A Kemono monster from Wild Hearts.
A Kemono monster from Wild Hearts.
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How Omega Force expanded the monster-hunting genre with Wild Hearts

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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When the developers at Koei Tecmo and Omega Force decided to make Wild Hearts in 2018, they felt like there was still room in the monster-hunting genre besides Monster Hunter.

And so they set out to create a triple-A title that took the genre in a new direction. And now Wild Hearts will put their theories about the market to the test.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.