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 an action game for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 by Tecmo Koei, and sequel to Kagero II: Dark Illusion within the Deception series series. The game was released in Japan on 27 February 2014, and the western localization of the game will be released in North America on 25 March 2014, and Europe on 28 March 2014. The game was announced at the SCEJ Press Conference in September 2013 prior to the Tokyo Game Show, and is due for a 2014 release in Japan, North America and Europe. The game is a revisit of Tecmo's 1996 PlayStation game Devil's Deception. As a game focused on strategy, the player aims to defeat enemies by luring them into a wide variety of traps. The aim of the game is to prevent the enemy from reaching the player, exclusively using traps. Players can choose to utilise a variety of different traps, including rolling boulders, electrocution, fire, sp...