Omega Force

Omega Force was founded in 1996 as the fourth Business Division of Koei to widen the appeal of Koei's portfolio outside of their strategy and simulation games such as Romance of Three Kingdoms and ''Nobunaga's Ambition. Kenichi Ogasawara originally joined Koei in hopes of being able to work on Nobunaga's Ambition, of which he was a fan, as a planner. Due to his lack of programming skills, he was assigned to a training course to become a programmer whilst porting games from NEC PC-9801 to the Super NES. Ogasawara, after being promoted to planner, was then tasked by Koei to create a 3D action game using the technological capabilities of the PlayStation. This resulted in the development of Dynasty Warriors'' and the establishment of Omega Force. Omega Force was once again tasked by Koei to create a title it wasn't known for. In 2016, Kenichi Ogasawara mentioned during an interview with Famitsu that the next entry in their key franchise Dynasty Warriors, titled Dynasty Warriors 9, was in development. He hoped to have a greater impact with Dynasty Warriors 9, as he mentioned "the evolution from Dynasty Warriors 7 to 8 was insufficient". Producers Masaki Furusawa and Akihiro Suzuki planned to overhaul the franchise's often criticized combat system. In 2018, Omega Force released Dynasty Warriors 9, moving the franchise from its arena-based combat to an open-world. as well as the developer's best-selling title, shipping over 4 million copies as of January 2022. In 2022, Omega Force announced a partnership with Electronic Arts, along with its parent company Koei Tecmo. Their new game, Wild Hearts, would be published under their EA Originals label. The game was officially announced on September 23, 2022. Wild Hearts' director, Kotaro Hirata, mentioned that Dynasty Warriors has become a pillar franchise for Omega Force, and that with Wild Hearts they wanted another strong pillar franchise for Omega Force, hoping to widen their audience and create more internationally appealing titles. EA's Andrew Wilson mentioned in an investor meeting that the success of Monster Hunter led to EA greenlighting the title. == Games ==

Warriors games The Warriors series, known in Japan as the series, is an action game series created by Omega Force and published by Koei Tecmo. The meta-series contains various series, such as the Dynasty Warriors games, the One Piece: Pirate Warriors games, the Warriors Orochi games, the Samurai Warriors games, and various spin-offs. Dynasty Warriors Dynasty Warriors, known in Japan as , is the first and the largest Warriors subseries. In Japanese, all games after the original Dynasty Warriors carry the title, but English localizations continue to use Dynasty Warriors, putting all international releases a number ahead of their Japanese counterparts. Main series Spin-offs Samurai Warriors Samurai Warriors, known as is the series based loosely around the Sengoku ("Warring States") period of Japanese history. Warriors Orochi and Warriors All-Stars Warriors Orochi, known as in Japan, is a series developed by Koei and Omega Force. It is a crossover of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. Licensed Other == References ==