Flying Wild Hog and Devolver Digital have officially announced that Shadow Warrior 3 Definitive Edition will be released on new-gen consoles and PC soon.
Shadow Warrior 3 Definitive Edition Release Date
The Shadow Warrior 3 Definitive Edition will be available on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S on February 16, 2023. It will feature various new features and performance enhancements. The best part? Owners of the original Shadow Warrior 3 game can get a free update to the Definitive Edition for their respective consoles.
The New Additions
Aside from the improvements, there are new additions to this new version. It will include a new Survival Mode, New Game Plus, and Hardcore Mode.
Survival Mode is a new game mode that consists of three new battle arenas offering tons of new hours of gameplay. There will be three new weapon skins to acquire from this game mode for completing the challenge.
The Chapter Select menu allows players to let them go back and collect missing upgrades in previous chapters. They can relive some of Lo Wang’s various cutscenes.
The New Game Plus offers new additions to the game. It will let players play the whole story again with the perk of retaining previous items and weapons. It will also offer additional challenges, rewards, and skins.
The new Hardcore Difficulty will offer a more challenging and punishing version of the game. “This is not for the faint-hearted.”
Hero Mode is a challenging modifier that shortens Lo Wang’s life to a limited number of respawns. Players can earn more of them by performing spectacular Finishers, but if they run out, progress will be lost forever.
PS5 players will get new haptics and controller speaker support with re-tuned performance modes. Xbox Series X/S version offers improvements as well like 60fps for fast-paced gameplay or boosted 4K visuals at 30fps.
Source: Press Release