Koei Tecmo Holdings Co., Ltd. In Japanese: Formerly known as: is a Japanese entertainment holding company created in 2009 from the merger of gaming companies Koei and Tecmo. The company owns the video game development and publishing company Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd., which succeeded the gaming operations of both Koei and Tecmo.
Koei Tecmo Games inherited the gaming development studios of both Koei and Tecmo, and its development studios are currently organized along several studios (sometimes also characterized as divisions or brands), which include the following:
- Omega Force: Founded in 1996 as Koei's fourth Business Division, develops the Dynasty Warriors games.
- Kou Shibusawa: Named after the Pen Name of Koei's founder Yoichi Erikawa, the division was created in 2016 to develop Koei's historical strategy games like Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It also did much work on Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
- Ruby Party: Develops dating sims.
- Gust: The successor to the Gust Corporation development studio, Gust develops the Atelier Series and EXA_PICO games. Gust was acquired by Koei Tecmo in 2011 and absorbed in 2014.
- Team Ninja: Develops Dead or Alive and Nioh games primarily. Before the merger, it was formerly under Tecmo's umbrella. Also famed for creating the Ninja Gaiden games. Since 2013, it has comprised two teams, Ichigaya Development Group 1 and Ichigaya Development Group 2.
Koei
Koei Co., Ltd. 『株式会社コーエー』 is best known for its historically-based (and loosely-based) video games, especially those set in feudal China or Japan. It was founded by the Creator Couple Yoichi and Keiko Erikawa in 1978. Its name seems to derive from the term 光栄 (kōei, "honor").
Like many Japanese game developers established before The '80s, Koei started as a completely unrelated business—in this case, a dyestuff and chemicals trader that is already bankrupt at the time the Erikawa couple took over. They immediately expanded the business to things like record rental, and started producing video games in 1980. They made their name in Japan with Turn-Based Strategy games such as Nobunaga's Ambition, but outside Japan their most known and successful series is the Warriors (Musou) franchise of Hack and Slash games (which includes Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors, the crossover Warriors Orochi, and all the licensed crossovers).
The company also has distributed games from Nippon Ichi's catalog in North America and Europe.
Yoko Kanno worked for Koei in the late 80s and early 90s, composing scores for many of their games.
Games
Developed by Koei Tecmo & subsidiary studios
Games are divided into folders based on their development studio, then sorted under headings based on whether they are published by Koei/Koei Tecmo.
Published by Koei/Koei Tecmo
- Angelique series
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de series
- La Corda d'Oro series
Published by Koei/Koei Tecmo
- Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War
- DeStrega
- Dynasty Warriors series
- Samurai Warriors series
- Warriors Orochi series
- Warriors All-Stars
- Toukiden series
- Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll
- WinBack
- Attack on Titan (2016)
- Berserk and the Band of the Hawk
- Fate/Samurai Remnant
- Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage
- Touken Ranbu Warriors (developed alongside Ruby Party; published in Japan by DMM Games)
Published by Nintendo (in non-Asian regions)
- Fire Emblem Warriors (developed alongside Team Ninja)
- Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (solo developer)
- Hyrule Warriors (developed alongside Team Ninja)
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (solo developer)
Published by Others
- Persona 5 Strikers (published by Sega and Atlus)
- Wild Hearts (published by Electronic Arts as EA Originals)
- Dynasty Warriors: Gundam (published by Bandai Namco Games)
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors series (published by Bandai Namco Games)
- Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and The Blight Below (published by Square Enix)
Published by Koei/Koei Tecmo
- Nioh (PlayStation ver. published by Sony Interactive Entertainment in non-Asian regions)
- Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Published by Others
- Dissidia Final Fantasy (2015) (published by Square Enix)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (published by Nintendo)
- Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (published by Square Enix)
- Rise of the Rōnin (published by Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Published by Koei/Koei Tecmo
- Atelier Series (since 2012)
- Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk
- Atelier Totori Plus ~The Adventurer of Arland~
- Atelier Meruru Plus ~The Apprentice of Arland~
- Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky
- Atelier Rorona Plus ~The Alchemist of Arland~
- Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea
- Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book
- Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
- Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings
- Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland
- Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout
- Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy
- Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream
- Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key
- Ciel nosurge
- Nights of Azure
- Fairy Tail (2020)
Published by Others
- Fire Emblem: Three Houses (published by Nintendo)
Development is either credited to another subsidiary of Koei/Koei Tecmo, or credited to Koei/Koei Tecmo as a whole.
Published by Koei/Koei Tecmo
- Crimson Sea series
- Inindo: Way of the Ninja
- Monster Racers
- Aerobiz series
- Uncharted Waters series
- Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye
- Gemfire
- Nobunaga's Ambition series
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms series (earlier games developed by Koei/Koei Tecmo, later games developed by Kou Shibusawa)
- Kessen
- Saiyuki: Journey West
- Warriors: Legends of Troy (developed by Koei Canada)
Published by Others
- Pokémon Conquest (published by Nintendo worldwide; The Pokemon Company in Asian regions)
Published only
Actual developer listed in brackets following the game titles.
- Gitaroo Man (iNiS)
- Opoona (ArtePiazza)
- Naval Ops series (developed by Microcabin; Naval Ops: Warship Gunner 2 developed by Koei)
