Omega Force is a Japanese video game developer and a division of Koei Tecmo, founded in 1996 by Akihiro Suzuki and Kenichi Ogasawara and is best known for the Dynasty Warriors video games.
History
Omega Force was founded in 1996 as the fourth Business Division of Koei, with the intention of widening the appeal of Koei's portfolio outside of their strategy and simulation games, such as Romance of Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga's Ambition. The studio was originally going to be named after the letter Z, however this idea never came to fruition, as the letter Z can have different meanings outside of Japanese culture. Wanting to keep the last letter of the alphabet, they settled for Omega from the Greek alphabet. However, because of copyright concerns with the clock manufacturing companyOmega SA, Force was added – a Japanese homophone for "fourth" – representing that they are the fourth business division. WinBack, released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64, pioneered the cover-based third-person shooter, inspiring titles such as Kill Switch, Gears of War, and . It also featured an early rendition of the laser sight mechanic, which would later be seen in titles such as Resident Evil 4. The cover system has since become a staple of the third-person shooter genre. In 2013, vocal complaints started to arise in Japan about Omega Force's depiction of historical figures within the release of Samurai Warriors 4. The studio responded that they are aware of the complaints, but defended their use of historical figures as being just entertainment and having artistic freedom. Omega Force is currently developing the next entry in their key franchise Dynasty Warriors, dubbed Dynasty Warriors 9, moving the franchise from its arena-based combat to an open-world. Producers Masaki Furusawa and Akihiro Suzuki also plan to overhaul the franchise's often criticized combat system.
Games
''Dynasty Warriors'' series
Dynasty Warriors, known as Sangokumusou, is the first and the largest sub-series of Warriors series. While the second and follow titles are named as Shin · Sangokumusou, English localization remain naming Dynasty Warriors, made all English titles are a number ahead of their Japanese counterparts.
Numbered games
Non-numbered games
''Samurai Warriors'' series
Samurai Warriors, known as Sengokumusou is the series based loosely around the Sengoku period of Japanese history.
''Warriors Orochi'' series
Warriors Orochi, known as Musou Orochi in Japan, is a series developed by Koei and Omega Force. It is a crossover of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors.
''Dynasty Warriors: Gundam'' series
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, originally released in Japan as Gundammusou, is a series which based on the Gundamanime series. Games were developed by Omega Force and published by Bandai Namco Games.
''Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage'' series
Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage, released in Japan as Hokutomusou, is a series developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei. It is based on the manga franchise Fist of the North Star by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara.
''One Piece: Pirate Warriors'' series
One Piece: Pirate Warriors, also known in Japan as One Piece: Kaizoku Musou, is a series developed by Omega Force and published by Bandai Namco Games. It is based on the One Piece manga and anime franchise by Eiichiro Oda.
