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Koei Tecmo has revealed more details to the Monster Rancher esports event coming up in May called Monster Koshien World Battle Tournament The event will be kicking off on May 10th and running all the way until May 23rd, with those who own Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX on PC, Switch, or Mobile being[...]

Koei Tecmo has revealed more details about the Digital Deluxe Edition of Touken Ranbu Warriors as all versions go up for pre-order The DDE will include a number of fun additions to your setup as you'll be getting the "Honmaru Backdrop", which enables you to change the season of the honmaru, as well as the[...]

Koei Tecmo released a new video this week for Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream, showing off the new battle system in the game In this new battle system, up to six-party members can join forces and fight the enemies in front of them for multi-linked turn-based battles The idea of which[...]

Koei Tecmo revealed this week that Akiko Shikata will be debuting three brand new songs in their upcoming game, Touken Ranbu Warriors The singer/songwriter is contributing these songs to the game's official soundtrack, which will include the opening theme "Color Barrage" You can hear the track in the latest trailer, which we have for you[...]

One of the first companies to basically declare that 2022 is going to be the year came in the form of an interview with Koei Tecmo In case you've never seen this article before, every year the website 4Gamer does a year-in-review piece where they talk with dozens of video game developers, almost all of[...]

Koei Tecmo will be throwing a special esports tournament for Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX Its a bit of an oddity considering this is a remastered edition of a game and there's nothing set up for this to become a regular thing, but hey, if the company wants to throw a one-off event to[...]

Koei Tecmo revealed during Tokyo Game Show 2021 that they will release Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires in North America this February Along with some new information about the game, which we have for you along with a trailer, they detailed how this version of the game will be different from the standard predecessor and make[...]

Koei Tecmo unveiled Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist Of The Mysterious Dream over the weekend with a February 2022 release date An official sequel to the ever branching Atelier series, this will be the first adventure for Sophie since her 2016 debut in Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist Of The Mysterious Book The game is currently[...]

Koei Tecmo revealed this week that Touken Ranbu Warriors will be getting released on the Nintendo Switch, but not until next year This particular game is being touted as the first-ever console game in the Touken Ranbu series, as they are mixing together a couple of genres with the Touken training of the online version[...]

Koei Tecmo announced this week that they have officially released the Complete Edition of both Nioh and Nioh 2 onto the Epic Games Store Along with Team Ninja, the two company have brought the very best version of both games to the EGS for their playerbase to download and enjoy To celebrate these releases, both[...]

Koei Tecmo announced a fun combo package game on the way this week as we're getting Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX this December The original two games from 1997 and 1999 will be coming out as a double-package as part of the franchise's 25th anniversary The collection will be available for mobile devices, as[...]

Koei Tecmo revealed today that they have four new characters coming to Samurai Warriors 5 to join the cast of characters As it is with all the games in the franchise, all four of them have a historical reference to whatever period in time is currently being served in the story The four new characters[...]

But before Koei Tecmo releases the game on June 10th, we got a chance to briefly chat with Producer Fumihiko Yasuda about the development of this collection and how they upgraded it. Credit: Koei Tecmo BC: Hello Yasuda! How are you doing and how have you been holding up during the pandemic? Yasuda: At first, when people couldn't[...]

Koei Tecmo has revealed that they are releasing Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection Digital Deluxe Edition this June This particular release is going to be packed with content for those who want the experience of a special edition but didn't wasn't to go the physical route This version includes a stunning 70-page digital art book, a[...]

Koei Tecmo revealed this week that they're bringing Samurai Warriors 5 to all major consoles and PC this Summer The game will also be coming to next-gen consoles with backward compatibility when the game is released on July 27th, 2021 This new entry into the iconic series will start at the end of the Ōnin[...]

Koei Tecmo and GUST Studios revealed this week they will be releasing a special compilation with Atelier Mysterious Trilogy Deluxe Pack The pack includes three specific games from the Atelier series that fall under the mystery genre, or at least by title They are Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX, Atelier Firis:[...]

After hackers launched a new cyber attack against Koei Tecmo, the company has shut down its websites to stop any info from getting out The news first broke via Famitsu, who reported that the Europe division of the company has been under heavy online attacks with a risk of leaking information for at least 65,000[...]

Koei Tecmo revealed today that they will be releasing Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition onto PC with a release date of February 5th, 2021 As you might suspect from the name, this is everything the company has to offer for the game from DLC to updates to bonus content, all rolled into one complete[...]

Koei Tecmo revealed this week that they have released a new expansion pack for Romance Of The Three Kingdoms XIV Along with developer Kou Shibusawa, they have revealed the Diplomacy and Strategy Expansion Pack, which is focused more on how you deal with neighboring nationas and town that you haven't conquered A lot of it[...]

Koei Tecmo and Shift Up revealed two new Dead Or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation (DOAXVV) characters are coming to Destiny Child The two have already been pairing up for an event happening over the month of October, which apparently has been doing really well for everyone involved So they decided to plop two more characters[...]

Koei Tecmo revealed this week they will release Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy in North America next year The game was originally set to be released sometime this year after it came out in Japan, but as the world is still dealing with issues brought on from the COVID-19 pandemic, we're[...]

Shiftup and Koei Tecmo have partnered up for a special crossover event this October as Destiny Child will be visited by Dead Or Alive XVV Starting on October 20th and running until November 5th, you'll see characters from the KT title appear in DC However, we don't really know much else about it. The devs were[...]

Earlier today during Tokyo Game Show 2020, Koei Tecmo revealed the next Dynasty Warriors title on the way with Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires The company released some details about the game along with a trailer for it, which you can check out down below But they failed to give any kind of a release window[...]

Koei Tecmo has released a new trailer this week showing off more of their upcoming game Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy The game was announced a short time ago, but aside from the usual screenshots you would expect from any game in the Atelier series, we haven't seen much of anything[...]

Koei Tecmo released a new trailer for Fairy Tail, showing off more of the spells in the game as well as a few new pieces we haven't seen Along with the trailer they gave a bit of an explanation as to how the magic in this game will work compared to how it appears in[...]

Included in the bunch are SEGA, Atlus, Natsume, SNK, Idea Factory, Spike Chunsoft, NIS America, Koei Tecmo, GungHo Online Entertainment, Acttil, Arc System Works, Grasshopper Manufacture, Playism, INTI Creates, Aksys Games, and WayForward The majority of them being Japanese companies or those containing an American-based outlet Which makes perfect sense for them to basically outsource[...]

Koei Tecmo has released a new story trailer this week for Fairy Tail, and with it comes a new character addition with The Guild's Strongest Man Gildarts, as you can see below, has been added to the game as he makes the roster that much more powerful You can see what happens with him and[...]

A choice that other game designers would probably only charge $20 total at best over the course of a year. Credit: Koei Tecmo So it shouldn't come as any surprise that the developers from Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo thought it would be a good idea to charge you to change a character's hair color Let me[...]

Sad news from Koei Tecmo for all the Fairy Tail fans who were expecting the game this spring as the company has pushed it back The game will now be released in North America on June 26th, 2020 for PC The devs claim the push will give them a chance to further enhance the game[...]

We know that's not the complete story, but that makes for a cool challenge. Credit: Koei Tecmo In the sequel, you'll be hired to hunt down and kill evil yokai, but the character traits won't be as rigid as the original It appears you'll be able to customize your character down to the smallest details, making their[...]