Since Way of the Samurai 4 is a sandbox style game you can tangent from the main story and flirt with women to earn money or tiptoe through a rival samurai’s house for a midnight make out session.

“We’ve been saying for months now that we’re headed in a digital direction, and that the majority of our future titles will be digital-only.”

Xseed will bring Way of the Samurai 4 to North America this summer.

“Sorry mate, you’ve picked the one topic we can’t discuss at the moment,” says Product Marketing Manager, Yen Hau.

… but you might have to import it because the PlayStation 3 action game has only been announced for Europe.

The Shinesengumi set has costumes based off members in the historical shogunate police force. You can get original weapons and outfits to style your samurai as Isami Kondo and Toshizo Hijikata.

Dissidia 012[duodecim]: Final Fantasy sees its release in Japan, alongside Way of the Samurai 4.

You can visit a blacksmith to temper your weapon further increasing its durability and attack power, but there is a limit to how far tempering can strengthen a sword.

Acquire created a system where players automatically upload their character data online, which is then transferred to another player’s game.

Akiba’s Trip, Acquire’s portable stroll through Akihabara… with day walking vampires, has an action combat system.

Collect debt bounties with blood or become a master pick up artist.

Stealth scenes are quite common in video games, especially in developer Acquire’s Tenchu series. Way of the Samurai 4 also has a portion where players need to tiptoe through a house, but it’s not for an assassination.

Like all of the Way of the Samurai games, you have a choice to be righteous or cruel. Pick the “bad” path and you may be punished by The Three Sisters in Way of the Samurai 4.

Way of the Samurai 4 is a game where you step into fictional samurai world. Pre-order the PlayStation 3 game and you’ll get to play it as an actual samurai.