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Travel through a beautiful, fictional rendition of the 16th century of Feudal Japan. Choose between four types of warriors as you learn to master intuitive, directionally-driven swordplay while also choosing unique abilities to ensure victory over your foes. Join your friends in an immersive multiplayer campaign across Japan in pursuit of either preserving the peace and honor of the Emperor or bringing on chaos and death by playing across four different game modes with different objectives and strategies. Whether you prefer the blade wielding Kenshi or Naginata Samurai, the range and precision of the Samurai Archer, or the deceptive Ninja, the options are vast and the battles fierce.

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Hanako: Honor & Blade Now Free-to-Play

Hanako: Honor & Blade Now Free-to-Play

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We are now officially a F2P title. We look forward to this next chapter of our long decade+ journey. We hope this allows more gamers like you to see what...

After 14 years - Hanako: Honor & Blade is finally released to 1.0!

After 14 years - Hanako: Honor & Blade is finally released to 1.0!

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Game as a tribute, Hanako: Honor & Blade, which started as a college project 14 years ago, is now fully released on Steam! Journey across Feudal Japan...

14 years in the making... We have a release date!

14 years in the making... We have a release date!

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After nearly 14 years of development, +MPACT Games will finally release Hanako: Honor & Blade to Steam - graduating from 4 years of Early Access on September...

After 14 years... Full release is coming Summer 2021!

After 14 years... Full release is coming Summer 2021!

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Mpact Games, a small team of developers united to make a single game, today announced that Hanako: Honor & Blade, an immersive online multiplayer combat...

Full Early Access v.4 Details & Trailer Premiere

Full Early Access v.4 Details & Trailer Premiere

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Today +Mpact Games dropped the official Early Access v.4 trailer, announced full Early Access v.4 details, a Steam free weekend and IndieDb Giveaway to...

Cancer as a samurai village, the story of Yamai Village our new map

Cancer as a samurai village, the story of Yamai Village our new map

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On April 9th we release our new map Yamai Village as part of our Early Access v.4 patch. Hanako: Honor & Blade will be free to try from April 9th-12th...

Early Access v.4 Patch and Steam Free Weekend Details

Early Access v.4 Patch and Steam Free Weekend Details

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April 9th - 12th we'll release our 2nd-to-last Early Access patch (v.4) on Steam and celebrate with a free weekend!

Major Update: Early Access v.3 Releasing April 4th: Free Weekend + Special Promotion on Steam

Major Update: Early Access v.3 Releasing April 4th: Free Weekend + Special Promotion on Steam

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Early Access v.3 Coming to Steam April 4th! After months of incredible work from our dev team, we’ll be releasing Early Access v.3 on Steam on April...

Early Access 3 Details & Dev Update

Early Access 3 Details & Dev Update

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We've been working since October on our Early Access 3 patch and it is our largest release so far. We think this really brings us close to the goal line...

Early Access 2 Teaser + First Free Weekend June 14th - 17th

Early Access 2 Teaser + First Free Weekend June 14th - 17th

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"We're excited to announce our FIRST Free Weekend June 14th - 17th. We hope it's a good way for anyone of any budget to check out our work and give us...

Early Access 2 Coming June 14th - Dev Update Week 4 May, 2018

Early Access 2 Coming June 14th - Dev Update Week 4 May, 2018

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Early Access Patch 2 is coming to Steam June 14th, 2018. New UI, new Samurai Archer, new Map! We're also approved for Xbox One and PS4 development!

Brightlocker + Play w/ Devs (Every Weds 10PM EST)

Brightlocker + Play w/ Devs (Every Weds 10PM EST)

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We recently launched our Brightlocker and have ongoing weekly Play w/ Dev Events!

Hanako: Honor & Blade Comes to BrightLocker Friday 2/9

Hanako: Honor & Blade Comes to BrightLocker Friday 2/9

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We have joined forces with BrightLocker to help grow and interact our community and help us nail our early access to full release journey.

Hanako Winter Update - Steam Sale & Dev Update

Hanako Winter Update - Steam Sale & Dev Update

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50% Off - $4.99USD during the Steam Winter Sale. We've also released a lot of new stuff and fixed tons of bugs. Read more...

