Koei Tecmo’s recent shareholder Q&A briefing, held in October 2024, has just been published and shows that the company is planning some major expansions in the long term.
The publisher and developer – best known for Dynasty Warriorsthe Studio series, Romance of the Three KingdomsAnd Nioh – wants to expand its workforce from 2,500 to 5,000, doubling its size and allowing the company to “steadily produce AAA titles” (via Automaton Media, Stealth).
It will also shift its focus to more PC and console games, as it “expects the console and PC gaming market to grow” due to new hardware releases. Well, that certainly also applies to the successor to the Nintendo Switch.
The company also noted that the mobile games market has matured and that “it is unlikely to see significant growth”, hence the focus on console and AAA titles. Maybe we’ll see more Dynasty Warriors games on the next Nintendo console.
Koei Tecmo has existed since 2009, after the merger of Koei (founded in 1978) and Tecmo (founded in 1967). The company consists of several subsidiaries, including Omega Force, the team primarily responsible for the Warriors games and spin-offs (including Fire Emblem Warriors and Hyrule Warriors) – Gust – which it acquired in 2014 and is the team behind the Atelier franchise – and Team Ninja, of Nioh fame, Dead or aliveand Ninja Gaiden.
2025 looks to be a big year for the publisher, as Dynasty Warriors: Origins hits consoles on January 17, 2025. But not on Switch. But the Switch will get Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land on March 21, 2025, along with a second Atelier, Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, later this year.
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