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Nioh 3

Nioh 3 is a 2026 action role-playing game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo and Sony Interactive Entertainment. The third installment in the Nioh series, the game continues the franchise's blend of Sengoku-era Japanese history, mythology, and challenging stamina-based combat. Players navigate the spirit realm known as the Rift and create custom protagonists who can switch between Samurai and Ninja combat styles. Its first expansion, Hell Rising, released on August 19, 2026 and opens a second open map set in Edo during the 1651 Keian era, where the shogun Takechiyo is drawn into a conspiracy against the shogunate and fights alongside the one-eyed swordsman Yagyu Jubei with the new Hoko and Shield weapon family.

• Style Switching: Toggle between Samurai and Ninja combat stances and skills dynamically to adapt to any battlefield.
• The Rift: Explore a shifting, extra-dimensional spirit realm that overlays the open-field regions.
• Yokai Shift: Channel powerful Yokai spirits to temporarily transform Clive/protagonist and unleash devastating strikes.
• Loot & Crafting: Collect randomized weapon/armor drops and upgrade them at the Blacksmith using Amrita.
• Hoko & Shield: Hell Rising's new weapon family pairs a long hoko polearm with a shield, shipped in a Samurai version and a Ninja version (Ninja Hoko & Shield) that share the same reach-and-guard trade-off.
• Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls: The expansion's new equipment slot drives repeatable, highly customisable challenge battles, with the scroll's effects chosen before each attempt.
• Enlightened One's Journey: The new difficulty tier added with Hell Rising, aimed at players who have finished the expansion story and want a harder repeatable endgame loop.
• Keian Era Map: Hell Rising's open map is 1651 Edo rather than the base game's Warring States and Bakumatsu fields, split into Edo Castle, Kanda, Koishikawa, Ueno and Hongo Yushima.