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Tecmo Koei America Confirms Launch Date for Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate
BURLINGAME, Calif. – June
27, in the year of our Lord 2014 – TECMO KOEI America
today announced that WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate will launch on
September 2, 2014 for the PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®4
computer entertainment systems, PS®Vita and Xbox One. The
company also announced special crossover pre-order incentives
with a Halloween costume set for Zhao Yun from DYNASTY WARRIORS,
Mitsunari Ishida from SAMURAI WARRIORS, along with Kaguya
exclusively at GameStop and TOUKIDEN collaboration costumes for
Kaguya, Nuwa and Taigong Wang at Amazon and Best Buy.
Additionally, TECMO KOEI America confirmed that WARRIORS OROCHI
3 Ultimate will be part of their line-up at Anime Expo (July 3 –
6, 2014), along with Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist Of
Arland and the upcoming SAMURAI WARRIORS 4 which will be
playable to the public for the first time. An additional title
will be announced prior to the expo. TECMO KOEI America will be
located at booth 1521, 1523.
Fans will experience WARRIORS OROCHI 3 in a brand new light as
they enter the fray with the implementation of new generation
console features, new storylines and scenarios. There is enough
new gameplay content and depth of replayability to satisfy
warriors of all levels including special cross over characters.
New Features in WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate:
- One Warrior against a Thousand— Densely populated battlefields
with up to 100 enemies on screen, each with progressive AI add
to the exhilarating battle, amplified by new moves including
Aerial Special attacks, Triple Rush (a system which allows the
player the ability to switch between individual characters or
unleash attacks as a party of 3) and True Musou Burst, the
powerful finishing move executable by up to 6 characters
- New and Crossover characters— The legion of warriors is larger
than ever with 145 playable characters including the
introduction of Tamamo and Yinglong, just 2 of 9 that are new to
the series, cameos include Xu Shu from the DYNASTY WARRIORS
franchise, with more to be announced including the Atelier and
SAMURAI WARRIORS series
- Captivating Lands and Stages— Lands and battlefields are
dramatically rendered drawing from the dark, sinister imagery in
the OROCHI series totaling 51 distinct stages with cross-over
stages melding universes including Atelier, DYNASTY WARRIORS,
and more. Furthermore, Musou Battlefields allow for
customization including character models and battle cries
- The mythology of the OROCHI universe expands— A new main
storyline brings the heroes together again after the death of
the Demon Snake as they are called upon by a mysterious stone to
return to the chaotic din of battle. Additionally, new side
stories provide a multitude of new scenarios and uncover
secrets, the story extends with the ability to battle from a
different point of view or even “what if” hypothetical stages
that exist in a parallel world
- Gameplay modes— Adding to both Online and Offline competition,
new modes include Duel Mode, a fusion of team battles (up to 3
vs 3) and card battles, Craft Weapons function to alchemy even
more powerful weapons, Officer Requesting and Summoning,
Formation Skills and Dragon Portals that can be used to escape
the battlefields, weaken enemies or recover party members Life
Gauge
- Share experiences Online— PS4™ system players will be able to
capture screenshots and live stream, share and see live comments
which can impact either players’ games or co-op in Story mode,
Free Mode and the new Gauntlet Mode
- Cross-Play and Cross Save functionality— Co-op, data sharing
and saving, and save data is now possible between PS3™ system,
PS4™ system and PS Vita system versions, including save data
importing of the original WARRIORS OROCHI 3 on PlayStation 3
WARRIORS OROCHI 3 Ultimate is developed by Omega Force and
published in North America by TECMO KOEI America. The
PlayStation 3 and PS Vita versions will be available exclusively
through the PlayStation® Store for $49.99 (PS3) and $39.99 (PS
Vita) respectively and the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions
will be available for $59.99 on September 2, 2014. This title
has not yet been rated by the ESRB.