Following the European release this morning, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Koei Tecmo released the first DLC of NiOh on the North American PSN, under the title "Dragon of the North."

The DLC includes famous historical characters like Date Masamune and his retainers s, Date Shigezane and Katakura Shigenaga. It can be downloaded here for $9.99.

On top of the DLC, we also get a free ShareFactory theme for the game, for those who care to add a bit of flourish to their videos of fantasy samurai slaughter.

The download can be found here, and comes with the following:

2 intros

• An outro

• 3 title clips

• 8 custom transitions

• 72 stickers

• 12 background images

If you're interested in more free content, today Koei Tecmo also released patch 1.07, including online PvP, female transformation skins and more.

NiOh is currently available exclusively for PS4, and if you want to learn more you can check out our own review.