Nioh developer Team Ninja has revealed that it's working a new action game alongside publisher Koei Tecmo. The news comes via a recent livestream celebrating the 40th anniversary of Kou Shibusawa, who founded Koei all the way back in 1978, and is the company's current CEO. Shibusawa will be overseeing this new project, it seems.
So, what's this new Team Ninja game about? Well, according to the announcement, it'll be based on Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the gigantic 14th century novel that covers a significant period of Chinese history. The titular three kingdoms — Wei, Wu, and Shu — are also the focus of Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors series. And, as the name obviously suggests, Koei Tecmo's strategy franchise, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is based on the novel as well. It's safe to say that the publisher is familiar with the source material.
That's all we've got to go on for now, but Team Ninja's most recent efforts suggest that this will be well worth keeping an eye on. Hopefully we hear more soon.
[source famitsu.com, via twitter.com]
Comments 17
So it's gonna be a souls like set in China?
Dynasty Warriors 10 will be interesting.
So a character action spin off for a strategy game series best known for their hack and slash spin offs. Made by the guys that brought you DMC:DMC and CHAOS!
@darkswabber - Umm, no. Team Ninja had nothing to do with DmC. That was Ninja Theory.
Interesting seems alot of upcoming games are set in china or have Chinese mythology like wukong black myth, sword and fairy 7 and now this.
@Shigurui oh lol I never realized that.
@darkswabber Shigurui already corrected. But to give you some context, Kou Shibusawa's team made Nioh and Nioh 2, that's why these news are exciting.
@velio84 imagine Lu Bu as a Nioh boss what an epic fight that would be
Nioh gameplay in Three Kingdoms China, I bet. Count me in.
I’m down for this as long as there isn’t the ludicrously complicated mechanics that the rest of the RotTK games are known for.
Well this could be good. Worth keeping an eye on.
Very interesting coupled with the recent news of Bloodborne's SIE producer joining Team Ninja for a new project, probably this one.
I'll be all over this like a soggy tissue!
oh man...another Souls type game. pft. not surprised but either way, enjoy people!
Happy for Souls fans! I won't be touching this for ages though, since I suck at them.
I'll take your entire stock (I hope it's more like Ninja Gaiden than Ni-Oh though)
I'm definitely hype but I'm hoping this plays more like ninja gaiden or a new formula. It'd be weird for them to make 2 nioh style games after they already said they're done with the nioh series. Either way I'm excited
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