Of Koei Tecmo’s extensive library of titles, the Deception franchise is perhaps one of the least well known. And that’s a pity, because while the last game in the series (released on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita) was flawed, it was a flawed gem that we enjoyed a great deal.…
Read MoreKoei Tecmo’s latest batch of DLC costumes for its endless cash-cow, Dead or Alive 5: Last Round, have landed. This bunch are a result of a collaboration with the folk behind Senran Kagura, and they’re perhaps the most interesting costumes yet. As the above paragraph no doubt suggests, these costumes…
Read MoreToukiden: The Age Of Demons was a very positive first attempt in Koei Tecmo’s effort at building a Monster Hunter killer franchise. It managed to offer some tweaks to the core concept that sees players spending nearly an hour of their day battling a single, hulking beast. But more importantly…
Read MoreI never thought that Koei Tecmo would return to the Bladestorm franchise. After releasing the original early in the PlayStation 3 life cycle (so early that trophies hadn’t been implemented yet), it quickly became a largely forgotten cult hit, and with no real indication that Koei Tecmo was happy with…
Read MoreGust’s conclusion to its Dusk trilogy is certainly as downbeat as it starts. The world is slowly dying as an encroaching ‘dusk’ expands, takes over and corrupts everything. Oceans have replaced water for sand, the ground is littered with bleached bone, vegetation is scarce and communities are shrinking as they…
Read MoreDragon Quest Heroes, being developed by Square Enix in collaboration with Koei Tecmo and Dynasty Warriors-creator Omega Force, is certainly one of the most exciting looking PlayStation 4 exclusive releases on the horizon. But with it being Dragon Quest, people were unsure whether it would be getting a western release.…
Read MoreOf all the Dynasty Warriors games, the Empires series is the most complex and involved, and is also the least renowned. These games generally come last in a release cycle for the Warriors franchise (and come immediately before the next numbered game in the series), and that trend would also…
Read MoreDead or Alive 5 has been a complete commercial success for Koei Tecmo. And, among those critics that can look past its hyper-sexualisation, it has also been regarded well as the edition in the series that took the franchise and injected it with enough depth that it works both as…
Read MoreDynasty Warriors 8: Empires is surely our most anticipated game release in February. Its unique mix of slash-em-up and empire-building strategy marks it as a very different experience compared to the other games in the series. Different in a good way. As I outlined in my hands-on preview, Empires is…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Almost a decade ago (eight years to be precise), Koei Tecmo launched a new IP on the then-fledgling PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Coming around two years after the Xbox 360 launch and just a year after the PlayStation 3, Bladestorm: The Hundred Year’s War didn’t…
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