Koei Tecmo News Articles
Wednesday4th Mar 2015
News Bladestorm PS4 Gameplay Shows off Goblins and Dragons in Nightmare Mode
Fantastical forces
As well as including the base Hundred Years' War scenario, upcoming tactical hack-and-slasher Bladestorm: Nightmare will also boast the fictional Nightmare mode, where monsters and mythical beasts are summoned to the battlefield by a decidedly evil version of Joan of Arc. Sounds quite interesting, doesn't it? Releasing later this...
Wednesday25th Feb 2015
News Dynasty Warriors Will Be Dabbling with a Free-to-Play Model Next Month
Penny for your thoughts
We admittedly didn't see this coming, but when we stop to think about it, we suppose it kind of makes sense. Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires, which we recently reviewed, features an absolute ton of customisation elements, from character creation options, to scenario building tools -- and it looks like publisher Koei Tecmo is...
Friday20th Feb 2015
News Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's Having a Lot of Problems on the PS4 Store
Dead on arrival
Oh dear, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round hasn't got off to a good start on the PlayStation 4. While we reckon that the brawler's a lot of fun, as we concluded in our review, Eurogamer.net has received numerous reports that indicate that the game's suffering from some serious issues on the PlayStation Store. For starters,
Thursday19th Feb 2015
News Bladestorm: Nightmare Delays Its March for a Few Weeks on PS4 and PS3
Fall back
Originally due out on the 6th March in Europe, upcoming tactical warfare title Bladestorm: Nightmare has been delayed a few weeks. Now releasing on the 20th March, you'll have to wait just a bit longer to have your say in the Hundred Years War between England and France. Fortunately, a demo is expected to launch early next month, so...
Wednesday18th Feb 2015
News Here's Your First Look At Toukiden: Kiwami's Oni Slaying Action on PS4
Gone clubbing
Toukiden: The Age of Demons was quite a pretty game on Vita, and we're sure that its semi-sequel, Toukiden: Kiwami, will be too. However, with the game also slashing its way onto the PlayStation 4, how much better will it look on Sony's newest system? Fortunately, the answer is pretty good. Sporting better lighting, textures, and...
Tuesday17th Feb 2015
News You Won't See a More Frantic Trailer Than Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's Latest
Everybody chill
We're mere days away from the release of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, and in one final marketing push, publisher Koei Tecmo has slapped this frantic new trailer online. Featuring over two minutes of almost every playable character kicking the absolute crap out of each other, it's certainly got us in the mood for a fight. The video's...
Thursday12th Feb 2015
News Plan Out Your Perfect Character With Toukiden: Kiwami's New PS4 and Vita Trailers
Slay away
Building upon Toukiden: The Age Of Demons' already solid foundation, Toukiden: Kiwami introduces several new weapon types and battle styles that you can apply to your custom character. Along with heavy clubs and a polearms, you can even equip a rifle if you're feeling particularly lucky, and judging from the video that we've embedded,...
News Toukiden: Kiwami's New Characters Are Here to Help You Slay on PS4 and Vita
Gang, meet the new gang
Toukiden: The Age of Demons had a surprisingly decent selection of allies, and even though they seemed largely generic at first, they started to grow on us as we progressed through the oni-slaying adventure. There'll be several new faces to help you with your duties in Toukiden: Kiwami, though, as the game's newest trailer...
Monday9th Feb 2015
News Take a Look At Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's New Characters and Their Outrageous Combos
That's gotta hurt
Often preferred by fighting fans who haven't quite got the time to learn ridiculously long combos chains, the Dead or Alive series has always been an accessible and enjoyable franchise. Having said that, though, the moves in Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's latest trailers don't look especially easy to pull off. Indeed, Tecmo's...
Tuesday3rd Feb 2015
News Will Dead or Alive 5: Last Round Be a Knockout on PS4 and PS3 Later This Month?
Down and out
We've only just posted a rather steamy video for Senran Kagura Estival Versus, so when we saw Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's launch trailer pop up on our feeds, we thought that it may have been time to crack open an office window or two. Fortunately, we haven't had to leave the safety of our cluttered desks, as the brawler's newest...
Thursday22nd Jan 2015
News How Does Toukiden: Kiwami on PS4 Look Compared to the Vita Version?
Porting prowess
It seems like you can't go five minutes these days without seeing some sort of graphics comparison, and while we understand that it all gets a bit tedious, there's plenty of reason for this particular look at the difference between the PlayStation 4 and Vita versions of Toukiden: Kiwami. As you'd expect, the home console edition...
Wednesday14th Jan 2015
News Here's a Better Look at Dead or Alive 5: Last Round's Newest Fighter
Isn't it past your bedtime?
Described in her very own trailer as a "super secret fighter chick", Honoka is 18-years-old and likes wearing a single glove. In all seriousness, though, she looks like a pretty good addition to the cast, and she sports some powerful-looking combos in the video that we've embedded. Revealed in yesterday's Famitsu, the...
Friday19th Dec 2014
News Raidou Really Means Business in These New Dead or Alive 5: Last Round Trailers
Definitely not dead
The horribly evil Raidou will be making a return in Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, and it looks like he's coming back with a vengeance. Featuring in three different trailers as he brawls with ninjas Ryu Hayabusa, Hayate, and Ayane, it would seem that his cybernetic implants gift him with even more powerful attacks than before...
