In 2016, Kenichi Ogasawara mentioned in an interview with Famitsu, that the next entry in their key franchise Dynasty Warriors, dubbed Dynasty Warriors 9, was in the development. With Winback, which was originally shown off at the at the 1999 Electronic Entertainment Expo and later at the 1999 Nintendo Spaceworld trade show, Omega Force was once again tasked by Koei to create a title it wasn't known for. The cover system has since become a staple of the third-person shooter genre. It also featured an early rendition of the laser sight mechanic, which would later be seen in games such as Resident Evil 4. WinBack, released in 1999 for the Nintendo 64, pioneered the cover-based third-person shooter, inspiring games such as Kill Switch, Gears of War, and Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. However, because of copyright concerns with the clock manufacturing company Omega SA, Force was added – a Japanese homophone for "fourth" – representing that they are the fourth business division. Wanting to keep the last letter of the alphabet, they settled for Omega from the Greek alphabet. The studio was originally going to be named after the letter Z, however this idea never came to fruition, as the letter Z can have different meanings outside of Japanese culture. Ogasawara, after being promoted to planner, was then tasked by Koei to create a 3D action game utilising the, at the time, new technology capabilities of the PlayStation, resulting in the development of Dynasty Warriors and the establishment of Omega Force. However, due to his lack of programming skills, was assigned to a training course to become a programmer, and to porting games from NEC PC-9801 to the Super Nintendo.
Kenichi Ogasawra origimally joined Koei in hopes of being able to work on Nobunaga's Ambition as a planner, of which he was fan of. Omega Force was founded in 1996 as the fourth Business Division of Koei, with the intention of widening the appeal of Koei's portfolio outside of their strategy and simulation games, such as Romance of Three Kingdoms and Nobunaga's Ambition. Omega Force ( Japanese: オメガフォース) (stylised as ω-Force) is a Japanese video game developer and a division of Koei Tecmo, founded in 1996 by Akihiro Suzuki and Kenichi Ogasawara, and is best known for the Dynasty Warriors video games.
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