Way of the Samurai 4 Coming to America

Way of the Samurai 4 is coming to America for the PSN exclusively for PS3 thanks to Xseed Games!

Xseed Games has done fans a service and picked up Way of the Samurai 4 for PS3, which they will localize and publish in North America to give fans an English localization of the latest in the action adventure series.

Way of the Samurai 4 will be published by Xseed exclusively for the PlayStation Network, instead of as a standalone disc.

You gotta love the fact that digital services like the PSN make it possible for a company like Xseed to localize a game like Way of the Samurai 4, as it costs them much less to do so and then release the game digitally than to have to have the game discs pressed and shipped to stores physically. Hopefully this kind of trend will continue thanks to the digital storefronts for each system, allowing us to get many Japanese titles that wouldn’t otherwise be localized.

I’ve never played the Way of the Samurai series, although I do own the first game for PlayStation 2… I’ll play it one of these days.

Way of the Samurai 4 sees players taking on the role of a Samurai without a Master during the time when the Land of the Rising Sun (that’s Japan) first allowed foreign trade into the country.

Players will be able to customize their character and can join one of three different factions: Prajna (who are isolationists and want nothing to do with the outside world, the Ron Paul supporters of ancient Japan), the Shogunate and an all-new faction made up of supporters of the foreigners and the goods they bring to the nation.

Here is a gameplay video of Way of the Samurai 4 (the Japanese version) in action.