Capcom's bringing Onimusha back from the dead

Capcom has announced a remaster of Onimusha: Warlords, due out on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on 15th January 2019. In Europe, the game is download-only across all platforms.

Onimusha: Warlords, a sword-based action game set in feudal Japan, first launched in 2001 on PS2 and went on to sell over two million copies.

This new version includes a raft of new features, such as high-definition graphics, widescreen support and new display options (you can switch between 4:3 and 16:9 at any time in-game). There's a screen scroll feature for widescreen display, where the background scrolls up and down according to your movements. This shows areas that can't be fully displayed from certain positions, Capcom said.

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