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Koei Tecmo's Warriors All-Stars Game Heads West on PS4/PC
posted on by Rai Kelly
Koei Tecmo America announced on Tuesday that it will release the crossover game Warriors All-Stars (Musou Stars) in North America on PlayStation 4 and digitally for PC via Steam on August 29. Koei Tecmo Europe also confirmed that it will release the game in Europe for the same platforms on September 1st. The company did not announce a Western release for PlayStation Vita.
Koei Tecmo also launched an official website for the game and a teaser trailer.
Those who pre-order Warriors All-Stars from Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop or EB Canada will receive costume DLCs and an early-unlock for the playable character Opoona.
The game is a crossover between Koei Tecmo Games' various titles, and features the hack-and-slash gameplay of the Musou (Warriors) series, seen in such games as Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. Koei Tecmo's Omega Force subsidiary developed the game.
Playable characters include:
- Zhao Yun (Dynasty Warriors series)
- Ōka (Toukiden series)
- Sophie (Atelier series)
- Sanada Yukimura (Samurai Warriors series)
- Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden series)
- Hajime Arima (Harukanaru Toki no Naka de/Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time series)
- Kasumi (Dead or Alive series)
- Millennia (Kagero series)
- Plachta (Atelier series)
- Ishida Mitsunari (Samurai Warriors series)
- Wang Yuanji (Dynasty Warriors series)
- Horō (Toukiden series)
- Tamaki (original character)
- Shiki (original character)
- Setsuna (original character)
- Darius (Harukanaru Toki no Naka de/Haruka: Beyond the Stream of Time series)
- Opoona (Opoona role-playing game)
- Marie Rose (Dead or Alive series)
- Honoka (Dead or Alive series)
- Rio (from Rio pachinko games and Rio - Rainbow Gate! anime)
- Zhou Cang (Dynasty Warriors series)
- Lu Bu (Dynasty Warriors series)
- Laegrinna (Deception IV: Blood Ties)
- Oda Nobunyaga (Samurai Cats/Nobunyaga no Yabō)
- Ii Naotora (Samurai Warriors series)
- Arnice (Nights of Azure series)
- Christophorus (Nights of Azure series)
- Ayane (Ninja Gaiden/Dead or Alive series)
- Tokitsugu (Toukiden series)
- William (Nioh series)
After an initial delay, Musou Stars shipped in Japan for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on March 30.
