EA and Koei Tecmo Are Working Together to Make a Hunting Game
Electronic Arts has just announced its new collaboration with Koei Tecmo, the creators of the Dynasty Warriors franchise, with the two companies working together to produce a new AAA-tier monster-hunting title set in a fantasy version of feudal-era Japan. This production is being heralded under the umbrella of EA Originals, a publishing label specializing in smaller-scale titles developed by studios outside of EA's purview.
While Koei Tecmo is a major company in its own right, its new collaboration with Electronic Arts means it can get better funding and support from a global, AAA publisher. EA Originals has previously led to the production and publishing of games such as Unravel and It Takes Two, which means that this collaboration has some big shoes to fill, considering the label's previous success stories. The project is set to be officially revealed later this month.
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Over the years, Koei Tecmo has produced a number of well-regarded games from a variety of both original and existing franchises, one of the most notable of which is the Zelda offshoot Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. Historically, the studio has specialized in Dynasty Warriors-type games, where players take on thousands of weak foes and intermittent bosses on large-scale overworld maps, and much of its developmental expertise could be reasonably applied to a monster-hunting game, too.
In fact, it may be worth pointing out that Koei Tecmo's Toukiden: Kiwami ticks pretty much all the boxes as its new EA Originals production. Namely, the studio's 2015 offering and its 2017 sequel are also monster-hunting games set in feudal Japan, so it's going to be interesting to see if and how much Koei
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