Key staff members from Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force, Gust, and Ruby Party will have new reveals in 2024. The teasers came from the year-end messages they sent annually to Japanese media outlets. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
Tomohiko Sho, the head of Omega Force, is preparing to release new DLC packs for Fate/Samurai Remnant in 2024. However, he also teased an important game announcement in the same year:
“I perceive 2024 as a year as an important year for us to deliver the best games to everyone in the next few years. And I want to make it a year where we get to announce such a game, so I hope you will anticipate it . . .”
Tomohiko Sho
Omega Force is primarily well-known for the Dynasty Warriors games. The series producer Akihiro Suzuki also chimed in to note his regret in failing to reveal a new console game in 2023. The only title revealed in the year was Dynasty Warriors M, a mobile game developed externally by Nexon.
“. . . I feel very sorry that we could not release new information related to the Dynasty Warriors series in 2023.
I’ll do my best so that we can absolutely deliver it to everyone in 2024, so please keep supporting us.”
Akihiro Suzuki
Omega Force is not the only team with a teaser for 2024. Gust’s Junzo Hosoi, who released Atelier Ryza 3 and Atelier Marie Remake in 2023, also had something to say on the matter:
“. . . I am earnestly striving in development so that we can deliver surprises and new experiences through our works next year as well, so please kindly anticipate them.”
Junzo Hosoi
Despite the impending closure of La Corda d’Oro: Starlight Orchestra, Ruby Party’s Mei Erikawa reminded people that the team’s flagship Neoromance series of otome games will have its 30th anniversary in 2024:
“Thank you for always supporting us. 2024 is the 30th anniversary year of Neoromance. We are preparing various projects so look forward to them!”
Mei Erikawa
The remaining brand teams did not offer as much in terms of upcoming teasers. Most members related to Team Ninja – namely Yosuke Hayashi, Fumihiko Yasuda, Masaaki Yamagiwa, and Masakazu Hirayama —- are moving on from Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty to Rise of the Ronin, which will be available on the PS5 on March 22, 2024. However, the team also has Yasunori Sakuda, who is focused on maintaining both Dead or Alive Xtreme Venus Vacation and Atelier Resleriana.
A majority of staff members from Kou Shibusawa’s team, including Kazuhiro Echigoya and Hisatsugu Ishikawa, are still working on releasing Romance of The Three Kingdoms 8 Remake in 2024 for PC, PS5, PS4, and Switch. Meanwhile, Kou Shibusawa himself is busy maintaining the mobile GPS game Nobunaga’s Ambition: Shutsujin with Kenichi Ogasawara and Keisuke Kikuchi.
Kou Shibusawa’s team also covers the Winning Post series of horse racing simulation games, and Hidehisa Yamaguchi will release Winning Post 10 2024 in Japan on March 28, 2024. However, Michi Ryu – who worked on Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening – revealed that he will prepare a new title behind the scenes throughout 2024.
Finally, Koei Tecmo Games’ president, Hisashi Koinuma – who also worked on series like Samurai Warriors and Dynasty Warriors: Gundam – also left a message:
“We want to grow further as a game company that can dispatch many titles worldwide. We are always waiting for many applications from people who want to work with us.
And I personally also want to do my best a little more as a creator.
Once again, we look forward to work together in 2024.”
Hisashi Koinuma
Key staff members from Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force, Gust, and Ruby Party have teased they will announce new reveals in 2024.
Published: Dec 27, 2023 03:00 pm