{"id":54854,"date":"2025-12-12T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=54854"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T01:23:46","slug":"capcoms-pragmata-gets-steam-demo-ahead-of-april-24-release-nintendo-switch-2-port-also-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/capcoms-pragmata-gets-steam-demo-ahead-of-april-24-release-nintendo-switch-2-port-also-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Capcom\u2019s Pragmata gets Steam demo ahead of April 24 release. Nintendo Switch 2 port also announced."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Game Awards 2025 just kicked off, and Capcom\u2019s long-anticipated new game <strong>Pragmata<\/strong> just got a release date \u2013 <strong>April 24, 2026<\/strong>. It was also announced that, in addition to Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox series X|S, the game will launch on Nintendo Switch 2. Currently, a demo is available exclusively on Steam, with opportunities to try out the game on other platforms to be announced soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212-548540001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212-548540001.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212-548540001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212-548540001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251212-548540001-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pragmata is a science fiction action-adventure, and a brand-new IP from Capcom. Following the story of Hugh and his companion Diana, the game combines third person shooting elements with puzzle gameplay. Playing as the two protagonists, you must make your way through a lunar research station, using both brains and brawn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this sounds like the perfect premise for a co-op game, the title is surprisingly single-player, which means you\u2019ll have to learn how to use both characters simultaneously and polish both your combat <em>and<\/em> your hacking skills. As the developers explained in a <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/capcom-considered-making-pragmata-a-two-player-game-but-decided-that-the-fun-should-come-from-the-busyness-of-cooperating-with-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent inter<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/capcom-considered-making-pragmata-a-two-player-game-but-decided-that-the-fun-should-come-from-the-busyness-of-cooperating-with-yourself\/\">view<\/a>, \u201cOur\u00a0primary goal with Pragmata was to deliver a new kind of gameplay experience. We leaned fully into the \u2018busy-ness\u2019 and fun that comes from one player simultaneously dealing with both the action and the puzzles, and that led us to the game\u2019s current form.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capcom-games.com\/pragmata\/en-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pragmata<\/a>&nbsp;is set to launch in 2026 for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3357650\/PRAGMATA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>), PS5, Xbox Series X\u2758S, and Nintendo Switch 2. A demo is currently available on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pragmata to release on April 24, 2026, with Nintendo Switch 2 port also announced. 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