Hit Chinese Mobile Anime RPG Onmyoji Soft Launches in English

Netease's turn based anime mobile RPG Onmyoji soft launched in English today and is officially coming to the West later this year. Normally this isn't very big news. Just another Chinese mobile RPG launching in the West, but what makes this interesting is that Onmyoji is HUGE. The game has over 200 million downloads worldwide and is easily one of the most popular mobile games in the world. The game features turn based combat where players summon shikigami spirits to battle each-other (sounds like a Gatcha game).

Onmyoji is currently available (soft launch) in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Scandinavia. For us in the U.S., we'll need to wait for the official launch or try downloading the Android APK.

Check out the official cinematic trailer below:

Onmyoji - Official Trailer

Check out Steparu's Gameplay Trailer to see some actual in-game footage:

Onmyoji English CBT Gameplay - Coming to Steam

Netease has been slowly embracing the Western market gaming market. They're the company behind Revelation Online (My.com publishes it, but it's made by Netease), Crusaders of Light, Tome of the Sun, and numerous other games.