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| Genre(s) | First-person shooter |
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| Platform(s) | MS-DOS,Mac OS,iOS,Microsoft Windows,OS X,Linux,PlayStation 4,Xbox One |
| First release | Shadow Warrior May 13, 1997 |
| Latest release | Shadow Warrior 3 March 1, 2022 |
Shadow Warrior is a series offirst-person shootervideo games that focuses on the exploits of Lo Wang, a modern ninja warrior who fights through hordes of demons. The original series is made up of one game,Shadow Warrior (1997), and two expansionsTwin Dragon (1998), andWanton Destruction (2005), and a reboot with three entries:Shadow Warrior (2013),Shadow Warrior 2 (2016), andShadow Warrior 3 (2022). The series was originally developed by3D Realms and published byGT Interactive; later,Flying Wild Hog andDevolver Digital took over development and publication, respectively.
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| 2005 | Wanton Destruction |
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| 2013 | Shadow Warrior |
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| 2016 | Shadow Warrior 2 |
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| 2022 | Shadow Warrior 3 |
Development ofShadow Warrior began in early 1994 asShadow Warrior 3D by3D Realms.[1] Jim Norwood came up with the game idea,George Broussard designed the protagonist Lo Wang and Michael Wallin did some concept sketches.[2] Twodownloadable content packs,Twin Dragon andWanton Destruction, were released in 1998 and 2005 respectively.[3]
In 2013, publisherDevolver Digital and Polish developerFlying Wild Hog announced that they were collaborating with each other to produce a follow-up to the first game.Shadow Warrior has a larger emphasis on the story. In the game, Lo Wang goes on a quest to locate the legendary Nobitsura Kage blade with a banished demon named Hoji.[4] The game received generally mixed reviews when it was released in September 2013 forWindows. The console versions for the game were released in October 2014.[5]
Flying Wild Hog returned to develop a sequel to the 2013 video game. The game features acooperative multiplayer mode, procedural generation, large and open levels and systems similar to that of alooter shooter. In the game, Lo Wang goes on a journey to save Kamiko, the daughter of a Yakuza leader, from ZillaCorps. The game received generally positive reviews when it was released in October 2016 forWindows,PlayStation 4 andXbox One.[6]
Shadow Warrior 3 was released on March 1, 2022, for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.[7][8] In the game, Lo Wang must work with his sidekick to defeat an ancient dragon that they have accidentally unleashed.[9]