{"id":1558103,"date":"2026-04-20T13:22:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nioh-3-free-content-update-april-2026-announced"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:22:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:22:23","slug":"nioh-3-to-get-free-update-with-high-difficulty-side-missions-rarer-accessories-and-new-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nioh-3-to-get-free-update-with-high-difficulty-side-missions-rarer-accessories-and-new-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Nioh 3 to get free update with high-difficulty side missions, rarer accessories, and new skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nioh-3-to-get-free-update-with-high-difficulty-side-missions-rarer-accessories-and-new-skills.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/nioh-3\">Nioh 3<\/a> is a pretty loaded action RPG with plenty of things to do and plenty for eager samurai to discover, but since it&#8217;s been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-nioh-3-performed-so-well-koei-techmo-revised-earnings-forecast\">a tremendous success for Koei Tecmo<\/a>, free content updates are expanding its many features ahead of the paid season pass DLCs (which, for anyone that knows the series, is par for the course by now).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nioh-3-free-content-update-april-2026-announced\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nioh-3-free-content-update-april-2026-announced\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nioh 3 is a pretty loaded action RPG with plenty of things to do and plenty for eager samurai to discover, but since it&#8217;s been a tremendous success for Koei Tecmo, free content updates are expanding its many features ahead of the paid season pass DLCs (which, for anyone that knows the series, is par for the course by now). 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