Dynasty Warriors returns… again… with a whole new… not much. If you aren’t familiar with the series, let me bring you up to speed. It’s China, you pick one of many characters to play and then you repeatedly mash buttons to slay armies in a bid to rule the land. You’re a powerful warrior versus thousands at a time. Good fun. It’s been done a few times already and then crossed-over a few more, so you figure once they hit the sixth entry in the series they have perfected the art, not missed the mark.
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When: Saturday, 18-April-2009, Noon to 6pm GMT
Where: Tokyo Toys, Trocadero, Piccadilly Circus, London
Who: Koei, Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce, and You!
What: DYNASTY WARRIORS DAY
This Saturday, Koei is sponsoring Dynasty Warriors Day in London. Hosted at Tokyo Toys, in Trocadero at Piccadilly Circus the show is kicking off at noon and running until six that evening you will have hours of Dynasty Warriors fun. There will be playable Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce available in store, cosplay, prizes, and Dynasty Warrior music. Weather permitting there will be a Roadshow event around the corner in Chinatown before and after the main event.
To sum it up you can expect to see what you normally see on Saturday in Piccadilly Circus, a bunch of people dressed up in… ummm… interesting wardrobe selections, oh and you can play games too. I like watching the chavs try to fight and puke.
Head over to Koei for more details.
As the world economy crumbles before our very eyes, big fish are going to continue to eat up little fish wherever they can. Sometimes, this can be good for both fish. The Tecmo fish was gobbled up by the KOEI fish in order to consolidate both Japanese based companies together. Tecmo has been around since the NES years and made some football game people like. You probably never heard of it. It is good to see Tecmo live another day and hopefully they can get back on track and release quality games this coming year.
Earlier this week Bloomberg reported that a large stake holder of Tecmo has voiced some dissent regarding the Japanese merger of Tecmo and Koei. Effissimo Capital Management Pte has made the following statement:
“We have not had sufficient information from the company to make a judgment on the merger, such as the feasibility of their plan to raise shareholder value,” Effissimo Director Takashi Kosaka said in the statement.
No reason to say this merger won’t happen at this point in time. This is just an investor who is concerned about their investment and who are interested in everyone making well informed decisions. Definitely a wise comment to make in the current economic climate. One would hope the Tecmo and Koei management teams will address this and any other investor concerns quickly.
In the turbulent times we are living globally, I thought it would be relevant to highlight some of the industry happenings as there are potential impacts to the gaming public. Hopefully this will continue as semi-regular Loot-Ninja feature. The following have been the recent headlines in no particular order. Hit the links for the Loot-Ninja articles.
Lots of grim news financially and lots of studios shutting down, downsizing, rightsizing, etc. The global recession taking a toll on the gaming industry, probably. The above news updates are pretty similar to latest news in the banking industry. In case you’ve been living in a cave for the past year that means things are not very good.
By Keith Carter
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Tagged Activision Blizzard, amazon, Avalanche Studios, Brash, Budcat Creations, E for All, Electronic Arts, Industry update, Koei, Konami, midway, Reflexive, Square Enix, Take Two, Tecmo, THQ, Vivendi, WizKids
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