Brazilian Studio LGS Games Productions Builds Five PS4 Action Games Set In Japan
A Sao Paulo studio with a local CEO built a five-title PS4 catalog on Japanese history and sold it back into the Japanese PlayStation Store, which is an unusual direction for the licensing and localization traffic that usually runs the other way.
Reporting from 1 source: 4Gamer.net.
Brasil Game Show 2026 ran from October 9 to 12 at Distrito Anhembi in Sao Paulo, and on the second day the outlet spoke with LGS Games Productions, led by CEO Gilson B. Pontes. Since 2020 the studio has released five PS4 action-adventure games set in Japan across the Heian, Genpei, Sengoku, and Edo periods, all available on the Japanese PlayStation Store.
Pontes names the pillars the studio builds on: Japan, samurai, ninja, war, mythology, and atmosphere. The titles move through the Heian period to the Edo period, and the look shifts with them, from autumn temple grounds in one game to sepia-toned black and white in two others, then to sunset reds and oranges. Pontes says the appeal of Japanese history is that real events and supernatural imagination fit in the same story, and that the era when Takeda Shingen, Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu fought holds particular interest for him.
- Shadow the Ronin: The Revenge to the Samurai: 2020, Edo period; a samurai seeks revenge after his family is killed on the emperor's orders
- Taishogun: The Rise of Emperor: 2021, end of the Heian period; Hojo Masako fights to avenge her father Hojo Tokimasa
- Ashigaru: The Last Shogun: 2022, Sengoku period; the Takeda clan sends elite foot soldiers against the Tokugawa clan
- Jimbaori: The Onin War: 2023; stars Toyotomi Hideyoshi against Yi Sun-sin's forces during the Japanese invasions of Korea
- Shinobi: The Warlord: 2024; the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu at the end of the Sengoku period
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.