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Koei Tecmo Games Co., Ltd. (株式会社コーエーテクモゲームス Kabushiki-gaisha Kōē Tekumo Gēmusu) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher formed from the merger of Koei and Tecmo. Developers work in one of the three major divisions and are credited separately under the Koei Tecmo label.

Company History[]

Koei Tecmo Games was founded as a result of Tecmo merging into Koei. At the time of the merger, Koei was not aware that Tecmo had been developing Metroid: Other M with Nintendo. Outside of Japan, games from Koei Tecmo were published as Tecmo Koei until 2014. In the summer of 2014, they had also absorbed Gust into its pool of developers.

In 2016, Koei Tecmo announced a reorganization. This reorganization retired Team Tachyon and generic Koei and Tecmo teams funneling several into a new team called Kou Shibusawa and the rest were added to other old teams.

Subsidiaries and development teams[]

Both companies kept their respective development teams after the merger. Like each of the company's teams, Gust retains its individual developer credits for their games.

  • Team Ninja - Tecmo team behind the Dead or Alive series and the Ninja Gaiden series.
  • Team Tachyon - Retired Tecmo team retired in 2016 that worked on Fatal Frame series and various individual projects.
  • Omega Force - Koei team that develops the Warriors series and its spin-offs as well as licensed titles like Attack on Titan and Dragon Quest Heroes.
  • Ruby Party - Koei developer for various adventure games, mainly including dating sims.
  • Gust - Acquired Role-playing game developer most known for its Atelier series.
  • Kou Shibusawa - team formed in 2016 to develop the historical strategy titles like Nobunaga's Ambition as well as horse simulation games like Winning Post.

Games[]

List of Koei Tecmo games

Virtual Console[]

On November 19, 2006, at the launch of the Wii, the Tecmo game, Solomon's Key was released on the Wii Virtual Console and in 2009, it was out as an arcade version. Other arcade games from Tecmo include Tecmo Bowl, Ninja Gaiden, Star Force, and Rygar. Koei Tecmo is one of the few publishers that have supported the Nintendo Switch Online service with their NES and SNES titles

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