BODY: For a game built around quiet wonder and shared flight, a sit-down café might seem like an odd companion — but thatgamecompany is betting that Sky players will want somewhere warm to land.
On June 26, 2026, the studio announced that Sky: Children of the Light will team up with Sweets Paradise, the popular Japanese all-you-can-eat dessert chain, for a collaboration café opening in stages from August 1. The tie-in celebrates the rollout of the game's latest content drop, "Dear Van Gogh," a season inspired by the life and art of Vincent van Gogh.
The collaboration will feature a themed menu — expect dishes and drinks styled after the season's painterly visuals — alongside exclusive merchandise available to diners. Sweets Paradise collaborations typically bundle a food-or-drink purchase with limited bonus items such as coasters, postcards, or acrylic stands, and fans can reasonably expect a similar structure here.
The phased "順次" (sequential) rollout means locations will open the collaboration at staggered dates rather than all at once, so players will want to check which branches are participating and when. Full menu details, pricing, and the merchandise lineup are expected closer to launch.
"Dear Van Gogh" continues Sky's tradition of partnering its in-game seasons with real-world cultural touchstones, and pairing the painter's golden palette with a dessert buffet is a fittingly sweet extension of that theme.
The insider take
Sweets Paradise has become the go-to venue for character and game café collabs in Japan precisely because its buffet format is forgiving: a single entry fee covers unlimited cakes and drinks, so fans linger, photograph the themed plates, and post them. For a globally beloved title like Sky, whose Japanese community is especially devoted, that social-media flywheel is the whole point — and the August timing lands right in summer-break season, when Tokyo's collab cafés do their briskest business.
Originally reported by 4Gamer.net − 最新記事 (Japanese).