Hanako: Honor & Blade to Launch at Midnight (Oct 9) TONIGHT

Hanako: Honor & Blade to Launch at Midnight (Oct 9) TONIGHT

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We will release on Steam (steam.playhanako.com) at Midnight tonight Oct 9th right at Midnight. Launch Stream event starting at 10PM EST on twitch.tv/hanakogame...

Major Update: 5 Days Until Early Access Release!

Major Update: 5 Days Until Early Access Release!

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Hanako: Honor & Blade will be available on Steam on October 9th at 10AM EST for $5.99 USD.

Major Update: 1 Month until Early Access Release! Price Info & More

Major Update: 1 Month until Early Access Release! Price Info & More

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1 Month Away! Coming to Steam Early Access for $5.99. See what we've been up to and new screenshots/important message from our project lead.

Hanako: Honor & Blade Early Access Release Trailer + Date!

Hanako: Honor & Blade Early Access Release Trailer + Date!

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We've been working on our trailer for the last year and it has finally arrived! We will have a booth at MomoCon in Atlanta later this week to debut the...

Hanako: Honor & Blade | March 2017 Dev Update

Hanako: Honor & Blade | March 2017 Dev Update

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We recently wrapped up shooting our Early Access release trailer and will be releasing it with a brand new website in April. The team also just wrapped...

Hanako: Honor & Blade | Jan. 2017 Dev Update

Hanako: Honor & Blade | Jan. 2017 Dev Update

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Preparation for upcoming conventions is in full swing, as is getting ready for Early Access release in October of this year.

Hanako: Honor & Blade | End of Year 2016 Dev Update

Hanako: Honor & Blade | End of Year 2016 Dev Update

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We are now Hanako: Honor & Blade! (Formerly Hanako - Soul of the Samurai). We are in closed pre-alpha - see some footage from our internal tests and our...

Hanako: SotS Dev Update | November 2016

Hanako: SotS Dev Update | November 2016

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We've been hard at work on our Village game mode, refining gameplay and other optimizations. Find out more about our upcoming Early Access release, where...

New Samurai Teaser Released | Dev Update - July '16

New Samurai Teaser Released | Dev Update - July '16

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Check out our new teaser video to get ready for a bigger announcement in Late August around PAX Prime time. We also are working on refining our gameplay...

Hanako Dev Update | June 2017 - Post-MomoCon, Steam Early Access & More

Hanako Dev Update | June 2017 - Post-MomoCon, Steam Early Access & More

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We just wrapped up MomoCon and got our first build on Steam. Stop by to check out new screenshots, our new HUD design and more progress from the past...

Hanako Dev Update | April 2016 - MomoCon, Ninja Skills & More!

Hanako Dev Update | April 2016 - MomoCon, Ninja Skills & More!

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With a Top 3 Indie Game of Georgia placing coming in the Indie Showcase at MomoCon, we will take that momentum to try to secure victory in May at the...

Hanako Dev Update | Feb/Mar 2016 - NINJA!

Hanako Dev Update | Feb/Mar 2016 - NINJA!

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We've focused the past month on stability and gameplay for the Ninja and Naginatashi. Come check out our fast-paced samurai/ninja action!

Dev Update - Jan 16: Lots of Gameplay & UI

Dev Update - Jan 16: Lots of Gameplay & UI

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We finally have some new UI/UX staff and are chomping away at menus, chat and more things to make Hanako feel like a full experience. Lots of gameplay...

Dev Update - December 2015 | End of Year Update

Dev Update - December 2015 | End of Year Update

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After the last update a few months ago, we really set our focus on combat feedback and animation quality improvements. The big takeaways from that were...

IndieDb Editor's Choice Best Multiplayer of 2017 Recipient!

IndieDb Editor's Choice Best Multiplayer of 2017 Recipient!

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We'd like to humbly thank IndieDb for supporting us and being with us these past 9 years...

Editors Choice - Indie of the Year 2017

Editors Choice - Indie of the Year 2017

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Welcome to the Editor's Choice awards for the 2017 Indie of the Year Awards, where we show recognition to the indie games from the past year that we've...