The Big News in Japan: Samurai Warriors 3 Empires

Tecmo Koei released a new promotional video today of Samurai Warriors 3, the Empires addition!

An extension to Samurai Warriors 3, the Empires Edition will include additional content that contains ten new story modes, and new playable characters! Both Masanori Fukushima and Aya Gozen will now be playable! And it looks like Gracia is set to return.

Samurai Warriors 3 Empires is scheduled for an August 2011 release in Japan for the Playstation 3 platform.

It has been confirmed that this expansion will not be released overseas. However, the game could still be imported via www.play-asia.com given that the Playstation 3 is region-free!

Check out the promotional video!