Bandai Namco has announced that Soulcalibur VI will be getting a second season of DLC, which will include Haohmaru from SNK’s Samurai Shodown series (aka Samurai Spirits). Haohmaru is just one of four characters coming as part of the second season of DLC, though he will be the only guest character among them. The rest will be natives of the
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In a recent interview with Korean outlet GameFocus, Samurai Shodown director and art director Nobuyuki Kuroki revealed that SNK executives rejected an exclusivity offer from an unnamed “PC sales platform.” While the chief suspect is certainly the Epic Games Store, as Niche Gamer astutely points out, the platform could very well have been GOG, Itch.io, Steam or others. According to
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SNK and developer Athlon Games have released yet another character trailer for the upcoming Samurai Shodown. You can find a SNK’s bio of Galford below: Meet the all-American ninja and self-proclaimed “Superhero of Justice,” fan-favorite Galford. Traveling the world on a quest for peace, he is accompanied by his pet dog Poppy and his Justice Blade. Together, Galford and Poppy
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SNK has revealed another trailer featuring one of Samurai Shodown‘s 16 playable characters, this time highlighting series veteran Charlotte. You can watch Charlotte’s character trailer below. Samurai Shodown is published by Athlon Games and is scheduled for release this June on PS4 and Xbox One. A version for Nintendo Switch is expected in Q4 2019 while the Windows PC version does
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Last week, SNK revealed a new trailer for Samurai Shodown which finally unveiled the full roster of the game. Rounding out at 16 playable characters, the roster includes thirteen returning fighters as well as three all-new challengers: Darli Dagger, Wu-Ruixiang, and Yashamaru Kurama. You can watch the full character trailer below. Samurai Shodown is scheduled to release for Xbox
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The next installment in SNK’s weapon-based fighting series Samurai Shodown will be published by Athlon Games. Athlon is a subsidiary of Leyou Technologies, who acquired an 81.25% stake in SNK in August 2015. Athlon Games has previously developed and published free-to-play games for both console and PC, though Athlon confirmed to Gematsu that Samurai Shodown (Samurai Spirits in Japan) will
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SNK is really on a roll, lately. Following up on the recent release of SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy, the game developer announced at Tokyo Game Show that a new Samurai Shodown title (Samurai Spirits in Japan) was in the works for PlayStation 4. You can watch the reveal trailer below. Unfortunately, not much else is known about the new
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