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For anyone who loves gratuitous, over-the-top action games, it doesn’t get any bigger than the Dynasty Warriors franchise. With the release of Dynasty Warriors: Origins (out today), Koei Tecmo has brought back the hack-and-slash historical fiction series and reinvented it for a new generation. And although it isn’t for everyone (our own review was somewhat mixed), to a certain kind of player, the Dynasty Warriors series represents a stalwart slice of virtual comfort food that always demands attention.

Dating back to 1997, it’s likely that most players have...

Originally an action spinoff of developer Koei’s turn-based strategy Romance of the Three Kingdom games based on the Chinese novel of the same name, the Dynasty Warriors series would establish its own genre of action, musou, in which a single character faces masses of opponents. Dynasty Warriors: Origins is the first mainline entry since 2018’s disappointing Dynasty Warriors 9 and seeks to return to the franchise’s roots, adapting the first half of the original Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel. Here, the player takes the role of an amnesic lone wanderer who becomes pivotal in the war for the kingdoms fighting for control of China, while trying to rediscover his identity and reconnect with history.

As a musou game, Origins is a spectacular technical achievement that takes full advantage of modern hardware to present amazing large-scale feudal battles from a boots-on-the-ground perspective. The Warriors series, including its spinoffs (from...

The story of Elden Ring is frequently credited to two individuals: George R.R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire, and Hidetaka Miyazaki, president and creative director of FromSoftware. So, what exactly did Martin do with Elden Ring?

George R.R. Martine played a pivotal role in making Elden Ring. | Credit: FromSoftware.

The Game of Thrones famed writer actually helped Miyazaki in contributing worldbuilding for the popular game. Now, you might wonder why the award-winning TV series author suddenly shifted his focus towards video games. Actually, Grrm’s profound love for video games takes us back to the 80s.

George R. R. Martin would have written “a novel or two” if it wasn’t for the video games Railroad Tycoon was George R.R. Martin’s one of the favorite games. | Credit: PopTop Software.

Grrm isn’t just a legendary writer; he is an avid gamer as well,...