The Unofficial Rockman News Network

Just a blog dedicated to sharing news about upcoming Rockman/Mega Man related things! Run by Mod Cutman (he/him)

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Welcome to the Unofficial Rockman News Network!

Howdy! I'm Mod Cutman (he/him) and I just started this blog to share news I find about Mega Man related things on Tumblr because WOW a LOT is happening and I just really like sharing my hype with people!!!

Main is @scatterpatter, follows and likes will come from there

This blog is NOT affiliated with Capcom or anything official. We are also NOT affiliated with Rockman Corner, but we'll be citing them a lot because they've been pretty much our go-to source for Megaman-related news! We'll do our best to provide reliable sources for our posts!

Some taglists:

Series-specific news:

Megaman Classic - News relating to the Classic Series Megaman X - News relating to the X series Megaman Legends - News relating to the Mega Man Legends series Megaman Battle Network - News relating to the Battle Network series Megaman Zero - News relating to the Zero series Megaman ZX - News relating to the ZX series Megaman Star Force - News relating to the Star Force series

News by Category:

Games News - News about Mega Man games, legacy collections, or games that collaborate with the Mega Man franchise Comics News - News about upcoming Mega Man comics Manga News - News about upcoming Mega Man manga Jada News - News about the Jada line of Mega Man figures Model Kit News - News about model kits featuring Mega Man characters Animated News - News about any cartoons, anime, or other animated features about Mega Man Misc News - News relating to Mega Man that don't fit in any of the above categories

Other Recurrent Tags:

Rockman News Network - ANY news about ANYTHING Mega Man! Basically all of the above tags in one! Silly Stuff - When we just want to be Silly(tm) on this blog Fan Works - Posts about various Mega Man fan projects or fan works because this community is full of so many talented creators WIP- tags to be added if I think of any

Asks and Submissions are open if anyone has questions, suggestions, or just wants to chat!

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Udon is OFFICIALLY continuing the Archie run of Megaman comics!

The hints were true after all, after confirmations of reprinting the Archie run of Megaman comics(aside from the Sonic crossovers), Udon will now be CONTINUING the plot of Archie's Megaman comics, now rebranded as "Mega Man Adventures"! This was confirmed at the Udon panel at SDCC:

This series will pick up right after we left off in issue 55, which begins the plot of Megaman 4!

Issues moving forward will continue with 2 numbers: for example this issue featured will show both #56 (showing its place in the story order) and #0 (being the first issue printed by Udon)

Current release is planned for November or December 2026... but Udon has been consistently delaying most if not all projects, so realistically we probably shouldn't expect to see issue 56/0 until early 2027, but still fantastic news!

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As we head into SDCC this weekend, I'm gonna have some news posts to be queuing up these next few days!

Jada usually reveals their next wave of Megaman figures at SDCC, so we'll likely be seeing what Wave 6 will be! I have no actual insider knowledge so who knows what they'll be, buuuuut I have some predictions based on the patterns of previous waves! Likely 2 "regular" robot masters (Like how we got Ice+Fire, Cut+Elec, etc) and 1 "special" bot (A Megaman variant, Protoman, Rush, etc). I'll throw my predictions out there and we'll see how right or (likely) wrong I am lol!

For the Regulars I'm guessing 2 of the Seconds (Likely Quick and either Crash or Metal), or 2 of the Fourths (Putting my hat in for Pharaoh and Skull)

For the Specials, I'll throw my hat in for either Roll or Bass! Leaning towards Roll.

As for other news, looks like we'll have a MASSIVE announcement coming, as Director of Publishing at Udon's Matt Moylan seems to be hinting at a continuation of the formerly-Archie run of Megaman?!

Massive things incoming!!!

... Also throwing out some other things that are likely not going to happen this weekend but let a man dream:

Would be amazing if Mastermix was picked up again and/or getting more prints of Megamix/Gigamix since Udon owns those rights and regularly works with Hitoshi Ariga

News about Volume 3 of Mr. Megaman + Little Megaman's English localization would also be amazing

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Mega Man: Star Force Legacy Collection is out now!

The originally DS-series of Mega Man games: Star Force has its legacy collection out now on the following platforms: Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Steam!

To celebrate the release, a short manga by Ryo Takamisaki was uploaded to the site!

Read the full manga here!

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Mega Man and Proto Man (And Rush! Technically!) join Sonic Racing: Crossworlds!

It's finally here! After announcing the Mega Man crossover with Sonic Racing: Crossworlds, the DLC is finally here! This IS a "premium DLC", aka paid DLC on top of the base game price, so be aware of that. This can either be bought separately or as a part of their Season Pass, which gives access to their other DLC crossovers.

This DLC includes the following:

Racers: Mega Man and Proto Man

Machine: Rush Roadstar

Course: Wily Castle

Songs: Wily Castle: Intro, Wily Castle, Wily Castle: Final Lap, Dr.WILY STAGE 1, Dr.WILY STAGE 1: Final Lap, MEGAMAN: Character Select, MEGAMAN: Result

On top of all of that, there will be a festival running from March 27-30 2026 which includes various unlockable goodies for players to obtain:

Bonus, they got an official collab with hit animator TerminalMontage to celebrate:

Happy racing!

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The Dual Override Design Content Reveals its Finalists! (AND Silhouette Reveals of the Other Robot Masters!)

