Tupac Shakur stars in new Stranger Than Heaven video game coming early 2027

SEGA is making a new gangster game, and has conscripted two of the most iconic OGs to make it happen.

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SEGA dropped one of the biggest surprises at this year's Summer Game Fest, revealing that the likeness of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur will star in RGG Studio's new gangster drama Stranger Than Heaven. The game is a colorful and gritty period crime drama set across five time periods and locations in Japan, from 1915 in Fukuoka to 1965 in Tokyo.

At the SGF event, Snoop Dogg, who is already starring in Stranger Than Heaven, worked closely with Tupac Shakur's estate to bring him into the game: "The Tupac estate and my son and myself, we work very closely together. So it just made sense to put him in this game, because his likeness and his spirit still lives on, I just felt like it was so connected to what we're doing."

There's no specific details on how Tupac will fit into the game's story, but SEGA did reveal Stranger Than Heaven's full cast in a very Kill Bill-style marquee, highlighting an eclectic mix of talent.

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Snoop Dogg's inclusion in the game has significantly boosted the game's reach and broader appeal, with one of the game's trailers becoming the most-watched Xbox live stream of all time with 14 million views.

Stranger Than Heaven will release January 25, 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Check below for more details from SEGA:

A fifty-year saga of those with nowhere to go and their desperate struggle to find a home. San Francisco, 1915. Our story begins as a young boy sneaks aboard a mysterious ship in the dead of night.

His name? Makoto Daito. Born to an American father and a Japanese mother, Makoto's world is one of harsh persecution, a fate cruelly cast upon him simply because of his Asian heritage.

After losing both of his parents and finding himself completely alone, Makoto, in an act of desperation, decides to risk it all and travel to his mother's birthplace. If the United States won't accept him for who he is, maybe Japan will...

With nothing but the shirt on his back, Makoto soon learns, however, that his voyage across the Pacific is anything but a "free ride," and that this one choice will forever change the course of his life. What awaits our young stowaway in Japan? And where will the years take him next?