Deception IV: Blood Ties
| Deception IV | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Tecmo Koei |
| Publisher(s) | Tecmo Koei |
| Director(s) | Makoto Shibata Masaki Shibuya |
| Producer(s) | Keisuke Kikuchi |
| Designer(s) | Tsuyoshi Iuchi Toshiaki Kubota |
| Series | Deception |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3 PlayStation Vita PlayStation 4 |
| Release | Blood TiesThe Nightmare Princess |
| Genre(s) | Action role-playing, strategy role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Deception IV: Blood Ties, known in Japan as Kagero: Dark Side Princess (影牢 ダークサイド・プリンセス), is a strategy game for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 by Tecmo Koei, and a sequel to Kagero II: Dark Illusion within the Deception series. The game was released in 2014 for Japan on 27 February, and the western localization of the game was released in North America on 25 March and Europe on 28 March.
An expanded version titled Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess, known in Japan as Kagero: Another Princess (影牢 ～もう1人のプリンセス～), was released in Japan on March 26, 2015 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. The Nightmare Princess is the first Deception game to be released on the PlayStation 4; it was also made available in digital format on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita on the same date. It was released in North America on July 14 and in Europe on July 17.