As 2018 comes to a close, DualShockers and our staff are reflecting on this year’s batch of games and what were their personal highlights within the last year. Unlike the official Game of the Year 2018 awards for DualShockers, there are little-to-no-rules on our individual Top 10 posts. For instance, any game — not just 2018
Warriors Orochi 4
Today Koei Tecmo released a new trailer of its upcoming Musou game Warriors Orochi 4. The trailer features the serpent goddess Nu Wa, coming back from Warriors Orochi 3 to join the game’s absolutely massive cast of 170 playable characters. You can check the trailer below, and see her in action as she beats down the usual army of goons
Koei Tecmo has released some new gameplay footage highlighting Warriors Orochi 4’s longtime antagonist, Orochi. The game will contain a long list of characters stemming from the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series. The story’s a bit nonsensical, but it has heroes from both series crossing over with one another. Orochi happens to be one of the few original characters that were
As Warriors Orochi 4 approaches there’ll be no shortage of characters to show off. As Koei Tecmo has built a long list of warriors that’ll be making appearances from across the Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors series, as well as some original characters from the Orochi’s plot. In this particular trailer, Xu Shu is in the spotlight. If you’re unfamiliar, Xu Shu is a
Today Koei Tecmo released a new trailer of Musou Orochi 3, which is titled in the west Warriors Orochi 4 due to the publisher’s usual weird titling antics. The trailer is pretty straightforward, as it shows Kyubi, one of Warriors Orochi‘s original characters (which debuted in Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate) in action as she makes
Media Create published its weekly analysis of last week’s results on the Japanese gaming market, and it included some interesting information about the performance of the top-ranked game, Warriors Orochi 4. The firm starts by repeating what we already knew from Wednesday’s top-20 charts, with the game selling just north of 124,000 units in total, among
Today Koei Tecmo released a large batch of images of its upcoming Musou game Warriors Orochi 4, alongside a new trailer. First of all, we take another good look at the deification feature, which allows some among the 170 characters in the game to harness the power of the Ouroboros Bracelets to become as gods.
Today Koei Tecmo released a new gameplay video and information for its upcoming Musou game Warriors Orochi 4. The video shows the game’s producer Masaki Furusawa, and the director Tomohiko Aoki, playing the online Battle Arena Mode. The mode pits two teams of three players against each other. Each player can swap between two characters
Today Koei Tecmo announced its lineup of games for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show 2018, that will be held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, near Tokyo, between September 20th, and September 23rd. The following games will be featured. In bold are non-mobile games. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi with Power-Up Kit (Images) Nobunyaga’s Ambition: Nyapuri! (Video/Stage
Today Koei Tecmo released a new trailer and a new batch of screenshots and artwork of the upcoming Musou game Warriors Orochi 4. The assets focus mostly on the five new characters that will bring the crazy big cast of the game to 170, Zeus, Athena, Ares, Odin, and Perseus. We also get a neat official description that
Today Koei Tecmo released a new batch of assets of Warriors Orochi 4 following yesterday’s reveal on Weekly Famitsu. The focus is on the newly-revealed characters Ares and Odin, and we get to see them both in the flashy action you expect from the Olympian god of war and the father of the Norse gods.
