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2020’sOne Piece: Pirate Warriors 4is finally coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S with some new content that fans will get to vote on. Fitting for a franchise that’s been around as long asOne Piecehas, there have been numerous video games starring Monkey D. Luffy and his heroic pirate crew, withOne Piece: Pirate Warriors 4being one of the more recent additions. Developed byDynasty Warriorsstudio Omega Force, theOne Piece: Pirate Warriorsseries features similar gameplay and allows players to cut loose against massive waves of enemies as their favorite characters from the belovedOne Piecemanga and anime.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4is the latest in the series, adding a host of new characters and featuring a plot based on the Wano Country arc that was running at the time of the game’s development and release. It also added four new multiplayer modes for players to test theirstrongestOne Piece: Pirate Warriors 4charactersagainst each other. Critical response toOne Piece: Pirate Warriors 4was mainly positive when it launched in 2020, with the PS4 version quickly becoming one of the top-selling games in Japan during the week of its release.
Nearly five years later,One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4recently reached four million units sold, and to celebrate this milestone, publisher Bandai Namco has announced that the game will finally be ported to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. According to the company, this will be the “ultimate version," featuringevery playablePirate Warriors 4characterthat’s been released for the game so far. Bandai Namco also confirmed new DLC, and players will be able to vote on which characters will be added. No official release date has been confirmed at this time.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Players Can Vote for New DLC Characters
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 waspreviously available to play on current systems through backward compatibility with their immediate predecessors, and the game wasadded to Xbox Game Passback in 2021. However, this new update will likely sport improved graphics, which would certainly be a plus withPirate Warriors 4’s cell-shaded visual style and blistering action.
TheOne Piecefranchise as a whole is still going strong thanks to both the ongoing anime and the live-actionOne PieceNetflix series, which recently finished filming its second season. Gaming-wise, 2023 saw therelease ofOne Piece Odyssey, a turn-based RPG that retold part of the ongoingOne Piecesaga. It is only a matter of time before anotherOne Piecegame is announced, be it a follow-up toOne Piece: Pirate Warriors 4orsomething else entirely.
One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4
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The PIRATE WARRIORS series has successfully combined the popular anime ONE PIECE with the thrilling action of the WARRIORS series to create a worldwide phenomenon selling more than four million copies!Based on the concept of “fighting hordes of enemies while adventuring with trusted allies,” experience awesome ONE PIECE action lifted straight from the anime!ONE PIECE: PIRATE WARRIORS 4 is the latest evolution of PIRATE WARRIORS action! Based on the concept of “experiencing a real ONE PIECE battlefield,” buildings will come crashing down during the action and attacks will throw up smoke and dust, placing you in the thick of the ONE PIECE world!Injecting fresh elements that couldn’t be achieved in previous entries has now realized an even more thrilling brand of PIRATE WARRIORS action!
