Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo: new action based on a historical franchise in development

Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo: new action based on a historical franchise in development

Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo

In recent years Team Ninja has staked a lot on the Nioh saga, and the efforts of the Japanese studio have been well rewarded, with a more than positive consensus from both critics and players. In the future of the team there is already a project linked to the Final Fantasy saga, but not only, given that the authors of Nioh are also working on another title based on a historic franchise.

The announcement is arrived on the pages of Famitsu, where it was declared that Team Ninja and KOEI Tecmo have joined forces to develop a new project devoted to action.

To unveil this new collaboration was directly Ko Shibusawa, CEO of KOEI Tecmo, who stated that together with the authors of Nioh he is giving life to an action game based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms franchise.

Koei Tecmo CEO Ko Shibusawa and Team Ninja are developing a new action game based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms https://t.co/hE3lZ2SjBB pic.twitter.com/KMWriEnGSW

- Nibel (@Nibellion) October 26, 2021



The saga of strategic KOEI goes back to the same historical tale and has a long history of great successes in the eastern land that forward from the mid-1980s, and apparently in the future it will also receive an action twist with the project in the hands of Team Ninja.

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Published on October 26, 2021 Giuseppe Nelva


Today Koei Tecmo is hosting the 40th-anniversary celebration of Kou Shibusawa, and the seasoned developer had an announcement to make.


He’s working with Team Ninja on a brand new action game set in the Three Kingdoms.


If the name doesn’t ring a bell, Kou Shibusawa is the stage name of Youichi Erikawa, founder of Koei. The name has also been applied to Koei Tecmo’s brand focusing on historical games.


Kou Shibusawa and Team Ninja is the same combination that brought us Nioh. Combine that with the exceptional pedigree of the two brands for historical games and action games respectively, and you’ll probably realize that this is a very relevant announcement.


No details were provided about what the game will entail, but Shibusawa-san mentioned that the Three Kingdom settings received strategy games, MMORPGs, and even card games, but the times are mature for an action game.


We know that Koei Tecmo plans to release a new game within a new IP by fiscal year 2023 that they believe would be capable to achieve 5 million units sold.


We don’t know if this is the game mentioned in those plans, but considering that the Nioh series has passed 6 million units combined, it’s not farfetched to think that it could be.


We’ll have to wait for the developer to be ready to reveal the game, but the perspective is certainly exciting.