Koei Tecmo’s latest Warriors game doesn’t have any characters from Zelda or Dragon Quest. It’s got characters from other Koei Tecmo games.

Dynasty Warriors Is Finally Going Open World

Brian Ashcraft

5/09/17 6:30am

For the first time in the long-running series, Dynasty Warriors will be an open world game.

Good Things Happen When Dragon Quest Meets Dynasty Warriors

Mike Fahey

10/12/15 12:19pm

I was so focused in bringing you nice people some gameplay footage of Dragon Quest Heroes: Long Subtitle that I wasn’t paying attention to the health bar of the objective I was protecting. I failed, but I failed for you.

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One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 Is Dynasty Warriors and Little More

Richard Eisenbeis

4/21/15 4:00am

Dynasty Warriors games are well known for following a strict gameplay formula. However, in recent tie-in titles like Hyrule Warriors and Dragon Quest Heroes, more and more innovation has been brought in to augment the core gameplay in interesting ways. This is not so for One Piece Pirate Warriors 3, however.

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The Up All Night Stream Plays One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 [Stream Over]

Richard Eisenbeis

4/14/15 6:00am

Well, would you look at that! It’s once again time for Luffy and the crew to lay waste to thousands of pirates and marines as they sail the seven seas looking for adventure and treasure—only this time on the PlayStation 4.

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Dragon Quest Heroes is a Solid Crossover Game

Richard Eisenbeis

3/13/15 5:00am

Dragon Quest Heroes is far from your standard Dragon Quest RPG. Rather, this game is as much Dynasty Warriors as it is Dragon Quest—and that is in no way a bad thing.

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Dragon Quest Heroes' Special Attacks Sure Are Flashy

Richard Eisenbeis

3/10/15 6:30am

If Dragon Quest Heroes does one thing right, it's making all your favorite Dragon Quest characters look incredibly badass.

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Dragon Quest Heroes is Part Dynasty Warriors, Part Tower Defense

Richard Eisenbeis

3/06/15 4:00am

Coming from a partnership between Square Enix and Koei-Tecmo's Omega Force, it's no surprise that Dragon Quest Heroes plays a lot like Dynasty Warriors. What is surprising, however, is how much it resembles tower defense games.

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Dragon Quest Gets a Facelift

Richard Eisenbeis

3/03/15 6:00am

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Much like last year’s Hyrule Warriors, Dragon Quest Heroes has taken characters from its classic titles and given them an updated look for some good old hack n’ slash action on current gen systems. And while the design changes are often minor, I’d argue they’re definitely for the better.

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The Up All Night Stream Plays Dragon Quest Heroes [Stream Complete]

Richard Eisenbeis

3/03/15 4:00am

What happens when Dragon Quest meets Dynasty Warriors? Let's find out together as I stream new PS4 title Dragon Quest Heroes live for your enjoyment.

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Behold, Video Gaming's Jar-Jar Glitch

Brian Ashcraft

11/27/14 5:00am

Some of the bugs in the newly released Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires sure look familiar. Too bad they muck up the gameplay experience. How rude!

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Hyrule Warriors is Far More Dynasty Warriors than Zelda

Richard Eisenbeis

8/29/14 5:30am

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While the plot, setting, and characters may all be of Zelda lineage, make no mistake, when it comes to gameplay, this is a Dynasty Warriors game through and through.

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Watch Us Play Hyrule Warriors

Richard Eisenbeis

8/26/14 6:20am

Hyrule Warriors, the new game that crosses the world of Zelda with that of Dynasty Warriors, is already out in Japan. So join us as we talk a bit about what it is and how it plays.

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My, My Zelda, How You Have Grown

Richard Eisenbeis

8/19/14 8:00am

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The Legend of Zelda series has been around for 28 years now and over that time, the game's heroes and villains have been redesigned again and again. But let me be frank here, when it comes to Zelda character designs, there are none I like more than those from the newest spin-off game in the series, Hyrule Warriors.

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The Ending Credits Are My Favorite Part of Hyrule Warriors

Richard Eisenbeis

8/19/14 5:30am

That's right: not the gameplay nor the cutscenes nor the story. My favorite part of Hyrule Warriors is the ending credits.

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The Saturday Morning Stream Plays Hyrule Warriors [All Done]

Richard Eisenbeis

8/16/14 11:00am

While not out for another month in the West, Hyrule Warriors—the lovechild of The Legend of Zelda and Dynasty Warriors—was released in Japan this past Thursday. And since I'm here in Japan with my Wii U all ready to go, Fahey has graciously allowed me to stream for you all this fine Saturday.

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Working in the Game Industry Sure Worked Out for this Dude

Toshi Nakamura

11/07/13 7:00am

Hisashi Koinuma became the Vice CEO of Tecmo Koei, one of the biggest game companies in Japan. Going into the game industry worked out for him. But it was a move that his parents may have had some reservations about.

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One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 Takes a Step Forward and Another One Back

Richard Eisenbeis

4/26/13 7:40am

When One Piece: Pirate Warriors was released on the PS3, I found myself playing it and enjoying it—despite having next to no knowledge about the source material.

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