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Capcom\u2019s samurai action series, Onimusha, has been around for more than two decades\u2026 kinda. The first game, Onimusha: Warlords, arrived in 2001,\u00a0and within the next five years, three more mainline games were released<\/a>. The last one launched in 2006, and it\u2019s been\u00a020 years<\/a> since without a sequel.\u00a0Onimusha: Way of the Sword<\/a> is set to change that when it launches next month, and ahead of that launch, it is\u00a0the latest game to grace the cover of\u00a0Game Informer<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(and subscribers can\u00a0read the cover story right here<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n I traveled to Osaka, Japan, to visit Capcom\u2019s HQ, play never-before-seen parts of the game for hours, and interview the team making it. As a fan of the series, it\u2019s clear to me that the \u201cdark-fantasy\u201d through line in the first four Onimusha games continues in Way of the Sword. That was particularly showcased in one section of the game I played through, which took protagonist\u00a0Miyamoto Musashi<\/a> into the underground lab of an evil Genma named Dokyo. There, the game\u2019s dark-fantasy feel crossed over into full-on horror. Despite a couple of hours of gameplay that resembles a horror game, Capcom says Way of the Sword is not a horror game.\u00a0<\/p>\n