Dynasty Warriors Online is a free-to-play hack-and-slash MMO developed by Tecmo Koei and published by Aeria Games. The game is based on Dynasty Warriors, the popular 3D fighting game franchise.

.: November 9, 2017,Mode(s),Dynasty Warriors 8 ( 真・三國無双7, Shin Sangoku Musō 7, known in Japan as Shin Sangoku Musou 7) is a video game and the eighth official installment of the series. It is developed by and published. The story is based on the 14th-century Chinese historical novel. Having more than 82 characters featured in the game, the game largely based its system on 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 and released on February 28, 2013 for the in Japan. On April 3, 2013, it was confirmed by that there would be an overseas release for both North America and Europe in July 2013.

It was released on both PlayStation 3 and 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 on November 28, 2013 in Japan and in 2014 in North America and Europe.

Versions for and are developed as well, both of which package the expansion with the original version and are released under the title of Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends - Complete Edition. The PlayStation Vita version was released on the same day as PlayStation 3, while the PlayStation 4 version was released as a launch title for the console in Japan, on March 25, 2014 in North America, and on April 4, 2014 for Europe. The PC port for Complete Edition was released on May 13, 2014, with a port for following on December 27, 2018. The second expansion, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires was released for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 20, 2014 in Japan, with North American and European versions released in February 2015 for, and (via Steam).

A Japan-exclusive Switch port of Empires was released on November 9, 2017. Retrieved 2017-08-25. ^. August 20, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2014.

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Retrieved 2016-09-20. Tally 'xelissa' Callahan. Retrieved 31 October 2012. What IS known is that the story mode will support a roster of a whopping 77 characters, ten of which have been revealed so far. BlackKite.

Retrieved 1 November 2012. There will be more than 77 characters appearing in total (71-75 is most plausible). BlackKite. Retrieved March 3, 2013. DW8's concept is 'Infinite Deepening' rather than 'Evolution', thus focusing more on the quantitative addition. Romano, Sal. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

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Story Mode is still faction-oriented and has seamless cutscenes. BlackKite.

Retrieved February 20, 2013. Story Mode is also confirmed to have storyline for Other faction. BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 1 November 2012. DW8 will have more freedom in the stage's progress route, unlike DW7 which had a quite preset progress route. LiAnDi.

Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 7 November 2012. It was confirmed today that the story mode you can pick numerous characters per stage depending on the stage.

And the what if missions were confirmed last week. So no need to worry Like the example blackite gave 'Hei Fei you can choose between Zhang Liao, Yue Jin or Li Dian. BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 1 November 2012. The stories are being rewritten from scratch. There may be also what-if stories.

Dynasty Warriors 8 Complete Edition Store Page. Retrieved 19 December 2014. Tally 'xelissa' Callahan. Retrieved 31 October 2012. So far, the game has only been announced for the PS3, and while a Co-Op Story Mode is expected, there's no word yet on how many players will be able to play together, and if the co-op is online, offline, or both. BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series.

Retrieved 1 November 2012. Free mode is returning. BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

There will be also another new game mode for the replay value. BlackKite.

Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 25 January 2013. New mode is Commander mode. Tally 'xelissa' Callahan. Retrieved 31 October 2012.

Dynasty Warriors 8 also features new battle mechanics, which change based on the enemy commander's affinity. These new mechanics include Storm Rush (triggered when weapon affinity reaches a certain level), Variable Counter (a counterblow which sacrifices the weapon and grants the user a random new one), and Awakening Action (empowers skills as well as XP gain when a certain number of enemies have been killed while it's going). BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series.

Retrieved 5 December 2012. All characters now have 3 Musou attacks. 1st Musou: O, 2nd Musou: R1+O, 3rd Musou: Aerial O.

The Musou variety is unlocked as the character is strengthened up. BlackKite.

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EX Weapon clones are to be reduced as much as possible. Character's main weapons are basically based on their latest weapons in DW7 series. BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 21 November 2012. Sun Jian is decloned with the weapon Nine-Ringed Blade, a Dao blade that has nine rings attached to its back which can emit sounds that can damage enemies.

BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 1 November 2012. Weapon switch system from DW7 is returning. All DW7 weapon types up to DW7E will be returning along with more brand-new weapons.

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Retrieved 5 December 2012. Weapon types have one of these 3 affinity elements: 天 Heaven, 地 Earth, 人 People There is a triangular relation to determine which affinity is better than which, Heaven is good against Earth, Earth is good against People, People is good against Heaven. BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 5 December 2012. When the player's weapon is advantageous, a greenish Vigor Gauge appears at the top of the officer's name & health.

(the red circle is only for marking) An outer circle forms around the gauge, and when the circle is full, Storm Rush is activated. On the contrary if the weapon is disadvantageous, a red mark appears instead. If the enemy officer is hit with a Variable Attack when they're doing their strong attacks, the Variable Attack changes into Variable Counter. BlackKite.

Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 21 November 2012.

Stages are to be revamped with better graphics, weather effects and more visible gimmicks. BlackKite. Dynasty Warriors Series. Retrieved 25 January 2013. Story Mode is confirmed to be playable in co-op, both offline and online.

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Retrieved August 2, 2014.External links. (in Japanese).Empires.