14 DAY TRIAL // Legendary developer Team Ninja, the studio behind iconic franchises like Nioh and Ninja Gaiden, recently announced it’s working on a brand-new game set in a famous universe, Three Kingdoms. Developed on collaboration with Koei Tecmo, the owner of the Three Kingdoms IP, the new game is called Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty.
The Japanese publisher revealed the game is scheduled to release in early 2023 on Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC (via Steam). More importantly, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty will be available day one with Game Pass on console and PC.
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a supernatural thriller that follows the action-packed story of a militia soldier fighting for survival in a dark fantasy version of the Later Han Dynasty where demons plague the Three Kingdoms.
If you’ve played Nioh, then you know how much Team Ninja loves demons, so it’s no surprise that these are making a comeback in Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty as the most common enemy for our nameless militia soldier.
What’s interesting is that this time around, players fight these deadly creatures, as well as enemy soldiers, using swordplay based on the Chinese martial arts. The folks at Team Ninja also revealed that the game will feature unique new strategies, including battle styles based on the “Five Phases.”
If that doesn’t sound exciting, perhaps the fact that this is a joint creation by Team Ninja producers Fumihiko Yasuda (Nioh) and Masaaki Yamagiwa (Bloodborne) will make you more interested in the upcoming game.
Along with the reveal announcement, KOEI TECMO also released a cinematic trailer for Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, but no gameplay footage is shown. Even so, this shapes to be a much better game than Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, so we can’t wait for more details to emerge.
