FORMAT PS5, PS4 / ETA 3 MAR / PUB KOEI TECMO DEV TEAM NINJA / PLAYERS MULTI
Against the backdrop of history, a single warrior. Your custom avatar stands alone against soldiers and armies in the historical setting of second- and third-century Ancient China, their task to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion that threatens Chinese stability in the later years of the Han dynasty. Oh, and the warriors you face on the battlefield are assisted by supernatural demons and Chinese mythological beings.
Wait, what? After nearly three decades developing games set at various points in Japanese history and working with Marvel, Square Enix, and Nintendo in the past, with Wo Long Team Ninja has undertaken one of its most ambitious projects yet. For this, the studio’s gazed across the ocean for the inspiration needed for a new kind of martial arts-infused game, swapping Ninja Gaiden’s ninja and Nioh’s samurai and yokai for the Three Kingdoms era and Chinese legends.
TRUE ROMANCE
At its core, Wo Long is an evolution of the ‘masocore’ genre the studio established with Nioh, in the form of a supernatural take on the Chinese civil war circa 184AD (which most people are familiar with through the 14th-century historical novel
