Dynasty Warriors fans should mark January 17th on their calendars

Lovers of long-term Dynasty Warriors hack-and-slash action series will want to keep their game calendars open until January 17, 2025, when Dynasty Warriors: Origins is about to debut. 10th main part of the series, Dynasty Warriors: Origins confront the players with huge armies of soldiers led by formidable officers.

The first Dynasty Warriors the game was launched in 1997 on the original PlayStation console, but unlike all subsequent games in the series, it was a one-on-one fighting game. Since the second installment in 2000, the series has consistently followed a hack-and-slash game format where players choose their champion from one of the three main warring ancient Chinese nations and create combos, cutting through seas of enemy soldiers in an attempt to control the battlefield.

A new trailer shown during the recent PlayStation State of Play reveals just that Dynasty Warriors: Origins will be released 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, identified in the trailer as a “guardian of peace,” and shows him cutting down enemies and witnessing the plight of ordinary people, showing more depth to the story than the games in the series are usually known for. The game will serve as a prequel to the events of the Three Kingdoms era, which includes all the others Dynasty Warriors games have been created, and some younger-looking versions of familiar faces also pop up 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 will be released on January 17, 2025

There was no new highway yet Dynasty Warriors game from 2018 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 most recent game coming out in 2021. Warriors of Orochi crossover series pit characters from both ter Samurai warriors and Dynasty Warriors franchises against interspatial demons and Warriors the style of play has also been applied to games such as The Legend of Zelda and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

Even for those who have never taken it Dynasty Warriors earlier, some of the characters shown in the latest trailer may look familiar. This is because they were based on real Chinese warlords as described in the 14th century novel by Luo Guangzhong A novel of three kingdoms. This 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.