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Hack 'n Slash Heaven! SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 verschijnt deze zomer

Gloednieuw avontuur viert de 18e verjaardag van de geliefde franchise

KOEI TECMO Europe kondigt met plezier de terugkeer aan van een van zijn meest iconische franchises en maakt bekend dat SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 deze zomer. Dit nieuwste deel in de populaire 1 vs. 1.000-action-serie van Omega Force is momenteel in ontwikkeling voor de Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4, de Xbox One-consoles (speelbaar op Xbox Series X|S via Backward Compatibility), en Windows-pc via Steam®.
 
SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 biedt een frisse nieuwe kijk op de franchise, inclusief een geheel nieuwe verhaallijn, vernieuwde personageontwerpen en een stijlvolle nieuwe visuele presentatie. De titel vormt een nieuw begin van de SAMURAI WARRIORS-ervaring en verplaatst spelers naar de Sengoku-periode, waarin de personages Nobunaga Oda en Mitsuhide Akechi het zwaar te verduren krijgen. Maar wat speelt zich af achter de schermen van de opwindende SAMURAI-gevechten? Dat ontdek je tijdens de maandelijkse SAMURAI WARRIORS 5-livestream, die voor het eerst wordt uitgezonden op 25 februari JST en regelmatig zal terugkeren in de aanloop naar de lancering van de game deze zomer!
 
Ga voor het laatste nieuws over SAMURAI WARRIORS 5 naar de officiële site, ‘Like’ ons op www.facebook.com/koeitecmogames, en volg ons op Instagram en Twitter @koeitecmoeurope.

ABOUT KOEI TECMO EUROPE LTD.

TECMO KOEI EUROPE Ltd, the European subsidiary of TECMO KOEI HOLDINGS Co., Ltd. of Japan established operations in 2003 and based just outside of London, in Hertfordshire.

TECMO KOEI is respected worldwide as the premier developer for historical action games and is recognised as the innovator of the Tactical Action genre. The various Warriors series of games have generated more than 18 million unit sales worldwide since releasing for PlayStation consoles in 1997. With their focus on spectacular battles, legendary characters and dramatic storylines it is these long established series which TECMO KOEI is most renowned for.

In addition to these historical action titles TECMO KOEI’s desire for innovation and diversity has seen the company establish the successful G1 Jockey horse racing series along with the political and tactical machinations of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

TECMO KOEI maintains operations in Japan, the U.S.A, Canada, China, Singapore, Korea and Taiwan and employs over 1200 people worldwide.

The company's continued success is the result of continuing dedication to the quality and innovative game play of its products, the energies of the technical and creative talents and most notably the enthusiasm and alliance of every single passionate fan.

TECMO KOEI constantly seeks a fine balance between entertainment, technology, art and education. With the rapid advance in video game technology, TECMO KOEI aims to provide a global audience with satisfying interactive entertainment experience. The research and development teams are expanding into new genres, experimenting with new innovations and constantly striving to provide gamers with the richest tapestries upon which to live out dreams and spend hours of fulfilling enjoyment.

TECMO KOEI EUROPE invites everyone to be a part of our ever growing and vibrant family.

 
About Koch Media
The Koch Media Group is a global developer, publisher and distributor of video games, VR games, gaming hardware and merchandise.
 
The group’s publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, America, Australia and Asia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading global publishing partner. The Koch Media Group runs a multi-label strategy with fully owned publishing units such as Deep Silver, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt which publish games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels.
 
Additionally, as global publishing partner Koch Media has formed long-term multi-national publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Bethesda, Capcom, Codemasters, Konami, Koei Tecmo, Sega, Square Enix, Warner Bros and many others. With its parent company in Höfen, Austria, and the Publishing HQ in Munich, Germany, Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong.
 
The Koch Media Group owns ten game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy), Voxler (Paris / France), Vertigo Games (Rotterdam /The Netherlands) and Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Rzeszów, Cracow / Poland). Additionally, the Koch Media Group collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.  
 
Part of the Koch Media Group is also Koch Films, a European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor. The Koch Media Group also owns Gaya Entertainment, a leading video game merchandise company in Munich, Germany, and the Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
 
Koch Media is an Embracer Group company.