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Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires getting US release in June

by Jason Dobson { May 19th 2009 at 9:30AM }

Even in this crazy Kotec world it's refreshing to know the sun still rises in the east, Wheaties is still the breakfast of champions and Koei and the Dynasty Warriors are still best buds. Some things, you see, never change.

The latest in Koei's venerable action strategy franchise, Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires, will arrive on June 23 for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, promising character editing and a return to series' button mashing heroics set in China's good old days. Equally ancient is the game's multiplayer mode, with just two players supported offline and apparently no online mode at all. Still, with its boots stuck in history, it sort of completes the symmetry to have the whole experience cemented in the distant past.

Warriors Orochi ships over 1.5 million, sequel announced

by Jason Dobson { May 21st 2008 at 9:00PM }

Despite flirting with futuristic racing, it's no secret that Koei's heart has always belonged to cutting swaths through bad guys, keeping their population under control with the mashing of buttons in such series as Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, or in the case of Warriors Orochi, both at the same time.

Warriors Orochi, which fused both franchises for a crossover fiesta, was released last year for multiple platforms, and according to a statement from Koei this afternoon has shipped more than 1.5 million units worldwide. Granted this simply represents the number of copies the company has thrown on the back of a truck, and not how many that players have actually been taken home and played. Even so, this hasn't stopped Koei from confirming that it also plans to bring Warriors Orochi 2 to North America, giving PS2 and Xbox 360 players another means to sacrifice thumbs and delete evil doers en masse this September.

Warriors Orochi hits Europe in late March

by Majed Athab { Mar 3rd 2008 at 4:00PM }

For all those impulse-importer Europeans out there, hold off your orders for just a second because one more PSP title will be heading your way. That title is Warriors Orochi, scheduled to hit the European continent on March 28 -- three days after the game's North American release.

Warriors Orochi is the amalgamation of Koei's two huge action franchises: Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors; the game takes all the familiar faces from past games and tosses them together for some fanboyish team-ups and storylines. We can't wait to rip it up on the PSP, even if we already did so on the PS2 version. Anyway, it's nice to know that Europeans can share in the 500+ combo kills at the same time we do.

Dynasty Warriors 6 goes gold, plus new screens

by Majed Athab { Feb 12th 2008 at 8:30PM }

With the North American release of Dynasty Warriors 6 just one week away, Koei confirms that the game has gone gold. Dynasty Warriors 6 is expected to ship out to North American retailers by February 19. It'll still be a good seven days before we actually get back to our exciting (read: familiar) adventures in ancient China ... so in the meantime, have a gander at these new screenshots:

Gallery: Dynasty Warriors 6

Samurai Warriors: Katana cuts into Wii in January

by Jason Dobson { Nov 15th 2007 at 7:00PM }

Koei, the name behind such diverse titles as Dynasty Warriors, Warriors Orochi, and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, has confirmed plans to bring Samurai Warriors: Katana, a first-person Samurai Warriors spin-off title for the Wii, to North America on January 15, 2008.

While we have to admit the name carries more appeal than the previous title, Samurai Slash, the announcement of yet another arcade-style title set in Feudal Japan does little to stir our interest, and given the frantic nature of these games our arms are tired just thinking of having to flail madly at never ending waves of on-screen bad guys. Call us lazy, but sometimes, just sometimes, we'd rather just press a button. Even so, with "nearly" 30 hours of gameplay promised on top of an included two player versus mode, Wii owners looking to tap into their inner samurai finally have something to look forward to playing. If you need us, we'll be taking a nap.

Upcoming John Woo film to become Chinese MMO

by Ross Miller { Aug 20th 2007 at 2:55PM }

Director John Woo, who is currently collaborating on the game Stranglehold, will see his current film project Battle of the Red Cliff become an MMO in China, according to the press release. The title will be developed by Beijing-based Perfect World.

Red Cliff is based on the Three Kingdoms in ancient China, and specifically on the famed Battle of Red Cliffs where warlord Cao Cao was successfully blocked from conquering southern regions by warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan. If any of these names sound familiar to non-history buffs, the events have been previously portrayed in games such as Dynasty Warriors and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, whose sheer number of iterations rival that of EA Sports franchises.

The MMO is coming out in the fourth quarter of this year. No word on whether the MMO is being planned for other territories. John Woo's Red Cliff will be released as two films, with the first reportedly coming out before the Summer 2008 Olympics and the second by the end of that year.

[Via Eurogamer]

Dynasty Warriors 6 also invading Xbox 360

by Ross Miller { Aug 3rd 2007 at 2:44PM }

Through previously announced for the PlayStation 3, Dynasty Warriors 6 has now been been confirmed by Koei as coming to the Xbox 360 as well. The prolific series (DW6 is actually the 19th entry) has previously seen an Xbox 360 release with Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires.

Images from the new game show gorgeous new visuals and a draw distance that, unlike most of the DW iterations, extend beyond 15 feet. Otherwise, it looks like Koei is sticking with the same (albeit successful) formula they have used for seven years. A teaser trailer embedded after the break; Dynasty Warriors 6 is due out this fall.

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

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DS releases for the week of July 23rd

by Alisha Karabinus { Jul 23rd 2007 at 2:00PM }

This week sees the release of some interesting titles around the world, such as the latest in Pokémon for Europe, and Taiko Drum Master DS in Japan. American gamers get to contend with Dynasty Warriors DS. We know some of you are looking forward to it, and some ... well, aren't. But maybe it will surprise us!

