"Balancing hacking and shooting" in Pragmata has been vital for "players to feel the tension", the director tells me: "The key was making sure these two systems complement each other"

Hugh carries Diana as sprints to avoid explosions, an image of the Earth near them in Pragmata, with the GamesRadar+ Big in 2026 frame.

First announced back in 2020, Pragmata has been in development for quite a while. As a result, the idea of a corporation promising that generative AI would benefit humanity, and the reality turning out to be quite different, takes on a somewhat spicier flavor in 2026. Exactly what the AI is actually generating in Pragmata, however, extends far beyond sloppy art and inaccurate statements.

The discovery of lunum ore has resulted in the development of Lunafilament, a material that can be used to physically generate absolutely anything so long as the required data is on hand. When communication with the Lunafilament research station on the moon is lost, Hugh Williams and his team are sent to investigate, but are separated following a lunar quake. Hugh awakes to find that he has been saved by an android – an eponymous Pragmata – created in the form of a young girl via Lunafilament. Her name is D-I-0366-7, but Hugh soon renames her Diana, a name that she embraces.