Back when the PlayStation stealth-action boom kicked off, one of the quieter, but still tightly held franchises on the market was Acquire’s Tenchu: Stealth Assassins<\/em> series. These titles saw players in the role of shadowy ninjas plying their trade throughout ancient Japan, taking down marks with an array of close-quarters skills, ranged weaponry, and even a dose of the old shinobi magic.<\/p> Despite an array of releases and a passionate fanbase, the Tenchu<\/em> series has long returned to the shadows, with 2009’s poorly received Tenchu: Shadow Assassins<\/em> being the franchise’s latest release. In a new interview, however, Acquire president Takuma Endo has suggested that the blood-splattered adventures of Rikimaru and crew are not being left to rot, and that there is a definite possibility that Tenchu<\/em> could make a long-awaited return.<\/p> Speaking with Famitsu, Endo noted that Acquire had refreshed the trademark on the subtitle “Stealth Assassins” and, while this move should be viewed purely<\/em> as a legal technicality, the studio is very much open to relighting Tenchu<\/em>‘s fire on a modern platform such as the PlayStation 5. Given the recent success of titles such as Ghost of Tsushima<\/em> and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice<\/em>, (which ironically was<\/em> originally designed as a Tenchu<\/em> sequel), now would be as good a time as any to return to the <\/em>franchise, allowing fans to once again run the rooftops of feudal-era Japan, killing without remorse and vanishing without trace.<\/p> For now, a new Tenchu<\/em> title remains merely a pipe dream, but it’s comforting to know that Acquire has not forgotten about one of the forefathers of the stealth assassination genre.<\/p> Acquire president discusses potential Tenchu revival<\/a> [Gematsu \/ Ryokutya2089<\/a>]<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":261970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[141,1],"tags":[8179,562,93,2002,129,447],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":3,"display_name":"Chris Moyse","user_login":"Chris Moyse","user_nicename":"chris-moyse"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n