Chameleon: To Dye For!
Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighter's Battle
Ultimate Puzzle Games: Sudoku Edition

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Dynasty Warriors 6 announced for the PS3

by Colin Torretta { Jul 17th 2007 at 6:00PM }

According to Gamers Creed, Koei just announced the release of Dynasty Warriors 6 for the PlayStation 3 at the PlayStation Premiere event in Tokyo that happened earlier today. Not a whole lot of additional information was announced, but we did hear TGS will be the big unveiling of the game. Also, according to other sites Dynasty Warriors 6 is planned for release this year in Japan, so it sounds like it should be hitting the shelves shortly after it's unveiling.

Koei has never been ashamed to milk that franchise for all its worth, so it's not a huge surprise we're getting a new Dynasty Warriors but it's still exciting. Hopefully they will be able to address some of the issues that plagued the last-gen versions (i.e., incredible fogging, low rez textures, repetitive graphics and shallow gameplay). Dynasty Warriors: Gundam is a decent attempt at a next-gen DW, but isn't quite what a lot of people were hoping for. Will DW 6 be able to satisfy our next-gen hack-and-slash needs?

PSP Fanboy Theatre: Volume 26

by Andrew Yoon { Jun 30th 2007 at 7:10PM }

PSP Fanboy offers the latest and greatest movie and game trailers, formatted for the PSP in this new weekly feature. Check it out every Saturday. PSP owners can download files wirelessly via m.pspfanboy.com.

Instructions: Save all movie and thumbnail files to the VIDEO folder. These high resolution 480x272 videos require firmware 3.30 or above. (Note: OE custom firmware will also play these videos.)

New for PSP: Get selected videos delivered automatically to your PSP via our new RSS feed.

Dynasty Warriors:Gundam [PS3, 360]
Download MP4 (11.5MB) | Download JPG

The following videos are featured after the break: Lair (PS3), Rise of the Argonauts (PS3, 360), Sicko, Interview

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Fusing the world of Gundam and Dynasty Warriors

by Andrew Yoon { Jun 28th 2007 at 11:00PM }

In a recent conference call with the press, Namco Bandai's localization producer Nobuaki Taguchi revealed numerous new details on its upcoming Gundam brawler. The game, which now has a confirmed August 28th ship date, is the first Gundam and Dynasty Warriors game that will feature both English and Japanese voices.

Although there will be no downloadable content, it appears that fans will have a lot to look forward to. There are two main game modes to explore, "Official" and "Original" mode. In "Official" mode, players will go through classic Gundam storylines based on the official manga and anime series. "Original" mode weaves a new tale for the game, that somehow manages to incorporate the various Gundam universes involved. Some of the series to be incorporated into the game include Mobile Suit Gundam (the first Gundam), Gundam Seed, G Gundam, and Gundam Wing.

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New screenshots and art from Dynasty Warriors: Gundam

by Andrew Yoon { Jun 18th 2007 at 12:00PM }

The awkwardly (but aptly) titled Dynasty Warriors: Gundam is coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 later this summer, and Namco Bandai has released a plethora of new screens and artwork for the title. Developed by Koei's Team: Omega Force, the creators of the original Dynasty Warriors series, the game has players using fan-favorite mechas from "more than 6" TV series (we're assuming that means 7?).

Gallery: Dynasty Warriors: Gundam

Gundam comes to America, gets a silly title

by Colin Torretta { May 9th 2007 at 11:00PM }

According to IGN, Namco Bandai confirmed today that Gundam Musou will be released in North America under the new moniker Dynasty Warriors: Gundam. It is scheduled to come out towards the end of summer on both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 platforms.

The game sold well in Japan, but not up to Namco Bandai's expectations. They had expected it to have an attach rate of over 50% though, which seems a tad high for this game. So maybe they were being a bit overly optimistic. Regardless though, it makes sense that they would expand the release market to increase their revenue return.

Hopefully this will be better than their previous PS3 Gundam attempt. The Japanese reviews were favorable, and the Dynasty Warrior games have always been a guilty pleasure of mine, but the graphics don't look real hot and the DW formula has grown a little stale. Also that new name bugs the hell out of me. It's descriptive sure, but it makes me think of this guy.

Producer spills his guts on Dynasty Warriors DS

by James Konik { May 3rd 2007 at 3:00PM }

Yoshihiro Kishimoto, producer of Dynasty Warriors DS: Fighters Battle, conducted an interview recently with Pocket Gamer. He describes the challenges in fitting the game onto the DS, and talks about the decision to go with buttons rather than make use of the stylus. We think carving through hordes of enemies at a time with the stylus would have been pretty entertaining, but maybe that's just us.

The screens and video that we've seen so far of Fighter's Battle haven't exactly inspired us to go on a crazed rampage of sword wielding destruction, but we remain ever hopeful that this will change once we get the US version into our blood-soaked hands.

A long look at Dynasty Warriors DS

by Alisha Karabinus { Apr 25th 2007 at 1:00PM }

Well, this video is better than the screenshots, at least, but are we alone in seeing that seizure-inducing ripple effect? At least it mostly fades once you get off the wooden flooring and out onto the grass and dirt. But maybe Dynasty Warriors DS is right up your alley. Watch the video, judge for yourself, and let us know.

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