Team Ninja’s Wo Long: Fallen Kingdom demo available now on PS5, Xbox

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo, a developer have a demo for PlayStation 5 (and Xbox Series X) available. However, it is only valid for the next 10 working days.

The dark fantasy Souls-like, which doesn’t yet have a release date, is available through both consoles’ marketplaces right now. Wo Lang’s demo leaves the storefronts at 3 a.m. on Sept. 26.

Team Ninja also released limited-time demos of its action and Soulslike games. Both NiohAnd Nioh 2They were also the focus of several demos. Team Ninja received feedback on tuning these Souls-like games. The developer also released a demo for this year’s Origin of Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy, giving players a taste of the action game’s mechanics.

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty The game was first revealed back in June at the Xbox and Bethesda Games Showcase. The action role-playing game takes place during China’s Later Han Dynasty (189 to 220 C.E.). A news release from Koei Tecmo called the game “a glimpse inside a dark Three Kingdoms world gone mad, and the chaotic struggle to save a once beloved land now infested by demons.”

The demo will let players sample online multiplayer, the character creator, and “in-game abilities, including vertical exploration and the importance of morale.” Anyone completing the demo will earn the “Crouching Dragon Helmet,” for use in the full game when that launches.

Koei Tecmo also released a gameplay tips video (above) to help players cope with “the finer points of the masocore experience.” Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty’s production is led by Fumihiko Yasuda, the Team Ninja president and director of 2017’s Nioh and 2020’s Nioh 2. He’s joined by Bloodborne producer Masaaki Yamagiwa, formerly of Sony’s Japan Studio.