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The next EA Original is a fantasy hunting game set in feudal Japan from Koei TecmoNot the small studio you might expect from the label
Not the small studio you might expect from the label
The next EA Original has been announced, and it’s coming from Koei Tecmo and Omega Force, developers of theDynasty Warriorsseries. Set in Japan during its feudal period but with a fantasy twist, EA and Koei Tecmo describe the as-yet-untitled project as “the next great hunting game”. Dispel those mental images oftheHunter: Call Of The Wildand Big Buck Hunter though, because it sounds like this is more in the vein of hack-and-slash monster hunting shenanigans.
Fe Official Gamescom TrailerIndie action-platformer Fe released in 2018 under the EA Originals label.Watch on YouTube
Fe Official Gamescom Trailer
It seems EA and Koei Tecmo’s partnership is helping to bring the game outside of Japan. “Adding the global resources of EA with our own will help us introduce a new kind of hunting game to a global audience of players and expand our reach into global markets,” Koei Tecmo’s Executive Vice President, Yosuke Hayashi, said. A spokesperson for EA said that the new game showedToukiden 2developer Omega Force’s “proven talent for combat gameplay”. Wasn’t EA Originals supposed to be about indies, EA? You can read the full announcementhere.
The EA Originals label wasset up in 2016to foster original games from small studios. At the time, wereportedon the first game officially given the EA Original label, Zoink Games’Fe, although Unravel had kind of got the yarn ball rolling the year before. Since then, EA Originals have included Hazelight Studios’ co-op action adventuresA Way OutandIt Takes Two. The label’s also produced sailing adventureSea Of Solitudefrom Jo-Mei Games, Final Strike Games’ third-person shooterRocket Arena, Zoink’s dice-based action adventureLost In Random, andUnravel 2.
EA and Koei Tecmo say they’ll have more to show of the new game later this month. I’ve contacted EA to ask whether they’d consider Omega Force to be among the smaller developers that the EA Originals label was set up to encourage. I’ll let you know what their response is.
