think-man on 21 August 2013
- Challenge Mode is returning
- The mode will now reward a certain useful item when new records are set
- Online Ranking is also returning
- Story Mode will have a new playable storyline for Lu Bu's force
- The story will much describe most of Lu Bu's lifetime, from serving Ding Yuan, to betraying him and going to Dong Zhuo, then killing the latter and becoming independent
- There is also a what-if branch where Lu Bu's force will become dominating
- Producer Suzuki said that by giving more focus on Lu Bu, they are going back to the roots of the Xtreme Legends expansions (could be referring to the first XL: DW3XL)
- Commander/Ambition Mode will have a new goal in "Unification"
- By playing more stages in the mode, there will be a new conquest ratio available which will determine if a region will be conquered
- There will be new weapons (maybe referring to 6th weapons)
- Characters may be having a 2nd EX attack (75% certainty)
Miscellaneous
- Since a PlayStation Vita version has also been announced, DW8XL will become available in 3 different packages
- PS3 DW8XL standalone game (possibly may require Mixjoy/Remix to connect with vanilla DW8)
- PS3 DW8-with-XL combined game
- PSV DW8-with-XL combined game
All 3 package types will be available in physical disc(PS3)/cartridge(PSV) and digital download - Cross-platform play between PS3 & PSV versions are confirmed
- Save data from PS3 vanilla DW8 can be brought over to not only PS3 DW8XL, but also the PSV version. Cross-platform save is also possible
- High probability that bought DW8 DLCs might carry over to DW8XL
