Dynasty Warriors fans need to mark January 17th on their calendars

Long time fans Dynasty Warriors the hack-and-slash action series will want to keep its game calendars open for January 17, 2025, when Dynasty Warriors: Origins is ready to make his debut. The tenth main edition in the series, Dynasty Warriors: Origins will pit players against massive armies of soldiers led by formidable officers.

First Dynasty Warriors the game was released in 1997 on the original PlayStation console, but unlike all the games in the series that followed, it was a one-on-one fighting game. Since its second installment in 2000, the series has consistently followed the format of hack-and-slash games, as players select their champion from one of three warring ancient Chinese nations and form combos over time what mowing through seas of enemy soldiers in an effort. to control the battlefield.

Unveiled during the recent PlayStation State of Play, a new trailer reveals just that Dynasty Warriors: Origins will be out on January 17th for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam. Unlike previous games in the series, Dynasty Warriors: Origins will feature an unnamed protagonist, whom the trailer identifies as the “guardian of peace”, and shows him both slashing through enemies and witnessing the plight of commoners, showing more story depth than the games in series. The game will serve as a prequel to the events of the Age of Three Kingdoms where all the others Dynasty Warriors games have been set, and several younger versions of familiar faces also appear throughout the trailer, including Liu Bei and Cao Cao, the rulers of the Shu and Wei nations, as well as the legendary warrior Lu Bu.

Dynasty Warriors: Origins launches on January 17, 2025

Although there was no new main line Dynasty Warriors 2018 game Dynasty Warriors 9Koei Tecmo's formula has been used in several other games over the years. The Samurai Warriors series launched in 2004, applying the same formula to Japan's Sengoku period, with the latest game being released in 2021. The Orochi Warriors the crossover series features characters from both Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors franchises against interdimensional demons and warrior The gameplay style has also been applied to games such as The Legend of Zelda and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Even for those who have never taken one Dynasty Warriors game before, some of the characters featured in the recent trailer might look familiar. This is because they were based on real Chinese warlords as depicted in Luo Guanzhong's 14th century novel. Romance of the Three Kingdoms. That novel also served as the basis for a series of strategy games, also published by Koei Tecmo, as well as 2023 Soulslike Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty.