Set in Japan around the Edo period, you take control of kunoichi adept Aiko and her deadly assassin friends to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice focuses on one of the main game's protagonists: the kunoichi adept Aiko. She is a master of camouflage and distracts enemies disguised as a Geisha. Although Aiko was certain that she left her old life behind her, a new enemy deeply connected to Aiko's past reappears from the shadows to challenge her. Together with her friends of deadly assassins she sets out to hunt down the ghosts of her past...

The expansion features three fully fledged main missions, set in brand-new environments, and three shorter interlude missions.

In the style of the main game, you take control of a team of deadly specialists to sneak in the shadows between dozens of enemies. Choose your approach when infiltrating enemy bases in hidden forest camps or lively Edo period towns. Set traps, poison and distract your opponents – or avoid enemy contact completely. Carefully plan your every move and come up with your own ingenious tactics to vanquish enemies and complete each of the challenging missions that lie ahead!

Back in 2016/17 we were happy to release Shadow Tactics on Windows, Mac, Linux and consoles so that players of all platforms can experience genuine real-time tactics galore.

This is why the decision to release Aiko’s Choice only for PC was not an easy one. We are aware that the console and Mac players among you will be disappointed with this news. We are sorry for that! The least we can do is to communicate this fact to you, our community, and explain the reasons behind it:

• The technical effort that it would take to develop this standalone expansion for all platforms is more complex than you might initially think. In order to support non-PC platforms we would have to update the engine. This would require an immense amount of additional work for the team as they would have to edit the code and partly switch to other engine features. This also means that we cannot update Shadow Tactics to a Mac 64-bit version.
• Hence, developing the expansion for all platforms would be, simply put, not viable and demand much more of our team’s time than we could spare – as we are still single-project focused!
• Basically, we had to decide: Let the dream of a Shadow Tactics expansion die or create a PC only version. We went for the latter option because this way at least a big part of our players, who call a PC their home platform, have the chance to revisit the world of Shadow Tactics.

Key Features:

• Return to the beautiful world of Shadow Tactics set in Japan, early Edo period.
• Rejoin your favorite characters for one final adventure set within the story of the main game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
• Experience a previously untold tale centered around the kunoichi adept Aiko, who has to face a vicious enemy connected to her past.
• Explore three fully fledged main missions, located in brand-new environments, and three shorter interlude missions.

The expansion includes all the features of the main game:

• Play a team of completely different characters with their unique skill sets.
• Synchronize your team's actions to strike down your enemies at once with the "Shadow Mode" feature.
• Choose between non-lethal or deadly stealth attacks.
• Find dozens of ways to take out or sneak past your opponents the way you want.
• Choose from three difficulty levels to match your skill.

You don't require a copy of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun to play Aiko's Choice. Even though you can enjoy this standalone expansion on its own, we recommend to play at least the first few missions of the main game in order to get a feeling of the game's mechanics as well as the characters and story!

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Aiko's Choice is coming to PC (Steam) in late 2021.