From Software isn’t the only company profiting off portable PlayStation 2 games. Koei and Gust are joining the party too. Koei will release Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special, the PlayStation 2 version of Dynasty Warriors 6, for PSP on September 3.

Koei repackaged the two Warriors Orochi games and added a few characters like Sanzang Fashi to make Musou Orochi Z for the PlayStation 3. The game came out in Japan in March, but it won’t cross the Pacific.

This may sound strange, but Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce is the most evolved version of Dynasty Warriors since the series started. You still push through waves, smaller waves this is a PSP game, of mindless troops. However, Koei tried to make Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce more like a stylish action game. Characters move faster, have evasion tricks [...]

Is Koei going to localize Musou Orochi Z, a compilation of the Warriors Orochi games for the PlayStation 3? Of course. What “Something” Warriors game have we missed?   While Musou Orochi Z officially remains unannounced Gamefly has Warriors Orochi: The Collective in their PS3 database. The two titles appear to be pretty connected. If [...]

Fashion conscious potential PSP buyers take note Sony has four new PSP colors coming out in March. The Radiant Red and Vibrant Blue models, currently available in Asia, will arrive in Japan on March 3rd. Two weeks later on March 15 Bright Yellow and Spirited Green (love that name) PSPs will be in stores. The [...]

Koei is bringing their Dynasty Warriors / Samurai Warriors mashup to the PS3 on March 12 when Musou Orochi Z comes out. Past Warriors Orochi games were for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, and PSP.   Since the laconic announcement only mentions the PlayStation 3 Warriors Orochi Z is probably a port of one or [...]

Color me shocked. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 may not be in stores for us yet, but Japan is getting their first piece of downloadable content sometime this month. Details are vague, but it’s an extra scenario. A free extra scenario. The other scenarios which will follow may or may not be free.   This seems [...]

This isn’t an early April Fool’s Joke. Koei and Tecmo’s discussions have been well received by both companies. In the next fiscal year the two companies will be under the same financial roof. The two publishers will link up to form a holding company structure which will own both companies. Koei stock will be transferred [...]

Shortly after Gundam Musou 2 was revealed Namco Bandai announces it will be published in North America under the name Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2. We have to wait until 2009 to get it, though. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 is scheduled to come out on December 4 in Japan. Surprisingly, Namco Bandai and Koei will release [...]

When Namco Bandai announced Gundam Musou, a strange mix of the Gundam universe with the Dynasty Warriors engine, it was only a PlayStation 3 game. Then it became an Xbox 360 game when it was announced as Dynasty Warriors: Gundam in North America and most recently it got a downgraded PlayStation 2 port.   Namco [...]

Dynasty Warriors fans who didn’t jump into the next generation of consoles will have a chance to play a version of Dynasty Warriors 6 in English. Koei will release Shin Sangkou 5 Musou Special in North America under the simple name Dynasty Warriors 6 in November. They are dropping the “special” moniker, but added features [...]

Koei isn’t forsaking the PlayStation 2 even though Dynasty Warriors series moved onto other consoles. This September Shin Sangoku Musou 5 will emerge as a “new” PlayStation 2 game, nearly a year since it was released in Japan for the PS3 and Xbox 360. By “new” I mean Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special is Dynasty [...]

Sengoku Musou 2: Moushouden (Samurai Warriors 2: Xtreme Legends) is extremely late to the Xbox 360 party. Koei released the Samurai Warriors 2 expansion disc on the PlayStation 2 last August in Japan. It was supposed to come to the Xbox Live Marketplace earlier this week, but “operational delays with Xbox Live” prevented it from [...]

At this point you either love Dynasty Warriors (aka Shin Sangoku Musou) or you’re sick of it. It seems like a few people at GDC are in the former category since the single playable build of Warriors Orochi was usually occupied. Luckily, I got a chance to squeeze some time to play it and it’s [...]