Monday3rd Nov 2014
News Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires Will Feature English Voice Acting, Marches On With Its First Trailer
Voice of the conqueror
Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition [how many more times do we need to write that? - Ed.] was the last Warriors title to feature an English dub, much to the disappointment of many fans who have wanted to hear incredibly cheesy voice acting since. Fortunately, publisher Koei Tecmo has confirmed that English...
Thursday30th Oct 2014
News Dynasty Warriors 8 Empires Marches an Army onto PS4 and PS3 Sooner Than You Think
Tactical
It's getting to the point where we can't blame people for saying that there are too many Warriors titles flooding the market. 2014 itself has had an abundance of the things, and now, just when things appeared to be quiet after the release of the superb Samurai Warriors 4, publisher Koei Tecmo has gone ahead and announced that tactically...
Thursday18th Sep 2014
TGS 2014 Some Dragon Quest Heroes Gameplay Footage Appears!
Bringing colour to PS4
We got our very first look at the Warriors-Dragon Quest mash-up that is Dragon Quest Heroes during Sony's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference at the beginning of the month, and now, unsurprisingly, the time has come to feast our eyes on some direct gameplay. The footage is fresh from the aforementioned expo that's going on right...
Tuesday16th Sep 2014
Musou magic
With hordes of Japanese warlords marching ever closer to the PlayStation 4, publisher Koei Tecmo has put together a gameplay trailer for Samurai Warriors 4, which focuses on the musou attacks of the game's new characters. If you're interested in seeing the fresh faces in action, you'll find plenty to like here, but it's the graphical...
Tuesday9th Sep 2014
News Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star Flaunts Its Moves with Seven Gameplay Trailers
Everybody dance now
With role-playing games, it can be difficult to explain just how a release's unique system works with words alone. Ready to lend a helping hand, Koei Tecmo has released a whopping seven videos showcasing some of the weird and wonderful things that you can expect from Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star, which will be released on...
Tuesday2nd Sep 2014
News Dead Or Alive 5: Last Round Punches West in Spring 2015, All PS3 DLC Can Be Transferred
Continue?
Publisher Koei Tecmo confirmed this morning that Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will be getting a Western release next year. The fighter features all previous DLC characters, and a slew of over 300 [What?! - Ed.] costumes to dress up your favourite marital artists with. The company also reckons that this is definitely the last Dead or Alive...
Monday1st Sep 2014
News Control The Tides of Battle With Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War & Nightmare on PS4
You and what army
We've heard fans voice their complaints on the forums that there aren't enough real time strategy games on the PlayStation 4, and it seems Koei Tecmo was thinking the same thing with the announcement of Bladestorm: The Hundred Year War and Nightmare. Coming before the end of 2014 in Japan, it's the sequel to the franchise that...
News Get Your First Look at Dead of Alive 5: Last Round on PS4 Right Here, Right Now
Let's rock
It was only yesterday we reported that Dead or Alive 5: Last Round was making the jump to Sony's next-gen console, and now we've got the official trailer to prove it. Admittedly, it's only a short video, but if you're interested, chances are that you've already played one of the game's many incarnations on the PlayStation 3. Even so, the...
Sunday31st Aug 2014
News Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is Smashing Its Way onto PS4
We know what you're thinking
Stop those dirty thoughts right this instant. Yes, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round is coming to the PlayStation 4, and no, we don't know if it'll feature, er, improved physics. The fighter's already gone through several incarnations on the PS3, but with a port to Sony's newest console, it should look better than ever, and...
Wednesday23rd Jul 2014
News Samurai Warriors 4 Hacks and Slashes Its Way onto PS4 in October
Resistance is feudal
A couple of titles might have decided to step down from what is shaping up to be an action packed October, but Samurai Warriors 4 is not that kind of game. Indeed, the PlayStation 4 slash-'em-up will be making a feudal fanfare in North America on 21st October, and in Europe on 24th October. This momentous occasion marks the...
Tuesday22nd Jul 2014
News Dynasty Warriors 8: Complete Edition Carves Out a Huge Patch on PS4 and Vita
Keep pushing square
Just when you thought that you'd had your fill of putting thousands of grunts to death, Koei Tecmo has gone ahead and released Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition's long awaited 1.01 update on the PlayStation 4 and Vita, along with a patch for the PS3 standalone Xtreme Legends expansion. It's quite a hefty...
Thursday10th Jul 2014
News Samurai Warriors 4 on PS4 Looks Like It'll Take the Crown For Best Looking Warriors Game Yet
Flash, bang, whallop
Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition on PlayStation 4 may have set the bar for how good a Warriors game can look, but we reckon it won't be able to hold on to that title when October rolls around. Samurai Warriors 4 has been given a Japanese trailer that showcases what the slash-'em-up
Wednesday2nd Jul 2014
News Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star Will Be Top of the Pops This September
This guy must be "Heavy Metal"
Koei Tecmo Europe was evil last week with its obvious tease of an upcoming announcement. Thankfully, we didn't have to wait long to find out that we were right on the mark and that Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star will be seeing a physical and digital release for the PlayStation 3 in Europe on 26th September. While no...
Tuesday24th Jun 2014
News Tecmo Koei Will Become Koei Tecmo from 1st July in Europe
If you say so
You know it's been a bit of a slow news day when you find yourself writing stories about a Japanese publisher that's reversing its name in Europe, but here we are. After what seems like an eternity of penning 'Tecmo Koei' in every Dynasty Warriors review and news article, we're going to have to break free from the habit starting from...
