In the year 1615, a new Shogun rises to power in Japan and strives to bring peace to the realm. In his battle against rebellion he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.

Part of this team is Hayato, an agile Ninja who artfully defeats his enemies one by one from the cover of the shadows. Samurai Mugen fights with more strength. As the tank of the group, he can take on several enemies at once, at the expense of his agility. Aiko the Geisha is a master of camouflage and distraction, trapper Yuki is specialized in traps and deceptions. Takuma, being the eldest of the group, relies on his sniper skills for ranged attacks.

The player has to carefully evaluate his options in order to master the challenging missions: how will the characters behave as a team? Which one is best equipped for each task? How can they best master the given environments? Come up with your own ingenious tactics to vanquish enemies and complete missions.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun has opened the registration phase for its Closed Beta.

The developer team wants to further optimize the real-time strategy game with stealth elements regarding its gameplay functions by receiving support from selected beta testers. To offer the testers an ideal and complete game experience, the developers will already provide all levels of the game in beta state. By conducting the Closed Beta, Daedalic Entertainment and Mimimi Productions would like to guarantee not only that Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun will work absolutely flawlessly, but also that it correlates with the wishes and preferences of the fans. This is the one-time chance for all applicants to be among the first to witness the comeback of the real-time strategy genre.

The registration phase will end on May 30th, 2016. All prospective applicants can register here and - with a little bit of luck - become part of the beta tester team soon. After the selection of the testers, the beta phase will begin in the mid of June.

Key Features:

• Comeback of a genre: Real-time tactics with stealth elements
• Ninja, Samurai, Geisha, Trapper and Sniper – five simultaneously playable characters with unique and versatile skills
• Challenging missions, worthy of a strategical mastermind
• Thirteen complex missions with classical 3D top-down perspective
• Beautiful environments of the Edo period of Ancient Japan