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''Katana Zero'' made its first public appearance at [[PAX (event)|PAX West]] in [[Seattle]] in September 2015.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Mike |title=Katana Zero Will Make You Feel Like a Badass |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/katana-zero-will-make-you-feel-like-a-badass |website=[[USgamer]] |access-date=February 10, 2022 |date=September 8, 2015 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210053143/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/katana-zero-will-make-you-feel-like-a-badass |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Adult Swim Games]] obtained the publication rights, and a teaser trailer was released in December.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Priestman |first1=Chris |title=Katana Zero Will Turn You Into A Time-Manipulating Assassin In 2016 |url=https://www.siliconera.com/katana-zero-will-turn-you-into-a-time-manipulating-assassin-in-2016/ |website=[[Siliconera]] |access-date=February 10, 2022 |date=December 19, 2015 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210191857/https://www.siliconera.com/katana-zero-will-turn-you-into-a-time-manipulating-assassin-in-2016/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The game was scheduled for a late 2016 release,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Devore |first1=Jordan |title=Katana Zero has the right stuff |url=https://www.destructoid.com/katana-zero-has-the-right-stuff/ |website=[[Destructoid]] |access-date=February 10, 2022 |date=December 17, 2015 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210053141/https://www.destructoid.com/katana-zero-has-the-right-stuff/ |url-status=live }}</ref> but it was delayed to 2017 and eventually to March 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wong |first1=Alistar |title=Time-Manipulating Assassin Game Katana Zero Slips To 2017 |url=https://www.siliconera.com/time-manipulating-assassin-game-katana-zero-slips-2017/ |website=[[Siliconera]] |access-date=August 7, 2022 |date=June 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807125638/https://www.siliconera.com/time-manipulating-assassin-game-katana-zero-slips-2017/ |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="DestructAlmost">{{cite web |last1=Devore |first1=Jordan |title=It's almost time for the bullet-slashing action game Katana Zero |url=https://www.destructoid.com/its-almost-time-for-the-bullet-slashing-action-game-katana-zero/ |website=[[Destructoid]] |access-date=February 12, 2022 |date=January 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208222257/https://www.destructoid.com/its-almost-time-for-the-bullet-slashing-action-game-katana-zero/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Stander announced he had "amicably parted ways" with Adult Swim in December 2018,<ref name="DestructAlmost"/> and revealed Devolver Digital had acquired the publication rights the following month.<ref>{{cite web |last1=LeChair |first1=Kyle |title=Devolver Digital to Publish Katana Zero |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/news/devolver-digital-to-publish-katana-zero/322670/ |website=Hardcore Gamer |access-date=August 7, 2022 |date=January 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807125142/https://hardcoregamer.com/news/devolver-digital-to-publish-katana-zero/322670/ |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> Devolver helped Stander [[video game localization|localize]] the game, translating it to ten languages. Stander was impressed by Devolver's [[software testing]] process for catching bugs he did not notice.<ref name="Shacknews: Interview"/>
''Katana Zero'' was released on April 18, 2019,<ref>{{cite web |last1=LeClair |first1=Kyle |title=Katana Zero Reveals Release Date in New Trailer |url=https://hardcoregamer.com/news/katana-zero-reveals-release-date-in-new-trailer/327348/ |website=Hardcore Gamer |access-date=February 10, 2022 |date=March 20, 2019 |archive-date=February 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211152624/https://hardcoregamer.com/news/katana-zero-reveals-release-date-in-new-trailer/327348/ |url-status=live }}</ref> as a downloadable game on [[GOG.com]], [[Humble Bundle]], [[Nintendo eShop]], and [[Steam (service)|Steam]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bolding |first1=Jonathan |title=Katana Zero's free DLC will be three times larger than expected |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/katana-zeros-free-dlc-will-be-three-times-larger-than-expected/ |website=[[PC Gamer]] |access-date=February 12, 2022 |date=February 15, 2020 |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212212400/https://www.pcgamer.com/katana-zeros-free-dlc-will-be-three-times-larger-than-expected/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NLifeMostPreordered">{{cite web |last1=Doolan |first1=Liam |title=Katana Zero Is Devolver Digital's Most Pre-Ordered Switch Game So Far |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/04/katana_zero_is_devolver_digitals_most_pre-ordered_switch_game_so_far |website=[[Nintendo Life]] |access-date=February 12, 2022 |date=April 18, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212212359/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/04/katana_zero_is_devolver_digitals_most_pre-ordered_switch_game_so_far |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] version was temporarily banned in Australia after it was refused classification by the [[International Age Rating Coalition]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Alex |title=Katana Zero Just Got Banned In Australia |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/04/katana-zero-just-got-banned-in-australia/ |website=[[Kotaku]] |access-date=February 8, 2022 |date=April 18, 2019 |archive-date=April 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417230840/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/04/katana-zero-just-got-banned-in-australia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> due to its depiction of graphic violence and drug use.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Doolan |first1=Liam |title=Katana Zero Refused Classification In Australia And New Zealand |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/04/katana_zero_refused_classification_in_australia_and_new_zealand |website=[[Nintendo Life]] |access-date=October 13, 2022 |date=April 17, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013123830/https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/04/katana_zero_refused_classification_in_australia_and_new_zealand |url-status=live }}</ref> Devolver Digital resubmitted the game to the [[Australian Classification Board]], which cleared it for a May release with an R18+ [[Video game content rating system|rating]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Alex |title=Katana Zero's Ban Overturned, Receives R18+ Rating |url=https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/05/katana-zeros-ban-overturned-receives-r18-rating/ |website=[[Kotaku]] |access-date=February 8, 2022 |date=May 16, 2019 |archive-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402104615/https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/05/katana-zeros-ban-overturned-receives-r18-rating/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Devolver released an [[Xbox One]] version on October 15, 2020, offered to [[Xbox Game Pass]] subscribers,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Sal |title=Xbox Game Pass adds Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition, Katana Zero, Supraland, and more in late October |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2020/10/xbox-game-pass-adds-tales-of-vesperia-definitive-edition-katana-zero-supraland-and-more-in-late-october |website=Gematsu |access-date=October 16, 2022 |date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128194830/https://www.gematsu.com/2020/10/xbox-game-pass-adds-tales-of-vesperia-definitive-edition-katana-zero-supraland-and-more-in-late-october |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> and an [[Amazon Luna]] version on December 9, 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Justin |title=Amazon Luna: Everything You Need To Know – Updated July 28, 2022 |url=https://www.androidheadlines.com/what-is-luna-everything-you-need-to-know.html |website=Android Authority |access-date=July 29, 2022 |date=July 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831192918/https://www.androidheadlines.com/what-is-luna-everything-you-need-to-know.html |archive-date=August 31, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref> A [[PlayStation 4]] version was rated by the [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]] in March 2021,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Sal |title=ESRB rates Katana ZERO for PS4, Demon Turf for PS5 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2021/03/esrb-rates-katana-zero-for-ps4-demon-turf-for-ps5 |website=Gematsu |access-date=September 10, 2022 |date=March 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301130324/https://www.gematsu.com/2021/03/esrb-rates-katana-zero-for-ps4-demon-turf-for-ps5 |archive-date=March 1, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> but has not been released as of
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