Dynasty Warriors 6

"DW6" redirects here. For the sixth game in the Dragon Quest series, see Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation.

Dynasty Warriors 6
The North American box art for Dynasty Warriors 6, featuring Zhao Yun.
Developer(s)Omega Force
Publisher(s)Koei
Director(s)Tomohiko Sho
Designer(s)Kenichiro Yasuda
Fumiya Kato
SeriesDynasty Warriors
Platform(s)PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
ReleasePlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • AU: March 13, 2008[4]
  • JP: May 28, 2009 (Empires)[2]
  • NA: June 23, 2009 (Empires)[1]
  • EU: June 26, 2009 (Empires)[3]
Microsoft Windows
  • JP: July 11, 2008
  • NA: November 24, 2008
  • EU: October 2008
PlayStation 2
PlayStation Portable
  • JP: October 22, 2009[7]
  • JP: January 21, 2010 (Empires)[6]
Genre(s)Hack and slash, Action[8]
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

Dynasty Warriors 6 (真・三國無双５, Shin Sangoku Musōu 5) is a hack and slash video game set in Ancient China, during a period called Three Kingdoms (around 200AD). This game is the sixth official installment in the Dynasty Warriors series, developed by Omega Force and published by Koei. The game was released on November 11, 2007 in Japan; the North American release was February 19, 2008 while the Europe release date was March 7, 2008. A version of the game was bundled with the 40GB PlayStation 3 in Japan.[9] Dynasty Warriors 6 was also released for Windows in July 2008.[10] A version for PlayStation 2 was released on October and November 2008 in Japan and North America respectively. An expansion, titled Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires was unveiled at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show[11] and released in May 2009.

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