Samurai Warriors 3: Empires (2011) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Samurai Warriors 3: Empires

Samurai Warriors 3: Empires is the second standalone expansion of the 2009 game Samurai Warriors 3. Like the other Empires expansion, the game is more focused on the political and tactical battle system. The…

25 August 2011

What Samurai Warriors 3: Empires is

Samurai Warriors 3: Empires is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Omega Force and released in 2011. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Samurai Warriors 3: Empires is the second standalone expansion of the 2009 game Samurai Warriors 3. Like the other Empires expansion, the game is more focused on the political and tactical battle system. The game features a different version of Historical Mode and Free Mode that fits with the Empires structure and retains the edit character feature.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Dynasty Warriors series

Samurai Warriors 3: Empires is the 32nd of 58 entries we hold in the Dynasty Warriors series. The next entry was Samurai Warriors 3 Z: Special in 2012.

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What it launched against

Samurai Warriors 3: Empires launched on 25 August 2011, within three weeks of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Resident Evil 4, Resistance 3 and Driver: San Francisco.

Released around the same time: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Resident Evil 4, Resistance 3, Driver: San Francisco.

Official trailer