Today Koei Tecmo released a new batch of screenshots and art of its upcoming Musou-style game Warriors Orochi 4. We get to see more of the new playable character Perseus, and of the deification form that will lift the powers of Guan Yinping to the same level as the gods. The images also show two new sacred treasures,
Today Koei Tecmo broadcasted a livestream from its Japanese headquarters and revealed the third new playable character for the game. Like Zeus and Athena, the new character also comes from Greek Mythology, and it’s Perseus. Son of Zeus himself and the mortal Danae, Perseus is known for having beheaded the Gorgon Medusa and a few
Today Koei Tecmo released two new trailers of the upcoming Musou game Warriors Orochi 4. This time around, we get to see the two Olympians that have already been revealed in action. Specifically, the first trailer focuses on Zeus, and the second on his daughter, Athena. Both definitely seem to be able to hold their own against
Today, during a live stage event at Ani-Com & Games Hong Kong, Koei Tecmo presented some new gameplay of its upcoming Musou title Warriors Orochi 4. The game was played live by Producer Masaki Furusawa, and we get to see Athena in action for the first time, alongside the ability to switch characters on the fly. We also see combination attacks,
Today Koei Tecmo teased the theme song for its upcoming Musou game Warriors Orochi 4. The song will be “Kakumei no Masquerade Warriors Orochi Version” (Revolutionary Masquerade) and it will be performed by singer and voice actress Suzuko Mimori (portrayed below). Mimori-san will also perform in the game as the voice of the new Olympian playable character Athena. As you
While Dynasty Warriors 9 attempted to bring the long-running Musou series in a brand new direction earlier this year to mixed results, the next Musou title from Omega Force and Koei Tecmo, Warriors Orochi 4, seems to be approaching things from a more standard angle. That being said, it is still looking to inject its
Warriors Orochi 4 was announced for the west earlier this year by Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo, and while it’s fairly traditional in many areas, it makes some interesting changes with both the addition of both Greek Mythology and a Magic System. During a recent interview with DualShockers, Warriors Orochi 4 Producer Masaki Furusawa explained why the developers
Today Koei Tecmo released a new gallery of direct-feed screenshots of Warriors Orochi 4 following yesterday’s reveal on Famitsu. First of all we see Athena, goddess of war and wisdom and daughter of Zeus. She is very wise and intelligent and fights on the battlefield with great grace. Two more characters are added to the
Today’s issue of Weekly Famitsu included a spread on Warriors Orochi 4, introducing a new playable character to among the 170 that will be offered by the game. Following the rather evident masculinity of Zeus, we get a much more feminine goddess, and that’s Athena, who looks definitely great. And since the game basically turned
Koei Tecmo and Omega Force’s Dynasty Warriors series and all of its spin-offs have seen some exciting new developments in recent years. Hyrule Warriors and Fire Emblem Warriors added some Nintendo flair to the musou experience, and Dynasty Warriors 9 attempted to implement an open world to mixed results. This year at E3, I met
Warriors Orochi 4 will bring more Musou action to the Nintendo Switch, and today Koei Tecmo released a brand new trailer of the game showing the version for the hybrid console. The trailer is pretty brief and doesn’t explicitly display the difference between docked and handheld mode, but should give a better idea of what the action looks like
oday Koei Tecmo released a new gallery of screenshots and artwork of its upcoming Musou game Warriors Orochi 4. First of all, we see the return of a fan-favorite feature, which is split-screen co-op. On top of that, we get to see some of the Sacred treasure weapons in action: Guo Jia’s Brísingamen, Lu Xun’s Lævateinn, and Okuni’s Nectar. Even more
Warriors Orochi 4 will bring more Musou action on Nintendo Switch, and the game appears to be displaying quite a lot of enemies on screen as usual for the franchise. During an interview at E3 2018, DualShockers asked Producer Masaki Furusawa about the resolution and frame rate we can expect on Nintendo’s hybrid console. Furusawa-san explained
Over the past year, Omega Force and Koei Tecmo have released both the massive crossover game Warriors All-Stars and the open world Dynasty Warriors 9. Unfortunately, neither of these titles were incredibly well-received. Following these experimental entries, this year’s Musou game, Warriors Orochi 4, is a more traditional crossover title. DualShockers tried out Warriors Orochi 4
Today Koei Tecmo hosted a livestream from Tokyo, Japan, showing off the very first look at Warriors Orochi 4. We got to see some battle gameplay running on PS4, and the reveal of one of the new playable character, who apparently is one of the game’s villains (or at least the driving force behind its
While the western arms of Koei Tecmo did not yet announce any Warriors Orochi 4 premium edition for North America or Europe, today the Japanese publisher announced two editions for the local market. Japanese gamers will be able to pick between the “Premium Box” and the “Treasure Box.” The Premium Box will cost 10,800 yen plus tax,
Following the reveal of the western release of Warriors Orochi 4, Koei Tecmo released quite a few more assets of the upcoming game. First of all, we get the box art for PS4, Xbox One, and Switch, followed by a nice batch of screenshots. We get to see returning characters and some of the environments
Following the reveal for Japan, Koei Tecmo opened the North American and European official websites of its upcoming Musou title Warriors Orochi 4. With that comes the reveal of the platforms for the west, which will be PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. Predictably, the publisher decided to add the Xbox One to the platforms for Japan.
Today Koei Tecmo opened the official website of Warriors Orochi 4, revealing the first direct-feed screenshots and most of the 170 characters that will be present in the new chapter of the crossover Musou series. On top of the first screenshots, we also get to see the artwork for the first 164 characters that will