Tenchu
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is a stealth action-adventure video game series owned by Japanese game publisher FromSoftware, where the player assumes the role of a ninja in 16th-century feudal Japan. The first game in the series titled Tenchu: Stealth Assassins was developed by Japanese developer Acquire and published in 1998. Later games have also been developed by K2 and FromSoftware. The current rightsholder to the series is FromSoftware who bought the rights from Activision in 2004.
Key facts
- Video game series.title
- Tenchu
- Video game series.image
- Tenchu logo.png
- Video game series.genre
- Stealth, Action-adventure
- Video game series.developer
- AcquireK2FromSoftware
- Video game series.creator
- Takuma Endo
- Video game series.publisher
- Sony Music Entertainment JapanActivisionAcquireFromSoftwareSegaNintendo Microsoft Game StudiosUbisoft
- Video game series.platforms
- PlayStationPlayStation 2XboxPlayStation PortableNintendo DSXbox 360Wii
- Video game series.first release version
- Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
- Video game series.first release date
- February 26, 1998
- Video game series.latest release version
- Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
- Video game series.latest release date
- February 2009
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is a stealth action-adventure video game series owned by Japanese game publisher FromSoftware, where the player assumes the role of a ninja in 16th-century feudal Japan. The first game in the series titled Tenchu: Stealth Assassins was developed by Japanese developer Acquire and published in 1998. Later games have also been developed by K2 and FromSoftware. The current rightsholder to the series is FromSoftware who bought the rights from Activision in 2004.
The title in Japanese literally translates in English as "Divine Retribution", with meaning heaven and meaning death penalty (another translation of this phrase, Wrath of Heaven, is the title of the first PlayStation 2 entry in the series).
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