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Ghostwire: Tokyo

Action

March 25, 2022

GhostWire: Tokyo is the new game from the legendary Shinji Mikami, announced at the Bethesda conference at E3 2019.

NiOh

RPG

February 7, 2017

A third-person action game developed by Team Ninja studio (known from titles like Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden) under the supervision of Koei Tecmo company. We play as a samurai fighting against various enemies, among which we will find both humans and monsters. We cut our way through the enemies not only with conventional weaponry, but also with special abilities of our hero and the magical power enchanted in his sword. Gameplay is a mix of games like Onimusha and Dark Souls. This means that the difficulty level is high and it forces the player to make use of different tactics, dodges, blocking and powerful, complex combos. Interestingly, game has been announced as early as 2005 and was supposed to be one of the launching titles for PlayStation 3. However, due to a few complications, the developed has been postponed, and the final game will make it now to next generation of consoles.

NiOh 2: The Complete Edition

RPG

March 13, 2020

A sequel to the souls-like game from 2017. It was developed by the creators of the first entry in the series, Team Ninja. In NiOh 2, the players once again assume the role of a samurai who faces hostile men and mythical creatures.

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

Action

July 19, 2024

A TPP action game by Capcom, inspired by Japanese mythology. Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess has us thrown into the middle of a conflict between the mortal and spirit realms.

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends

Action

October 16, 2020

Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is a DLC introducing online co-op mode for up to four players, available for free to owners of the original Sucker Punch studio game. The developers were inspired by Japanese mythology when creating it.

Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus

Action

July 17, 2024

A crowdfunded indie game inspired by Japanese folklore. Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus is an action adventure game with metroidvania elements, in which we play as a mythical fox-like tentaihana.

NiOh Collection

RPG

February 5, 2021

Bundle including both parts of the NiOh soullike series from Team Ninja studio, which were previously released on the PlayStation 4 and PC. The NiOh Collection contains all the content developed for both games.