Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition
Take an adrenaline-fueled journey through a mythical Japanese realm in the Definitive Edition of Shadow Warrior 3, packed with new features, and enjoy an ultraviolent blend of fast-paced gunplay, razor-sharp…
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition is an adventure developed by Flying Wild Hog, released 16 February 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
What Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition is
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition is an adventure game developed by Flying Wild Hog and released in 2023. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Fallen corporate shogun Lo Wang and his former employer turned nemesis turned sidekick Orochi Zilla embark on an improbable mission to recapture an ancient dragon they unwillingly unleashed from its eternal prison. Armed with a punishing mix of blades and bullets, Lo Wang must traverse uncharted parts of the world to track down the dark beast and push the apocalypse back yet again. All it will take is the mask of a dead god, a dragon's egg, a touch of magic, and enough firepower to hold off the impending cataclysm. Trek across a mythic Asian land infused with the magic and technology of ancient samurai, now overrun by the demonic yokai from Japanese folklore.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition holds a critic score of 96 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 20 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition launched on 16 February 2023, within three weeks of Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Dead Space and Metroid Prime Remastered. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hogwarts Legacy, Atomic Heart, Dead Space, Metroid Prime Remastered.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Shadow Warrior 3: Definitive Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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