Nioh launching February 9th 2017 worldwide

Tecmo Koei has announced a final release date for its new Action RPG Nioh as part of Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show festivities - February 9th, 2017.

That release date is a worldwide one, meaning it'll stick for everyone - always a nice feeling for a game out of Japan.

Nioh has mostly been compared to Dark Souls, taking that similar sort of heavy-feeling and methodically paced action RPG gameplay and applying it to a setting that features a great deal of inspiration taken from feudal Japan and Japanese folklore. I first saw the game this time last year at TGS and liked what I saw, and it's only continued to impress.

We'll have full thoughts on the game on or around its release, of course - if you're on the fence, we've got you covered.