Capcom has been working on Pragmata for many years, the plot of which revolves around a resurrected artificial intelligence on the Moon.
Although the game is scheduled for release in 2026, the developers admit that the theme, which was supposed to be futuristic, has suddenly become relevant.
At the Tokyo Game Show 2025, game director Cho Yonghi and producer Naoto Oyama said that the idea of AI as the main antagonist came later. No one on the Capcom team expected that the role of artificial intelligence in the real world would increase so quickly and become so significant by the time the game was released, given the delays.
Producer Oyama noted that Capcom could not have predicted that AI would become such an important phenomenon. The creators admit that reality has overtaken the game, which takes place in the near future. Yonghi added that the future came faster than the studio expected.
But Capcom assures that the rapid growth of AI in the real world has not affected the artistic direction and plot of Pragmata. The game was going according to a pre-planned course and has not undergone any changes.
It remains to wait for 2026 and see how successfully the vision of AI is implemented in Pragmata.
