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Bladestorm: Nightmare release date announced

Nightmare mode lets you fight evil Joan of Ark.

Koei Tecmo's Bladestorm: Nightmare, the follow-up to Bladestorm: the Hundred Years' War, launches in Europe on 6th March 2015.

The Dynasty Warriors meets European history sequel is in the works for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Koei Tecmo describes Bladestorm as an "historical Troop Command Action" game. You play a mercenary that chooses to fight for either England or France in missions inspired by real events and battles from the Hundred Years War (1377-1453).

The game includes a Nightmare mode, which features a fictional scenario in which the English and the French join forces to fight an army of dragons, giants and demons led by an evil Joan of Arc. Because video games.

Bladestorm is the work of Dynasty Warriors developer Omega Force, which has been busy in recent months working on Hyrule Warriors for Wii U and Dragon Quest Heroes for Square Enix.

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