Overview

• Servers unlock at the same moment globally, including 5 p.m. PDT/8 p.m. EDT on Oct. 20 and 1 a.m. GMT on Oct. 21, which disables the region-switch “New Zealand method.”
• The release lands day one on Xbox Game Pass for console and PC, with preloads available.
• Producers Yuji Nakao and Masakazu Hirayama say the first boss was rebalanced after preview feedback and new tutorials were added to onboard players.
• Players can choose Hero, Normal or Hard, with optional assists in Hero and a tougher Master Ninja New Game Plus after completion.
• Combat and traversal are expanded with fluid weapon switching, a risk-reward parry, Blood Ninjutsu transformations, new forms, Training mode and hidden Purgatory challenges.