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Capcom has today announced a new release date for Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the upcoming sequel in the dormant action series. The game will now be releasing on 4th September, three weeks earlier than the previously-announced 25th September release date.

The new date applies to all versions of the game, meaning PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Switch 2. Capcom also revealed that the pre-order bonus will now become "an early adopter bonus", and will be available until 24th September (25th September on Steam and Epic Games Store), offering players a wider window to acquire the digital items.

Further to that, the game's demo - currently available on everything but Switch 2 - will be updated to reflect the new dates. Completing the demo on the same platform entitles players to a bonus in the full game, hence why a change needs to be made.

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The timing of the announcement is amusing, however, as it comes just two days after we published an interview with Capcom producer Akihito Kadowaki, where they commented on the decision to release in the crowded September period.

"We've already said we're releasing it," Akihito Kadowaki said laughingly. "We can't back out now!" The interview was conducted earlier in June at Summer Game Fest, a time when multiple anticipated games all revealed their release dates before everyone released how close together they were. Most developers and publishers, of course, are trying to stay as far away as possible from Grand Theft Auto 6, even if it won't be released until near the end of November.

In Capcom's defence, however, the company was among the first to announce a September release date for Way of the Sword, having revealed it in Sony's State of Play earlier in June; before it became clear how busy that period was going to be.

Finally, seemingly as a sign of our times, the game's official X account clarified that Onimusha: Way of the Sword will indeed ship on a physical disc. This is now a common response to social media posts by game companies, following the news that GTA 6 will not be shipping a physical disc.

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