The Phantom Video Game updates - Art book & bug fixes

Jermayn Parker
5 hours ago
2 min read

The team at Art of Play Games has been busy behind the scenes with some game updates over the last few months. For those who do not listen to our podcasts, we have mentioned this in our last two Phantom comics and news podcasts. We would recommend phans follow the podcasts; if you are someone who cannot find time to sit through the whole podcast or are not interested in everything from around the world, we would recommend using the timestamp codes we have for each monthly comics and news podcasts.

Updates on the video game

First up, as explained by Stephen East in our X-Band: Phantom Podcast #333 - March 2026 newspaper stories, comics & news review: The team at Art of Play Games knows the game is not perfect. They have put in 60+ hours (at the time of recording) and had planned on putting in over 100+ by the end of April 2026.

If you are a newbie like me, you may ask if the updates will be updated for those who have already brought the game. The answer is yes. When Art of Play Games releases the update, whether you have a chip or not, when you play the game, it will ask you to update, and hopefully those pesky bugs will be fixed.

The biggest change that may seem insignificant to some is that PEGI reclassified the Phantom game as a PG-12 from PG-7, which saw Art of Play Games needing to re-release the game digitally on every platform to try and get it reclassified again as a PG-7.

We have also been told that the 'cheat sheet' will be back online soon for phans to use if they get stuck playing the game.

Updates on the art book

They have been test printed, and unless there are more delays, they will be shipping preorders from the middle of May 2026. At the moment, the art book is not available to be purchased on their online shop. Remember this book was limited to only 250 copies, but if there are any unsold copies, they will be made available on their shop.