In the early hours of this morning Koei Tecmo Games held a press conference in Japan with the ideal of revealing more details on the forthcoming Dynasty Warriors 7. Originally unveiled at the Tokyo Games Show back in September, little detail was offered on the game aside from the fact that, at the time, it was stated to be a PlayStation 3 exclusive. That may not be actually the case outside of Japan, but what is definitely certain is that Dynasty Warriors 7 has been built specifically to utilise the unique capabilities of the PlayStation 3 console.
Though a direct translation was not available, Electronic Theatre did manage to obtain many important details and snippets of information from the press conference. Having admitted that Dynasty Warriors 6 didn’t push the PlayStation 3 hardware to it’s fullest, the producer of the latest titles in the series, Akihiro Suzuki, stated
that Dynasty Warriors 7 is being built from the ground-up with Sony’s platform in mind. Obviously an announcement designed entirely to please the Japanese audience, there was no confirmation that the game would be a PlayStation 3 exclusive internationally, just that it had been built with Sony’s hardware as the lead format. With that of course, came the confirmation that Dynasty Warriors 7 would support the host format’s stereoscopic 3D capability, both in online play and offline, running at a minimum of 30fps at all times. Additionally, Dynasty Warriors 7 will support the recently released PlayStation Move motion-controller, though in what capacity and to what extent it is not yet known.
With regards to the in-game action, the first two characters confirmed to appear were Cao Pi and Ling Tong. These two characters were utilised to showcase some of the new weapon system decisions, as well as the first stereoscopic 3D trailer for the game. With regards to the new weapon system, the biggest announcement 
comes in the form of being able to take two weapons into battle and switch between them on the fly. Sima Yi’s son was also confirmed as joining the roster, alongside Xing Cai.
In addition to the confirmed characters, an entire new faction will also be joining the series, though no information was available as to what differences this would bring to the series. And further to this, a special guest character was promised. No indication of who this special guest would be was offered, but of course the rumours currently circulating revolved around the upcoming Ninja Gaiden 3.
Few other discernable details were available, aside from the statement that Koei Tecmo games are aiming for a March 2011 release date in Japan. No European release has yet been confirmed, but is of course expected shortly, and Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with all the latest details.
what do u think, I think it sound like for the first time in ages I am interested in picking a dynasty warrior game up!!
