Veteran Omega Force and Koei Tecmo producer Tomohiko Sho has admitted that he wants more new games and sequels in the Dynasty Warriors franchise, and not just mere remasters of past titles.
Sho, who joined Koei in the ’90s and is credited with his work on the second to sixth entries in the franchise, alongside 2025’s Dynasty Warriors: Origins, spoke during an interview with 4Gamer about the recent launch of Dynasty Warriors 3 Complete Edition Remastered, where he explained that he would prefer to make new games instead of remastering his old ones.
“To be honest, I don’t want to do it,” he explained. “It would be almost a complete remake, and even this time I sometimes thought, ‘Why am I remaking something I made myself?’ I’m in my fifties now, and I sometimes think about ‘how many more games can I make before I retire’, so I’d rather make new games or sequels.”
Still, Sho didn’t completely rule out the prospect of more remasters or remakes, adding that “it’s not impossible that we’ll remaster titles that aren’t available on Steam”, hinting that fans could still see the fourth, fifth, and sixth entries in the franchise get remastered or remade for the modern generation, just that these potential titles might be handled by other members of the team. To date, 2001’s Dynasty Warriors 3 is the first game to receive the remaster treatment, bringing an Unreal Engine 5 upgrade, modernised game mechanics, alongside new content like the bonus playable character Ziluan from Dynasty Warriors: Origins.
The first Dynasty Warriors title debuted in 1997 as a weapon-based fighting game for the PlayStation, before it would eventually grow into the iconic “1 versus 1000” hack-and-slash franchise from its 2000 sequel onwards, themed after the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. To date, the franchise has seen 10 mainline games, alongside the Samurai Warriors sister franchise, which focuses on Japan’s Sengoku period, as well as Warriors Orochi, a crossover between the two series.
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