Tenchu PSP hits Europe at end of June

By Phil Elliott, GameSpot UKPosted May 22, 2006 8:20 am PT

Sega announces the handheld version of its stealth franchise, featuring added "realism and entertainment".

Sega Europe has announced the European release date of the forthcoming PlayStation Portable exclusive, Tenchu: Time of the Assassins. The stealth action game will be available from June 23 and will feature full 3D environments.

Veterans of the PlayStation 2 franchise will notice enhanced stealth actions and new kill moves as well as the classic Tenchu characters Rikimaru, Ayame, Rin, and Tesshu.

Each of them will have a unique story in the single-player campaign, and there are 50 further stand-alone missions to play through as well. Gamers will also be able to connect wirelessly to play missions cooperatively or head-to-head.

According to Matt Woodley, creative director of Sega, the game's ambition is to "offer all the strategy of a stealth game but none of the frustration". With this in mind, every enemy in the game can be killed using stealth tactics, including the bosses.

We'll have more on the game nearer its release.

36 Comments

  • Znuck_King_Ling

    Posted Apr 8, 2007 5:54 pm PT

    Four characters in a tenchu game? All part of one story? Story-continuation? boo-yah!

  • ChancreScolex

    Posted Jun 1, 2006 6:38 pm PT

    Hope they fixed the freaking draw distance from the Japanese release, you could barely see like 10 feet in front of you.

  • Uriachi

    Posted May 27, 2006 8:46 am PT

    NOT FAIR,
    i'm a huge fan of tenchu series and now i have to wait for the US version, mean while the european will get it first.

    WHEN IS THE U.S!! VERSION IS COMING OUT!! VIVA AMERICA!!!

  • edenfire

    Posted May 24, 2006 11:34 am PT

    Sweet about time europe get some great games before the US

  • rodimus_prime85

    Posted May 24, 2006 4:39 am PT

    This, like the theme of the game, kinda sneaked out of nowhere... Still, I'm going to look forward to seeing how well it survives the transition to the PSP hardware. Tenchu/Tenchu 2 was two of my favorite games for PS1, and the Xbox version of Tenchu 3 also pwned... Heres hoping....

  • isaacs360

    Posted May 23, 2006 8:19 am PT

    well well, this is a cause to celebrate!!

  • nintendorocks

    Posted May 22, 2006 8:39 pm PT

    Europe getting a game before the United States? That's strange. Oh, well, I wonder when it will be realesed in the U.S.

  • tmacyao111

    Posted May 22, 2006 7:08 pm PT

    Will this game have infrastructure?

  • skylinedude05

    Posted May 22, 2006 5:51 pm PT

    awesome

  • comthitnuong

    Posted May 22, 2006 3:28 pm PT

    i dont have a psp sooooo.....

  • sabru8

    Posted May 22, 2006 2:44 pm PT

    sweet

  • SnowFarmer

    Posted May 22, 2006 2:33 pm PT

    Tenchu on the PS3 would be sweet indeed.

    Now where is that NA release date?

  • TrueHighlen

    Posted May 22, 2006 1:34 pm PT

    cant wait my psp needs some new games

  • Ryuketsu2043

    Posted May 22, 2006 1:25 pm PT

    Bah..il lget in on the psp but i wanna see a next gen Tenchu..on the 360 or ps3..imagine how nice and sweet that will be?!?!

  • hazuki

    Posted May 22, 2006 1:24 pm PT

    Release in europe eh? Well since the psp is region free and europeans speak english, just import the game.

  • nemes1s3000

    Posted May 22, 2006 1:22 pm PT

    Stealth kills on bosses, I like, I like.

  • yboucher

    Posted May 22, 2006 12:33 pm PT

    why didn't they mention that at E3 ?

  • B-bad

    Posted May 22, 2006 12:30 pm PT

    Hell if it good I'll just import it, but I really do hope the NA release date it soon.

  • Xanog1

    Posted May 22, 2006 12:01 pm PT

    I hope this comes to the US, I've been anticipating it since I first saw the trailer back in June 2005.

  • Renegade47

    Posted May 22, 2006 11:58 am PT

    Sweet! Wasn't this one the one with level editor?

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