Right after the announcement of Mega Man: Dual Override, Capcom announced a robot master design contest for fans to take a hand at designing their own robot master based on the base model given! After receiving thousands of entries, 20 designs were selected by the team, each giving their own unique spin on the design:

These designs then went through a period of user voting (apologies that we didn't make a news post at the time!) to select the top 6 designs, which have been revealed to be the following six:

Now it's up to the development team to pick the winner and announce sometime in the future. An announcement date wasn't given yet, but their website will update when that gets revealed!

Users who voted were given the following social media icons as a prize for participating:

In related news, a recent Capcom Spotlight revealed the silhouettes of the other 7 robot masters to be featured in Dual Override!

Incredibly excited to see who our new line of bots end up being!

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SORRY for the radio silence! Executive dysfunction gets me bad sometimes... queuing up some posts about the recent news now!!!

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I DO have to go to bed for real this time, if Capcom wants to drop any MORE bombshells, I'll cover them in the morning lol!

So incredibly excited for this, I made this blog a few months back because I was excited to talk about some of the one-shot comics and little toy lines being occasionally released, never thought I'd be able to cover news about a new mainline classic game! And I'm even MORE grateful to be able to freak out about this with the rest of you!!! I love this fandom so so much 🧡

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Robot Master Design Contest for Mega Man Dual Override!!!

As if announcing a new Mega Man game wasn't exciting enough, Capcom announced they're doing a robot master design contest!

They're looking for, quote, "designs of a Robot Master who has a right arm with immense suction powers!" with the following base design model:

If you'd like to try your hand designing such a robot master, you can submit it here!

Entries close Jan 1, 2026 at 11:59pm PST

They will pick the 6 best entries and select one winner from among them, with the following prizes:

Grand Prize: (1 winner) Your Robot Master design will be used in Mega Man: Dual Override

Excellence Awards: (6 winners) Your name will appear in the credits for Mega Man: Dual Override

Best of luck to all who participate!

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capcom please,,, i have work in the morning,,, I can only post so much,,,

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MEGA MAN: DUAL OVERRIDE ANNOUNCED FOR 2027

This is NOT a drill, we have a new Mega Man game, set in the classic universe, announced for a 2027 release!

Despite having the new name, this game will functionally be a "Mega Man 12", releasing on Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox, and Steam!

A familiar whistle is heard at the end of the trailer... Could this be hinting to a playable Protoman? Time will only tell!

I'll get you guys as much info as I can in the coming days, I'm just SO excited to share this! I was going to make a news post about Capcom wanting to bring Megaman into their "Core IPs" and that it could have meant we could be seeing a new Megaman game in the near future... what I NEVER would have expected in a million years was that mere DAYS later this would drop! I'm so so so excited, and will keep re-iterating that it's a great year to be a part of this fandom!!!

Stay tuned~

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Mega Man Adventures Deluxe Edition is available for pre-orders!

Udon's reprint of the Archie Megaman run is now up for pre-orders! This first volume hardcover contains issues 1-12 of the original Archie Megaman run, including a new bonus 7-page short story!

This deluxe edition not only includes the hardcover, but also 9 trading cards, a poster, and a metal card for those that order within the first 72 hours (Campaign began November 18, 2025)

This project has been funded within hours of the campaign going live, so this is happening! Orders are currently planned to ship May 2026, though Udon's been having trouble meeting publishing timelines this past year, so we'll see if that ends up being the date or not.

The preview images also show us a glimpse of the new short story we mentioned above! No dialogue added just yet, but it seems poor Gutsman can't convince the other DLN to stay at his karaoke party!

After pre-orders, the deluxe edition as well as a standard hardcover (which also includes the bonus short story) will go up for retail, presumably through the typical vendors Udon has been publishing through (Udon's website, Amazon, various bookstores and comic shops, etc), so no worries if you can't snag one during pre-orders!

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2 new Protomen Act 3 tracks were released today!!! I guess!!! Go give them a listen!

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Starting up a new tag #Protomen Fridays, to celebrate the weekly releases of Act 3's songs! This is gonna be so much fun you guys I can't wait to lose my shit every week with you all for the next 2-3 months

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The Protomen Act 3 coming soon!

Popular Mega Man fan band The Protomen have released 2 albums, or Acts of their overarching narrative, over the past many years. Act 1 released in 2005, and Act 2 released in 2009.

Act 3 has been in development for quite some time, and a recent instagram post hints that Act 3 will be dropping sometime soon! Currently unknown how soon is soon, but stay tuned!

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Update: The first two songs have been released, weekly song drops will occur, and CDs are up for preorder!!!

Here's their Bandcamp for anyone interested!!!

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Archie gets a Reprint with Mega Man Adventures! (PLUS bonus content!)

Archie's permanent-hiatus was certainly heartbreaking for fans of the run, but good news is Udon Entertainment will be releasing a new collection of the series!

These collections are hardcover, each containing 12 issues of the original Archie run, and "each volume will include a brand-new short story set in this classic universe, produced by creators that worked on these original stories!"

Unfortunately, due to issues with copyright and licensing, these collections will not include either of the crossovers with the Sonic the Hedgehog Archie comics. Udon has expressed they'd be willing to explore options with that in the future, but for now we don't expect Worlds Collide or Worlds Unite to be included in these reprints.

Volume 1 will be up for pre-orders soon! We'll see how soon is soon but stay tuned!

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