The purpose for this post is to tell you what we have roughly planned for the expo this time.

(1) English Demo 
- We have 8 playable pods for Dynasty Warriors 8 and this is the first time people get to play the build in English version (voice and text).

(2) Booth Design

- The booth is bigger than the booth we had in the last expo. We have 4 kingdom booths (Shu, Wei, Wu, Jin) with a gap inbetween so people have more space to get their hands-on on the game.

(3) #TKfamily Polaroids
- As you can see, we have some space for each side of the booth. We will bring 2 polaroids with us to take pictures of our community members and produce them into stickers for our 4 kingdom walls.

(4) Kingdom Shirts

- We will be wearing our kingdom shirts. These are very very limited, if we have some left, perhaps..

(5) Freebies 
- We also have tons of freebies (and some other surprises that we plan for the expo this time around).

(6) Good Times
- One most important thing is you to have a good time there not just playing the game, but also communicate, get to know our community member and build a good relationship (as you know some of us only get to see each other like once in a year).

I’ll be there on Saturday (25th May) so if you see me at the booth, don’t be afraid to come and say hi. If you aren’t attending to this expo, don’t worry, I’ll tweet some content to my Twitter account @inspchin and also I’ll grab some goodies to give away on our social network too.

See you guys there!

Sorry for not keeping this blog as active as it used to be. It was indeed a very busy first quarter of 2013 as I was involved in many many Tecmo Koei games (8 of them). But I’m happy to announce that Dynasty Warriors 8 will be coming to overseas for both PS3 and Xbox 360 with both Japanese and English audio available.

It was tough but the community helped me a lot by giving me feedback and support every day so thank you all and this is for you! Coming July 12 (Europe), July 16 (North America). For more information, visit the official site @ www.dynastywarriors8.eu

I’ll be sure to write more! But if you have any questions, always feel free to tweet @inspchin on Twitter.

For those who are familiar with Warriors Orochi franchises, you should know this game features a huge cast of playable characters (more than 130 playable characters from the worlds of Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors). As the vortex created by Orochi drags a few more allies to their universe so the characters such as Ryu Hayabusa (from Ninja Gaiden series), Achilles (from Warriors: Legends of Troy), Joan of Arc (from Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War), Nemea (from Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll), and Ayane (from Dead or Alive series) have also been added as playable characters in the roster list!

In Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper, the team has included 4 characters, Rachel (from Ninja Gaiden series) and Seimei Abe (Rachel and Seimei were added from the PSP version of Warriors Orochi 3 in Japan); and exclusive new characters Momiji (from the Ninja Gaiden series) and Shennong (Momiji and Shennong are brand new additions) to the Orochi roster.

Another new addition is the “Duel Mode” which fuses elements of player versus player and card battles into intense combat for player vs. COM battles, or online battles against your friends. With Wii U GamePad, you can choose from two ways to play local two player co-op. Play using the TV and the GamePad screen, or play using standard split screen on your TV.

You can also unlock abilities and influence the storyline through the bond system: The bonds between characters can be increased by interaction in banquets, fighting together as allies, rescuing struggling allies, and accepting then clearing missions in battles. These bonds can influence the storyline, as well as unlock extra attacks and new stages.

Apart from that, you can customize scenarios and share them online for all to enjoy: Cleared stages from Story Mode or Free Mode can be edited to create unique battlefields, where players can change voice lines and characters, acquire Musou Battlefield Elements in Story Mode and use them to add even more interesting new aspects to their original battlefields. Then rate scenarios created by others and see how your scenarios stack up.

I have included the gameplay videos of the 4 new characters which I love all of them equally (but extra love to Momiji because she has been my favourite since Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2).

For more information, you can visit the official site @ warriorsorochi.co.uk/3/hyper/ – Also, thank you for coming to visit me at London MCM Expo! It was really good to see you there, especially the fans I’ve known since they were young like 14 years and now they’re over 18, it’s like watching my babies growing; but yeah, you have made it!

Also, I’ve been interviewed by Digitally Downloaded regarding the community I’ve been in charge. If you’re interested, check the article out here.

May 2012

- We started our Dead or Alive 5 event in London MCM Expo. It was my very first experience to get involved in the fighting community and organized the tournament with a team of new people. I can still remember the day I met and made friends with Unequalled Media at the HMV Gamerbase to find the opportunity to work with them, to learn and gain more knowledge. Then, I started to design the booth, the wall and the goodies for event to start to build this new community. London MCM Expo was a huge success and I have made a lot of new friends, learned a lot from many amazing people too.

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June 2012
- I made a lot of new friends during the event so I took this month to connect with them on social network to talk to them on how we can improve the game and how we can build this new community in an efficient way. This was also the month we started to spread “I’m a Fighter” tagline across the Internet. I always believe we’re all Fighters in the way we fight (for our dreams) and to go through our daily lives. As a community leader myself, I have my dreams too, even so, a lot of people see me as a role model. To be honest, this community has inspired me a lot and I want to reach to the level (of being a strong individual) to be able to inspire them also, so I used this month to start developing myself as a Fighter as well (not just this month, or the journey, but a lifetime mission “as a Fighter” to be better and better.)

