PS3

Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

StrategyHack and slash/Beat 'em up

Space needed: About 14.3 GB

Overview

Dynasty Warriors 8 (真・三國無双7, Shin Sangoku Musō 7; known in Japan as Shin Sangoku Musou 7) is a 2013 hack and slash game developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the eighth installment of the Dynasty Warriors series. Having more than 82 characters featured in the game, the game largely based its system on Dynasty Warriors 7 and focused on adding more content for replayability while also making several tweaks to the combat system.

The game was unveiled on October 30, 2012 via Jump Magazine and released on February 28, 2013 for the PlayStation 3 in Japan. On April 3, 2013, it was confirmed by Tecmo Koei that there would be an overseas release for both North America and Europe in July 2013. It was released on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 for both physical and digital release. The option of English and Japanese voice overs also return, where there is also an option to change the subtitles to English, French or German.

The game is followed by two expansions. The first, Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, was released for PlayStation 3 in 2013 in Japan and in 2014 in North America and Europe. The second expansion, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires, was released for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on in 2014 in Japan and in 2015 in North America and Europe. The PlayStation Vita and Microsoft Windows versions were released in 2015 in Japan, North America and Europe. A Japan-exclusive Switch port of Empires was released in 2017. All three ports have a bundle set with Dynasty Warriors 8 which is called Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition overseas and Shin Sangoku Musou 7 with Moushouden in Asia.