FROM THE STUDIO

Studio news.

Releases, exhibitions, selections and notes from the worlds we are building.

PUBLISHING · OPEN TO PITCHES

Indie Games, Beyond Borders.

Aurora Publishing welcomes indie game pitches for global market support. Aurora Studio also welcomes investor and strategic financing enquiries.

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ON THE WORLD STAGE

2025 / PROJECT NUMAZU
SALE

Project Numazu joins the Steam Sale — 25% OFF until October 9!

Explore Numazu, Shizuoka in OMSI 2 for 25% less during the limited-time Steam promotion.

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PUBLISHING ANNOUNCEMENT

Aurora Studio expands into indie game publishing: Indie Games, Beyond Borders

Aurora Publishing opens to indie game pitches, while Aurora Studio welcomes investor enquiries about its longer-term studio and publishing plans.

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PROJECT ANNOUNCEMENT

Revenant of Tsushima is coming to Steam — store page now live

The Steam store page for Aurora Studio’s in-development folk-horror game is now live. Wishlist and follow Revenant of Tsushima for future updates.

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DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Revenant of Tsushima invites international creators to its public demo

The public vertical-slice demo is available on itch.io as Aurora Studio welcomes international creators and player feedback to help shape continued development.

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TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTION

Aurora Studio expands upstream technical contributions to openOMSI

Project Numazu is being used as a production-scale compatibility testbed as Aurora Studio contributes fixes and Asian localisation to the open-source simulator.

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STUDIO ANNOUNCEMENT

Aurora Studio launches cross-border ACG partnership service

A Hong Kong-based practice helps brands and venues shape ACG collaborations across the Greater Bay Area, Japan and international markets.

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PROJECT UPDATE

A Day in the Depot: Railway Depot: Operations & Empire

A closer look at the people and decisions behind a working depot.

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PROJECT UPDATE

Railway Depot opens its itch.io development hub

A new place for pre-alpha builds, screenshots and feedback on the systems behind the railway.

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PUBLIC TEST

Revenant of Tsushima vertical slice opens for public testing

The early playable build gives visitors a first look at exploration, Ether Sight and shrine rituals.

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STUDIO UPDATE

Project Numazu TGA 2026 For Your Consideration campaign

A campaign for consideration; this is not a nomination.

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TRAILER

Watch the Revenant of Tsushima teaser

The team shared its first teaser and a way for followers to support continued development.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Aurora Studio announces Revenant of Tsushima

An original first-person folk horror journey follows Tsushima Mewa along a haunted Tōkaidō.

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RELEASE

Project Numazu is available on Steam

Our recreation of Numazu for OMSI 2 has launched.

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PROJECT UPDATE

Project Numazu Steam page goes live

The store page introduced the city simulation ahead of release.

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SELECTION

Project Numazu selected for SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Games

Aurora Studio joined the Games Start-Ups Gallery in Hong Kong with Project Numazu.

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EXHIBITION

Project Numazu featured at Tokyo Game Show 2025

Aurora Studio presented Project Numazu with publisher Aerosoft in the German Pavilion.

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