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Spotted on the Spotlight profile for actress Caitlin Thorburn (via Reddit), a new Xenoblade Chronicles game is said to be arriving in 2026. For those unaware, Spotlight is a platform used by professional actors and actresses for casting purposes, which means that any updates made by actors to their pages are pretty legitimate. Thorburn, who previously starred in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 as KOS-MOS, doesn’t specify what this new release is, but simply states that she’s involved with a new Xenoblade game that will launch this year.
If this leak is legit, it doesn’t necessarily point to the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 4. Instead, it could be for a remaster or a “Definitive Edition” of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. In the past, Nintendo has revamped both the original Xenoblade Chronicles and Xenoblade Chronicles X with their own Definitive Editions, which means it could once again be going down this route. Given that Thorburn’s ties to the series are specifically with that of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the release of Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Definitive Edition seems to be the most likely result of this leak, especially since past rumors in 2025 suggested that such a game was on the way.
