongside the physical goodies. It only contains the PS5 version, not Xbox, which is expected. Sega do not produce physical Xbox copies for Asia.
Stranger Than Heaven Collector’s Edition Contents
- Stranger Than Heaven Physical Edition (PS5)
- Collector’s Box
- SteelBook
- Stranger Than Heaven Vinyl Record
- Deluxe Upgrade DLC Voucher Code
- Weapon: Dosu Kagekiri Voucher Code (Pre-order bonus)
In Stranger Than Heaven, players take on the role of Makoto Daito, a mixed-race stranger that just landed in Japan. What transpires from here is a journey across fifty years in five different cities as Makoto finds himself surviving in a modernising Japan. It’s likely connected to the Yakuza/Like A Dragon series, but the game features a whole new combat system.
The game will also feature the posthumous appearance of Bunta Sugawara and Tupac, alongside its star-studded cast featuring big-name talents from Japan and the US.
Stranger Than Heaven releases on January 15, 2027 for the PS5, PC (Steam, Microsoft Store) and Xbox Series X|S.