Trek to Yomi Confirms Release Date With Stylish Black and White Gameplay Video

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Trek to Yomi's reveal during last summer's E3 showed off a stylish samurai game inspired by classic Japanese cinema and legendary filmmakers like Akira Kurosawa. With the recent reveal of Trek to Yomi's star-studded voice cast and following in the footsteps of recent highly successful samurai games like Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and Ghost of Tsushima, Devolver Digital and developer Flying Wild Hog have been teasing fans with new information and gameplay. Now, a recent trailer has officially confirmed the release date for the stylish side-scroller.

While Trek to Yomi's reveal last summer looks to ride the wave of massively popular samurai games in recent years, Devolver Digital had only previously given a vague release date for the highly-anticipated title. A trailer in December confirmed that Trek to Yomi would be a Day 1 title for Xbox Game Pass on its release and last month's State of Play broadcast narrowed the release window down to Spring of this year. Now, Devolver Digital's newest extended trailer not only gives fans an in-depth look at Trek to Yomi's opening minutes but also confirms its launch in a month's time.

Samurai Game Trek to Yomi Confirmed for Xbox Game Pass

An extended gameplay trailer released Tuesday morning depicts the first fifteen minutes of Trek to Yomi showing off plenty of scenes introduced in previous trailers, as well as giving brief glimpses into Trek's gameplay. The trailer depicts the young swordsman Hiroki slicing and stabbing his way through waves of samurai as he fights his way to his ravaged village with both the title of the video and a teaser at the end officially confirming that Trek to Yomi will release one month from today on May 5.

While most of the trailer is portrayed with little in