Bladestorm: Nightmare, the action game developed by Omega Force and Koei Tecmo that is meant to be a European history take on the Dynasty Warriors formula, will now be launching in Europe on March 20 this year, Tecmo confirmed.

The game, which is set during the Hundred Years War, will also be getting a brand new character edit mode, as well as a revamped Troop Command battle system, that should add a dash of strategy to the proceedings. Up to four units on the battlefield can be controlled at once, which should lead to some interesting and tense action and strategy fueled moments as your forces are swarmed by enemy armies.

Bladestorm: Nightmare, which already released in Japan last year, will be releasing here soon, on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and, new to the west, the Xbox One. Of these, the PlayStation 3 version will be digital only.

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Hey, you remember what Bladestorm: Nightmare is, right? I talked about it a while ago, but here’s a refresher. You know how Koei makes so many action games based on Japanese history? Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, Orochi, Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Well, Bladestorm: Nightmare is basically exactly that, but it’s set in European history, specifically during the Hundred Year War, meaning that western gamers actually have more of a chance of identifying with this game (and in the process of getting hooked to Musou’s unique brand of mindless, repetitive, but fun action).

So of course, it makes sense to release this game in the west, right? Well, good news. It is being released in the west. It will be launching here in 2015, on both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. In Japan, it will be launching sometime later this year, although it is unclear right now whether it will the Xbox One version will be getting a launch there at all.

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