Afro Samurai (video game)

Afro Samurai
Developer(s)Namco Bandai Games
Publisher(s)Namco Bandai Games[a]
Designer(s)Asahiko Kikuchi
Programmer(s)
  • Daniel Chan
  • Masaki Namura
Artist(s)
  • Hoang Nguyen
  • Bryan Johnson
Writer(s)Paul Gardner
Composer(s)Howard Drossin
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release
  • NA: January 27, 2009
  • PAL: March 27, 2009
Genre(s)Action, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player

Afro Samurai is an action video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, loosely based on the manga and anime series of the same name. It was announced in the February 2008 issue of Play magazine[1] and released on January 27, 2009.[2] The game was developed by Namco Bandai Games and in North America, it was the first (and would end up being the only) game published under their western label, Surge.[3] In Europe and Australia the game was released under the Namco brand instead and was distributed by Atari Europe.[4]


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  1. ^ Stasse, Terence (2008-02-19). "Latest Anime Game: Afro Samurai". Engadget. Archived from the original on 2016-01-23. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  2. ^ "Afro Samurai pushed to January 27". GameSpot. 2008-07-28. Archived from the original on 2014-04-16. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  3. ^ "Afro Samurai: Surge's "Number One" Game". Siliconera. 2009-01-23. Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  4. ^ "Afro Samurai". Gamesindustry.biz. 2008-10-07. Archived from the original on 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-04-23.

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