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| Genji: Days of the Blade | |
|---|---|
 North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Game Republic[a] |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Yoshiki Okamoto Yūichi Ueda |
| Producer(s) | Kenji Kataoka Takashi Shono |
| Designer(s) | Akiteru Naka Toshihiko Kurata Shigeo Takai |
| Artist(s) | Keita Amemiya Kita Koiki Hisashi Kanie |
| Writer(s) | Hideyuki Ishizeki |
| Composer(s) | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Action-adventure, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Genji: Days of the Blade, known in Japan as Genji: The Godly Disturbance[b], is an action-adventure video game developed by Game Republic and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is the sequel to Genji: Dawn of the Samurai and the first game to be released under the newly-rebranded Japan Studio.
Genji: Days of the Blade takes place three years after the end of Dawn of the Samurai. The Heishi clan, defeated at the end of the previous game, has returned, its military strength bolstered by the use of unholy magic that allows its legions of soldiers to turn into hulking demons. Yoshitsune and his stalwart friend Benkei must do battle with the newly restored Heishi army; this time, however, they gain two powerful allies in their war—the priestess Shizuka, and the spear wielder, Lord Buson. Like the previous Genji game, Days of the Blade is loosely based on the classic work The Tale of the Heike.
The game's presentation at E3 2006 went viral after the producer said that the game was "based on famous battles, which actually took place in ancient Japan" and later battled what he described as a "giant enemy crab".
- ^ "JAPANスタジオ作品一覧 2007年～2006年" [List of Japan Studio works 2007–2006] (in Japanese). Sony Interactive Entertainment. 2021. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
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