Expeditions: Samurai Dev Diary Discusses Visual Style

THQ Nordic and Campfire Cabal have released a developer diary video for upcoming strategy RPG Expeditions: Samurai. The two-and-a-half-minute “The Art of Expeditions: Samurai” video sees members of the development team discussing the game’s visual style, including a change from 2D portraits to 3D character models during dialogue.

Campfire Cabal is founded by veterans of original series developer Logic Artists who worked on previous entries Expeditions: Conquistador, Expeditions: Viking, and Expeditions: Rome. Expeditions: Samurai is set to release on Steam Early Access this summer, with a full PC release planned for 2027. The game is set in Japan around the year 1600, shortly before the implementation of Japan’s isolationist policies. It takes place in a history where navigator William Adams never becomes Japan’s first European Samurai on account of the player character arriving first. Arriving onboard the Dutch frigate “De Albatros” as the new leader of a crew of privateers, players are drawn into a civil war, with their choices determining the fates of their crew and the future of Japan.