(As you can see, that was me back in when I was a web developer to create KOEI Warriors fansite, then I got hired, left my country and up until where I am today.)

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July 2012

- I got a chance to attend to the Japan Expo to meet my French Fighters there for Dead or Alive 5. The event in France was a great success, I’ve met new people also met our distributors to understand the way they work. This has also brought our relationship to a closer level as well.

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August 2012
- August has been the busiest month. I got our Insert Coin project approved (after 4-5 months working on it with Marilena – she’s the one who worked on it mainly). It was a bit of the delay but it was finally approved, that made me really happy. I went to Germany for Gamescom and have met a lot of great people there. I’ve been on the tour with Team Ninja this month as well from Germany to UK this month.
We also organized the IGN Fist Look on Dead or Alive 5 event for our community – as our focus on the event wasn’t too “corporated” but to let the players to enjoy the game, get in touch with the team directly and the event turned out to be the best event we have done so far. It was a blast! I’m very glad and thankful to be able to work with this current team that I have; also thanks to the IGN!

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September 2012

- I’ve been sent to Japan for Team Ninja Night and Tokyo Game Show. It was a great trip since I have been surrounded by the awesome gang. A week after, I came back and had a photoshoot session with Insert Coin for their DOA5 line-ups, then I went straight to Eurogamer Expo for the game launch. Again, it was really great; and again, it’s all down to the lovely community that made it to such a level!

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October 2012

- The DOATEC tees and Hitomi hoodies are available to purchase. And this month, I’ll be focusing on new titles such as Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2, Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper and Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires. I’ll also attend to London MCM Expo, see you there!

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I’m quite happy not just because I have managed to work with amazing people and achieved so many things in just few months, I’m happy because I have managed to keep my health in a very good level during restless marathon – the discipline that I have committed to has shown me a good result.

By the way, I apologize about the lack of updates on this blog, sorry for being really busy in the past few months; I’ve been fighting for you guys but I’ve also realized I need to write something here to give some assurance to let you know that I’m still here. I’ll make sure to write more and to keep you updated. If you want to contact me instantly, I’m on Twitter @inspchin – I’ll listen and try my best to see what I can do, so have no worries to shoot more questions and requests. Much love!

*Note: There are some adjustments, please check the page @ bit.ly/warriorsorochi3dlc

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WEAPON PACK (PS3 & Xbox 360)
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Release Date: April 10 (US), April 11 (EU)
Price: $1.99 / €1.99 / £1.59 / 160 MSP

- New weapons for Ma Chao, Hanbei Takenaka, Kaguya and Shuten Doji will be made available. In Story or Free Mode, go to the Camp. Then select one of the four characters under Preparations. The new weapon can be equipped through Special Weapon.

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STAGE PACK 1 (PS3 & Xbox 360)
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Release Date: April 24 (US), April 25 (EU)
Price: $1.99 / €1.99 / £1.59 / 160 MSP
- New stages will be available for selection under Select Battlefield. In-game music and additional weapons are also included.
- New stages:
‣  In Vino Veritas (Weapon available: Bug Catcher)
‣  Phantoms of Nanzhong (Weapon available: Knockout Blow)
‣  Ninjas United (Weapon available: Epiphany)
‣  Warriors of Purity (Weapon available: Lollipop)
- Additional music: 8 additional tracks will be available.

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BGM PACK 1 (PS3 & Xbox 360)
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Release Date: April 24 (US), April 25 (EU)
Price: $1.99 / €1.99 / £1.59 / 160 MSP
New music will be available for selection at previously cleared stages. Select a stage that you have already cleared. At the loading screen, choose Select Music.
- Additional music:
‣  SQUARED AIR
‣  COUNTERPLAY

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SAMURAI COSTUME (PS3 & Xbox 360)
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Release Date: April 24 (US), April 25 (EU)
Price: $0.99 / €0.99 / £0.79

- New costumes will be available for selection for 31 characters. The new costumes are for all characters from “Samurai 1″ and “Samurai 2″, and for Gracia and Katsuie Shibata only from “Samurai 3″. At Select Team, choose any of the 31 characters and select Change Costume.

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WALLPAPERS 1 (PS3 & Xbox 360)
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Release Date: April 24 (US), April 25 (EU)
Price: $3.99 / €3.99 / £3.19

- New wallpapers will be available for all 43 characters from “Samurai 1″, “Samurai 2″ and “Samurai 3″. Select Wallpaper in the Gallery. Wallpaper for any of these characters that have been used in-game will be available to view, or to set as wallpaper. 172 wallpapers in total.

For more information about Warriors Orochi 3, please visit the official site @ bit.ly/warriorsorochi3 and for its downloadable content, please check the DLC page @ bit.ly/warriorsorochi3dlc – Thanks!