Publisher Atelier & Dynasty Warriors is looking to expand and focus on PC, consoles

Atelier Yumia the new art key — *Image: Koei Tecmo*

Koei Tecmo is recent shareholder question and answer sessionwhich took place in October 2024, has just been published and shows that the company is planning some big expansions in the long term.

The publisher and developer — best known for Dynasty WarriorsTHE Workshop series, Romance of the Three Kingdomsand Nioh — is looking to expand its headcount from 2,500 to 5,000, doubling its scale and allowing the company to “consistently produce AAA titles” (via Automaton Media, Stealth).

It will also shift its focus to more PC and console games as it “expects the console and PC gaming market to grow” due to new hardware releases. Well, that certainly includes the Nintendo Switch successor, then.

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity — Not just the main Warriors games – Zelda got some of the Koei Tecmo touch – *Image: Nintendo*

The company also noted that the mobile gaming market has matured and “significant growth is unlikely to be seen”, hence the focus on console and AAA titles. Maybe we’ll get to see more Dynasty Warriors games on Nintendo’s next console.

Koei Tecmo has been around since 2009, following the merger between Koei (founded in 1978) and Tecmo (founded in 1967). The company consists of several subsidiaries, including Omega Force – the main team responsible for warrior games and spin-offs (incl Fire Emblem Warriors and The Hyrule Warriors) — Gust — which it acquired in 2014 and who are the team behind the Atelier franchise — and Team Ninja, known for Nioh, Dead or aliveand Ninja Gaiden.

Fire Emblem Three Houses — Kou Shibusawa of Koei Tecmo also co-developed Fire Emblem: Three Houses with Nintendo – *Image: Nintendo*

2025 looks like a huge year for the publisher, ca Dynasty Warriors: Origins it will launch on consoles on January 17, 2025. Not on Switch, though. But The Switch will receive Yumia Workshop: The Alchemist of Memories and the Imagined Land on March 21, 2025, along with a second Workshop, Resleriana Workshop: The Red Alchemist and the White Guardianlater in the year.

What do you think of Koei Tecmo’s plans? Do you think we’ll see more Koei Tecmo games on Switch 2? Dive into the comments and tell us.