Bandai Namco Games Europe and Devolver Digital has announced that Shadow Warrior, a reboot of the 1997 cult hit, will be releasing on September 26th. It will include new content such as an Arena Mode with three different custom environments for fighting off waves of enemies, new campaign content focused on Zilla Corp’s head and new weapons like the Sledgehammer, Katana and the “Zilla Enterprises Z45 katana” from the original game.
CFO at Devolver Digital Fork Parker stated that, “Our fans have been very vocal about bringing Shadow Warrior to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One so we’re absolutely thrilled to be working with our friends at Bandai Namco to have Wang bring a sword to a gunfight.”
Alberto Gonzalez Lorca, VP of 3rd Parties and Business Development at Bandai Namco Games Europe, said, “To follow-up with its tradition of distributing very high quality games to the market, Bandai Namco Games Europe teams-up with Devolver Digital to bring a highly-praised game onto the new generation consoles! Thanks to Devolver Digital savoir-faire and Bandai Namco Games massive distribution channels, we are aiming to make this new release a huge success for the upcoming years.”
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