PS Lifestyle writes:
Tired of Asian culture and history, Tecmo Koei decided to this time pick on ancient Greece for one of their latest offerings, Warriors: Legends of Troy. With a new backdrop to the conflict and a lot of completely not Asian characters, we learn that a new coat of paint isn’t enough to fix repetitive and boring gameplay.
Interesting email from Koei Tecmo which states that the company based in Yokohama, Japan seeks civil litigation for IP infringement with regards to assets used by YOUZU (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD from the game series “Nobunaga’s Ambition” and “Taiko Risshiden”. According to the email it seems that YOUZU PTE.LTD used music and other assets from those series in its own marketing campaigns online for their game app the “Defendant App”.
Koei Tecmo is establishing a new AAA studio this April that will be creating a game "independent from existing brands."
Koei Tecmo's Integrated Report 2023 published this morning alongside the company's financial results includes interesting insight from veteran Yosuke Hayashi.