Fans of From Software's grueling worlds of tactical button prompts, perfect timing with animation triggers, and the oh so sweet taste of hard-wrought victory are in for another treat from the studio. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice doesn't surprise anyone by now; its existence has been made very well known, and is very well known, despite a pretty silent marketing campaign for the game. But From Software doesn't have marketing needs: their games, as their audience, are of the strong, silent type.

The new launch trailer for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is action-packed, showcasing some of the game's verticality and head-to-head combat. If you're into the whole feudal Japan theme, and a bit into the masochistic side of the equation, you have to do yourself a favor and take a look at this game. Knowing From Software, it will be an evocative world building experience like few exist in the gaming world.

FromSoftware and publisher Activision have been busy showing off their upcoming game title Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which was first shown off at the Sony E3 event back in June this year, and then at Gamescom when our attention was mostly taken up with the NVIDIA Turing graphics announcements. The Tokyo Game Show (TGS) for this year has just wrapped up, and rounding off a series of console-only news was more gameplay footage from this very game which has many describing it as a multi-platform analogue to the Playstation-exclusive Bloodborne, similar to what the multi-platform Dark Souls was to the Playstation-exclusive Demon Souls before. Although the world itself here could not be much more different than Bloodborne, given it is FromSoftware's take on feudal Japan, there are certainly some familiar mechanics at work.

This means that boss fights are a key aspect of the game, and at TGS the released gameplay footage also included a new boss reveal- the Corrupted Monk. From the amount of footage released thus far, it seems apparent that combat in the game will be just as challenging as other games from the developer. Another thing to note is the color palette for the game is a lot brighter than the usual offering from the studio, which they have decided only makes the bloodworks during combat all the more contrasting. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice releases March 22, 2019 and is up for pre-order on Steam for $60, if you were so inclined.