It’s no secret that, outside of a select few publishers, Japanese game development has lagged a bit behind the west. Now Square Enix president Yoichi Wada thinks he might have the answer.
Kotaku is reporting that Wada told Nikkei Business in an article about the Japanese gaming “crisis” that Japanese developers should form “an alliance” to [...]

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KOEI are bringing their 2009 lineup to the London MCM Expo, giving European gamers their first chance to get hands-on with the games it unveiled at the Tokyo Games Show.
Among the games on show will be Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce, Monster Racers and Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2.
The MCM Expo is a consumer-focused games, comics and anime/manga [...]

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KOEI are bringing their 2009 lineup to the London MCM Expo, giving European gamers their first chance to get hands-on with the games it unveiled at the Tokyo Games Show.
Among the games on show will be Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce, Monster Racers and Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2.
The MCM Expo is a consumer-focused games, comics and anime/manga [...]

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In early September, Tecmo rejected Square Enix’s “friendly takeover” over. Tecmo is currently in the process of merging with Japanese game maker Koei. Kenji Matsubara, Koei president, described how the merger between his company and Tecmo was initiated:
I heard that Tecmo had declined an offer from Square Enix, and that was when I first thought [...]

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In early September, Tecmo rejected Square Enix’s “friendly takeover” over. Tecmo is currently in the process of merging with Japanese game maker Koei. Kenji Matsubara, Koei president, described how the merger between his company and Tecmo was initiated:
I heard that Tecmo had declined an offer from Square Enix, and that was when I first thought [...]

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GamingShogun writes, "The London MCM Expo is on October 25th through 26th this year, and KOEI has updated their expo site to reveal that ‘Dynasty Warriors GUNDAM 2′ (PS3/X360), ‘Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce’ (PSP), ‘Monster Racers’ (DS) and ‘Warriors Orochi 2′ (PSP) will be available to play at their booth…"

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Tecmo meet Koei. Koei, Tecmo. After rejecting Square Enix’s “friendly” takeover, Tecmo announced on September 4th that it was in talks to merge with game company Koei. In an official announcement, it was stated the aim to integrate management was in hopes of creating a “stable and secure environment” as well as respect each other’s [...]

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While Sony’s PS3 community network service, Home, is still expected to arrive this year, the company has announced that 24 publishers have signed on to produce original content for the service at this year’s Tokyo Game Show 2008.
Among the list of publishers, Capcom plans to implement some unique content to Home with references to their [...]

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Tecmo meet Koei. Koei, Tecmo. After rejecting Square Enix’s “friendly” takeover, Tecmo announced on September 4th that it was in talks to merge with game company Koei. In an official announcement, it was stated the aim to integrate management was in hopes of creating a “stable and secure environment” as well as respect each other’s [...]

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The Tokyo Game Show expo is in full swing. And while we may only have one day left of event, we’ve got DAYS of coverage coming at you.
This year’s Tokyo Game Show will be brought to you by myself, Brian Ashcraft, Luke Plunkett and Michael McWhertor, with back-breaking post counts and Tower support coming [...]

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This isn’t just Dynasty Warriors. Oh no, it’s Dynasty Warriors: Strike Force, Koei’s PSP title that has up to four buddies link up through ad-hoc wifi and kick arse. Take a look at these screenshots. That’s why there here.

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This isn’t just Dynasty Warriors. Oh no, it’s Dynasty Warriors: Strike Force, Koei’s PSP title that has up to four buddies link up through ad-hoc wifi and kick arse. Take a look at these screenshots. That’s why there here.

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Alright guys get ready for your Dynasty Warriors fix. We got a new teaser trailer for the next Empires game in the series. From the looks of it, there are tons familiar faces and hopefully this new iteration will fare better than its predecessor. A few more screens after the jump.

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Koei’s popular PC franchise Uncharted Waters is coming to the PLAYSTATION 3. The series is set between the 15th and 17th century and lets players manage a fleet of ships as they trade, hunt for treasure, explore and do pirate shit. And now, it’ll be on the PS3. So there.
Service starts next year and [...]

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Koei’s popular PC franchise Uncharted Waters is coming to the PLAYSTATION 3. The series is set between the 15th and 17th century and lets players manage a fleet of ships as they trade, hunt for treasure, explore and do pirate shit. And now, it’ll be on the PS3. So there.
Service starts next year and [...]

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Alright guys get ready for your Dynasty Warriors fix. We got a new teaser trailer for the next Empires game in the series. From the looks of it, there are tons familiar faces and hopefully this new iteration will fare better than its predecessor. A few more screens after the jump.

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It’s Tokyo Game Show season, so it must be time for another Dynasty Warriors game. And sure enough, Koei has obliged us with not one but two new additions to the hack-and-slash series that butters their proverbial bread.
Koei announced that Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce will be coming to the PlayStation Portable in 2009, “forever changing the [...]

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Busy week in Kotakopolis, which began with the run-up and expectations-setting for the Tokyo Game Show, and Ninty’s palms-up, who-us denial of the DSi. That of course was followed by, sooprise, the official announcement of the DSi, which allows you to double your cretinous antisocial behavior by pirating games via its SD slot while you [...]

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That’s right boys and girls, next week is the official kick off of the Tokyo Game Show. Technically the show starts on Thursday, but four of us will be safely ensconced in Tokyo come Monday to start digging stories and interviewing… well hopefully developer types.
This year’s Tokyo Game Show will be brought to you [...]

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Busy week in Kotakopolis, which began with the run-up and expectations-setting for the Tokyo Game Show, and Ninty’s palms-up, who-us denial of the DSi. That of course was followed by, sooprise, the official announcement of the DSi, which allows you to double your cretinous antisocial behavior by pirating games via its SD slot while you [...]

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That’s right boys and girls, next week is the official kick off of the Tokyo Game Show. Technically the show starts on Thursday, but four of us will be safely ensconced in Tokyo come Monday to start digging stories and interviewing… well hopefully developer types.
This year’s Tokyo Game Show will be brought to you [...]

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Rumble is back to the Playstation, about bloody time too. the new Dualshock 3 will hit the streets next week, it will cost $54.99 and you will be able to buy it at major retailers. “The titles with an asterisk in the list below will require a patch in order to activate the [...]

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