Video Gaming News - March 2004
Santa Monica, CA (March 9, 2004) - Activision today announced that
Tenchu: Return from Darkness for the Xbox is now shipping.
From Activision:
Based on the best-selling Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven, Tenchu: Return From
Darkness brings the acclaimed series to Xbox gamers with several new
enhancements including Xbox Live gameplay featuring two-player cooperative
stealth ninja action and online death match with 20 playable characters across
six maps. Tenchu: Return From Darkness has been rated “M” (“Mature” – intense
violence, blood and gore - content suitable for persons ages 17 and older) by
the ESRB and is available for $49.99 at North American retail outlets.
“Tenchu: Return From Darkness gives Xbox gamers the most authentic ninja
stealth action adventure available on the platform,” states Takehisa Abe,
general manager, Activision Japan. “The addition of Xbox Live cooperative
gameplay offers players a truly unique gaming experience.”
The game features several new enhancements such as re-tuned enemy
intelligence and placement, the ability to drag and hide dead bodies, an
interactive training mode, restart and continue functions, new unlockable
abilities such as wall camouflage and the Grand Master “viper drink,” new bosses
and two new single player maps - a Samurai mansion and three-story pagoda.
Developed by K2, Ltd. in conjunction with Prosoft Corp., Tenchu: Return From
Darkness is set one year after the original Tenchu and players must assume the
role of ninjas Rikimaru, Ayame or the mysterious Tesshu, an unlockable assassin,
as they battle the evil Tenrai and his six lords of darkness. The game’s
authentic features, realistic lighting and weather effects, breakable items and
character animations allows players the experience of being a real ninja in 16th
century Feudal Japan.
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