The big-haired revenge-driven Samurai is crossing the pond over to Europe come 2009, this according to the press release sent out by Namco Bandai and Atari.
While there is no specific date as to Afro Samurai's (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360) European arrival, we're thinking it'll be at least a little after the January North American release date. That shouldn't be too long now, so get your bling on and get ready to cut your way through his aesthetically designed world of vengeance, with original hip hop musical score by The RZA of Wu Tang Clan.
We'll be keeping you posted for more updates as they roll in.
John GodGames Emus has released some new videos, showing Haze, Afro Samurai, Armored Core V and Clash of the Titans running in 4K on the PC thanks to the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.
Whatever happened to Afro Samurai 2? After they took it off the digital store I thought they’d come back with an improved product
The framerate and rending were more of the concern over resolution for me, and I can see they are making solid strides. Haze runs pretty well and doesn't seem to have many graphical or audio glitches (one cannot say the same for Ghost Recon lol). Given Sony hasn't provided any real backwards compatibility options, this is something I might consider. I still have my PS3 hooked up if I have a hankering for some last gen goodness, but I also wouldn't mind playing those games with either increased resolution or frame rate, whenever the emulator gets to that point :-)
Banner Saga publisher Versus Evil are going to be releasing an Afro Samurai game, they announced this morning. The game is being developed by Redacted Studios for PC and next-gen consoles.
This is something unexpected! I loved the show and the first game was decent. I hope RZA does the music again for this game like he did the last one.
First one was cool
INtroduced the free cutting mechanic used in games like Metal Gear Rising
Love anything Afro Samurai. Wish they would make another film with soundtrack by RZA again.
Hope they've got RZA and Samuel L. Jackson (or at least a damn good impersonator). Just wouldn't be Afro without those guys behind it
Samurai games are fun to play because players are able to play as one of not only history's greatest warriors.
I appreciate the comments, negative and positive. Since its an opinion piece, everyone's opinions are different and not everyone is going to agree. Kessen was also a good game too. The list could go to Top 6, Top 10, Top 20, Top 50 and so on. There are many samurai games to decide from and could be difficult to choose for the top 5.
Please add your own Top 5 Samurai Games to the comments.