Gaming News - February 2007
Burlingame, CA (February 16, 2007) - KOEI today announced that Samuari Warriors 2 Empires has gone gold .
From KOEI:
The Tactical Action game set in Feudal Japan will be available for both the
Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and the PlayStation
2 computer entertainment system. Consumers can purchase the game at many North
American retailers beginning February 28, 2007.
About Samuari Warriors 2 Empires
Samuari Warriors 2 Empires combines the most exciting aspects of Action,
Fighting and Strategy games. At the start of the game Feudal Japan is divided
into warring states and it is up to the player to resurrect a nation using equal
amounts of strategy and strength! The game’s ultimate goal is to unite Japan’s
25 regions into a single nation under one ruler. Prior to each battle, the
player will meet with their war council to discuss military and political
affairs; then it’s time for combat.
Samuari Warriors 2 Empires is the first in KOEI’s successful line of “Empires”
games to be set in Japan. Accordingly, the game’s deck of 90 policy cards, used
to issue military commands and impose political policies, is boosted by 50 new
cards inspired by Japanese history, while all-new formation cards are based on
historically-authentic samurai attack formations.
Special events in the game chronicle major turning points in Japan’s history
including “The Honnōji Incident” where the powerful warlord Oda Nobunaga, met
his demise, and “The Battle of Kawanakajima,” considered the largest and most
prolonged encounter of the Warring States era.
Key product features include vicious multi-Musou attacks with up to four
officers, 5 “Unification” scenarios plus 6 “Regional” scenarios, over 400
playable characters to choose from, a create your own warrior mode, as well as
2-player co-op play.


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