Tag: Samurai Shodown
News Intense PS4 Fighter Samurai Shodown Finally Has Rollback Netcode, Almost Five Years Later
Sho don't tell
It's taken almost five years, but Samurai Shodown finally has rollback netcode. The fighter released for PS4 in June 2019, and although it was well received in terms of gameplay mechanics and presentation (it still looks good today), there's no doubt that the game's overall popularity suffered due to its lack of smooth online play...
News Samurai Shodown's Netcode Update Skips Spring, Now Set for Late Summer
Rollback the rollback
Just in case you had forgotten (because we certainly did), Samurai Shodown was meant to be getting a significant update this spring. Said update would implement rollback netcode, supposedly fixing the game's somewhat shoddy performance when fighting online against other players. SNK's samurai slasher is really good fun, but...
News Samurai Shodown Is Getting Rollback Netcode Almost Four Years After Release
Sho how it's done
When Samurai Shodown was revived with a brand new game on PS4 in the summer of 2019, fans of SNK's long standing series were understandably excited. The fighter was met with positive reviews, and there was a buzz about the franchise for the first time in decades. However, the intense title was massively let down by its netcode,...
News Samurai Shodown's Next DLC Character Is Free
Gongsun Li, apparently
The next DLC character for Samurai Shodown has been announced, and frankly, we don't have a clue who she is. The umbrella-wielding warrior is apparently named Gongsun Li, and she's fresh out of Chinese mobile title Honor of Kings. Fair enough. The good news is that you don't really have to know what Gongsun Li's about because...
News Samurai Shodown Crosses Swords with For Honor as Warden DLC Character Launches Tomorrow
Bushido x Chivalry
As predicted, the next DLC character for Samurai Shodown is the Warden from Ubisoft's For Honor. The claymore-wielding warrior looks exactly as you'd expect, with broad swings and destructive blows being the foundation for his fighting style. The Warden even has a catapult-based super move, which is cool. If you're eager to try...
News Samurai Shodown's Next DLC Character Seems to Be the Warden from For Honor
Armour won't help you here
SNK has teased the next DLC character for Samurai Shodown, and... Well, it appears to be the Warden from Ubisoft's multiplayer melee-'em-up, For Honor. The silhouette provided by the publisher lines up pretty much perfectly with the official For Honor render of the Warden, so unless SNK's somehow nicked the outline for a...
News Here's Our First Look at Samurai Shodown's Haohmaru in SoulCalibur VI
Still no date, though
The fighting game genre is going crossover crazy right now, and previously announced SoulCalibur VI DLC character Haohmaru has finally shown up in the title's latest trailer. Slicing his way into Bandai Namco's brawler "soon", the Samurai Shodown star looks like a great fit for the weapon-based fighter. His stage is a treat for...
News Samurai Shodown Season 2 Characters Teased for 2020
Plus a surprise and trailer for Season 1
Samurai Shodown's first season of DLC hasn't even started yet, but SNK has already confirmed that the intense weapon-based fighting game is getting a Season 2. Confirmation arrives fresh from Evo 2019 via the trailer that we've embedded above. Season 2 will begin in 2020, and it'll include Mina Majikina, who...
Reminder This Is Your Last Chance to Get the Samurai Shodown Season Pass for Free
No, you don't need the game
If there's even the slightest chance that one day, you might go ahead and buy Samurai Shodown, then we'd definitely recommend heading over to the PlayStation Store and claiming the game's season pass for free. Contrary to previous reporting, you don't actually have to buy the game to get the season pass. Simply find it on...
News Samurai Shodown Reveals Season Pass Characters, Which Are Free If You Buy the Game This Week
Looking sharp
Samurai Shodown is out today on PlayStation 4, and if you haven't already seen our review, it comes highly recommended. As is the case with most fighting games these days, SNK's latest has a season pass that promises additional characters, but in a rather refreshing twist, they've been revealed well before they start releasing later...
Review Samurai Shodown - SNK Delivers the PS4's Most Gripping Fighting Game
Blink and you'll miss it
Two masters of the sword stand face to face in a field, blades unsheathed and eyes unblinking. A blood red moon hangs in the air, and the silence is deadly. The tension is palpable, and as you feel that bead of sweat slowly trickle down the side of your head, you decide to make your move. With one quick step, you go for the...
News Samurai Shodown Skewers a Release Date, Buy Early and Get the Season Pass Free
Bloody lovely
Samurai Shodown has a confirmed release date on PlayStation 4, and as promised, the series makes its return in time for Evo 2019. The slick looking fighter launches on the 25th June in both North America and Europe -- but that's not all! In what's quite an interesting move, if you buy Samurai Shodown before the 30th June -- whether...
News Samurai Shodown Shows Off All 16 Playable Characters
Including the 3 newbies
Due out this summer, Samurai Shodown on PlayStation 4 will have 16 playable characters at launch, and you can see every one of them in the game's latest trailer. The three new challengers, Darli Dagger, Wu-Ruixiang, and Yashamaru Kurama, all look pretty cool. Are you hyped for the return of Samurai Shodown? Try not to spill...
News Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection Cuts PS4 This Fall
Bundles six games
Here’s an announcement that will at the very least excite Nintendo Life editor Damien McFerran (we think): Samurai Shodown NeoGeo Collection is coming to the PlayStation 4 later this year. A compilation with online play incorporated by Digital Eclipse, the package will bundle together the following six titles: Samurai...
News Samurai Shodown PS4 Release Date Set for June
Ready your blade
Announced as a main game for Evo 2019, which takes place in August, we already knew that Samurai Shodown would have to launch a decent amount of time before the big event. The good news is that seems to be the case, as SNK has slapped a June release window on the upcoming PlayStation 4 instalment. This should give players at least...
News The New Samurai Shodown Slashes onto PS4 This Summer, Gets a Fresh Trailer
That's the spirit
The release window for the new Samurai Shodown game coming to PS4 just got a little less vague. The title is now due to arrive in "early Summer", and it's getting a simultaneous worldwide launch. What's more, SNK's released a new gameplay trailer. It's a short one, clocking in at just under a minute, but it gives you some idea of...
News The New Samurai Shodown Game Is Set to Launch in Q2, 2019
Sho time
We'd almost forgot about the new Samurai Shodown game that SNK has in development. Announced as Samurai Spirits back in September, the game was quickly confirmed for a PlayStation 4 release in 2019 -- and now we have a more specific time frame courtesy of the publisher's latest investor meeting. SNK is aiming for the second quarter of next...
News Surprisingly Gory Fighter Samurai Shodown V Special Slashes onto PS4, Vita This Summer
Bloody good fun
SNK has announced that Samurai Shodown V Special is heading to both PlayStation 4 and Vita at some point this summer. Initially released in Japanese arcades in 2004, Samurai Shodown V is widely regarded as one of the best entries in the series. The fighter will be reappearing on Sony's current-gen console and handheld in its...
