The original developer of the Tenchu stealth action games wants to make a spiritual successor to the long-dormant series.
Takuma Endo, the president of Japanese developer Acquire, spoke about his studio's upcoming plans with Weekly Famitsu in an interview translated by Twinfinite. Endo mentioned reports that recently picked up on Acquire renewing the Japanese trademark for "Stealth Assassins", which was the subtitle for the original Tenchu game from 1998, but he explained that this was only to keep the trademark from expiring - thankfully, that isn't the end of the story.
Tenchu was an early pioneer of 3D stealth action; the first game hit PlayStation about half a year before Metal Gear Solid. Acquire started its own Tenchu rival series called Shinobido in 2006, though it's also been dormant since 2011. Whatever name its spiritual successor takes, it will be good to see Acquire get back into the ninja business.
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