AWARDED GAMES "Games of the Year Division"

Award for excellence
DRAGON QUEST HEROES:
The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below

Award for Excellence

General Description


Title DRAGON QUEST HEROES:
The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below
Release Feb 26, 2015
Price PS4 : 8,424yen(tax included)
PS3 : 7,344yen(tax included)
Platform PlayStation®4 / PlayStation®3
Distributor SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Publisher SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
Developer KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
URL http://www.dragonquest.jp/heroes/
Copyright ©2015 ARMOR PROJECT / BIRD STUDIO / KOEI TECMO GAMES / SQUARE ENIX All Rights Reserved.

Reason for the Award for Excellence

The view of the world of Dragon Quest and the exhilarating feeling of battles in Muso series are beautifully fused.
Operate past characters whose voices are gorgeous actors/actresses and defeat monsters appearing one after another.
This work is awarded, receiving opinions from many users' opinion: "This work has everything I wanted to do in Dragon Quest!"

Work Introdution


Dragon Quest Heroes: The Dark Dragon and the World Tree Castle
The first full-scale action RPG in the series "Dragon Quest Heroes: The Dark Dragon and the World Tree Castle," which was created in collaboration between "Dragon Quest" with a long history of PRG and Koei Techmo Games/ "ω-Force," which develops "Muso" and "Tokiden" series.

The game is set in a kingdom named Erusaze, where mankind and monsters live peacefully.
One day, monsters suddenly change and begin to attack heroes.
Let's operate Act and Meer, the Pro-Guards of Erusaze, and colorful characters in the past works of the series and solve the mystery of monsters' rebellion!

This work enables everyone to easily enjoy exhilarating actions in the unchanged "Dragon Quest" world composed of characters, monsters, and music familiar to fans of the series.
Now, a new "Dragon Quest" starts for all game fans regardless of differences between action game fans and "Dragon Quest" series fans.

Comment of the game producer

We are really glad this title, which is full of challenges the previous Dragon Quest series have never experienced, is awarded.
We are full of gratitude to users who have supported this work! Thank you so much.

All of the developers of Koei Techmo Games "ω-Force" really like Dragon Quest very much.
This work was developed in workplaces filled with "love for Dragon Quest." Their affection seems to be reflected on the game.

Staffs of Koei Techmo Games and Square Enix are developing with all of our might the next work, "Dragon Quest Heroes II: The Twin Kings and the Prophecy of the End" and doing our best energetically!
We are trying to act on your passionate requests and do new plays.
Please wait for the new game expectantly.

Ryota Aomi, Square Enix producer



First of all, let me say it is a great privilege and pleasure that this work was selected as the Award of Excellence of the Japan Game Awards: 2015!
I was blessed with the best happiness of a person in the gaming industry to create an action game of "Dragon Quest." With tremendous support and cooperation from the parties concerned,
we could uninterruptedly provide news from the announcement to the start of sales.
After the start of sales, many players have been enjoying the game and giving warm applause.
When I remember these facts, my heart is full!

The next work has been announced.
Now we are enthusiastically developing it.
To create "Dragon Quest with actions," the series beloved by players for years, we will be fully committed in the future.
Horii-san and Square Enix staffs, and ω-Force staffs, let's do our best energetically!

Kenichi Ogasawara. Koei Techmo producer