PlayStation

Hey! You’ve Got Ninja Gaiden In My Warriors Orochi

Warriors Orochi 2, a game that brings together characters from the Dynasty Warriors series and the Samurai Warriors series to fight against hundreds of enemy soldiers in epic battlegrounds is being ported to the PSP as Warriors Orochi 2 Special. The new game, like Dynasty Warriors VS for the 3DS, will feature guest characters as bonus playable characters.


May 5, 2012
Retro

Cut A Rug To All Of The Greatest Video Game Dance Routines

You know what the world needs more of? Choreographed dance routines. You know what I’m talking about. This is what I’m talking about.


April 17, 2012
In Real Life

Japanese Porn Is Overdosing On Video Games And Anime

If something exists, then, yes, there is a dirty movie of it. Video games and anime exist, so, yes, there are dirty movies of them. Japan just seems to have more of them.


March 15, 2012
In Real Life

These Are Not Nintendo Characters

Nope! They are dressed as Nintendo characters, though. Koei Tecmo is putting iconic outfits in the latest hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors game, Dynasty Warriors VS, as unlockable items.


March 13, 2012
PlayStation

Defending The Game People Hate

While it was once one of the most popular and well received series in gaming, Dynasty Warriors seems to receive more and more negative feedback with each iteration. This is not due to radical shifts in gameplay and/or tone — as many game sequels are accused of doing — but rather the exact opposite: Negative comments centre around Tecmo Koei’s insistence to stick to the formula that made it a well-known franchise. I’m not so sure, though, that this hate from gamers is justified.


March 7, 2012
PlayStation

Pirates, Plunder And One Piece Gaming Booty

Hack-and-slash Dynasty Warriors is infamous for evolving very little — if at all — with each new iteration in the series. The biggest changes seen so far have been to either the cast or the setting.


March 6, 2012
PlayStation

The Diary Of A One Piece Virgin

I know next to nothing about One Piece. In fact, going into the newest Dynasty Warriors game, One Piece: Pirate Warriors, the only One Piece related thing I had seen was the movie Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in the Winter, Miracle Cherry Blossom on a date back in 2008.


February 17, 2012
News

Dynasty Warriors Developer Says Japan Should Stop Trying To Copy The West

Kotaku AU

The Japanese games industry hasn’t been at its height for some time now, and while developers may be looking for ways to remedy this, the production lead of Dynasty Warriors, Kenichi Ogasawara says that the solution does not lie in copying the West.


January 24, 2012
PlayStation

From Ryu Hayabusa To Jeanne D’Arc, Everybody Fights In Warriors Orochi 3

The third instalment of Tecmo Koei’s Dynasty Warriors/Samurai Warriors hack-and-slash crossover is coming to North America on March 20, it’s 120+ warrior roster padded with cameos from Ninja Gaiden, Warriors: Legends of Troy, Bladestorm, Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll and Dead or Alive.


January 21, 2012
PlayStation

A Bit Of Infinity Blade In Dynasty Warriors Next

Tecmo Koei PS Vita launch title Dynasty Warriors Next plays like a standard Dynasty Warriors title for the most part, but when certain officers clash it’s time for a little Infinity Blade-style touch screen duelling.