Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires is first of the series to come to next-generation consoles

The Tokyo Game Show ended over the weekend, but not before some surprise announcements.

Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires was shown in a 20th-anniversary stream for the franchise by developers Koei Tecmo.

This game will be the first-ever Dynasty Warriors to be released on a next-generation console, coming to the Xbox Series S/X, PS5 as well as PC, Switch, PS4 and Xbox One.

If you're familiar with Dynasty Warriors, you'll probably be a fan of the series' classic massive battles along with Siege Battles that let you act as commander and deploy units.

Dynasty Warriors is famous for its 1vs1000 gameplay, which sees you take on hordes of enemies basically single-handedly.

Local split-screen co-operative play used to be a huge part of the Dynasty Warriors series but Empires will only support wireless co-op, which means you and a friend will both need a copy of the game to play together.

Check out the brief announcement cinematic below.

Empires is something of a spin-off version of Dynasty Warriors which plays out a lot more like the board game Risk, whereby you vie for control of the entire game map, while also participating in large-scale battles.

There will be new functions and systems in Empires which let you customise your officers and your army as you govern the land.

You can choose to be completely evil if you want so that could lead to some interesting developments. Your officers and generals, all of whom are fictionalised characters from a period of ancient Chinese history known as the Three Kingdoms War, will change their relationship with you depending on your actions, adding a level of political and diplomatic intrigue to the gameplay.

The original Dynasty Warriors 9 was the biggest departure for the series to date, choosing an open-world map and removing co-op from the game.

Empires, on the other hand, will be a much more traditional Dynasty Warriors experience as you take part in multiple battles across different set stages.

If you missed the announcement, check out the TGS stream below.

Koei Tecmo is also working with Nintendo to create Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, which is a hack-and-slash prequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Also announced during the show was a mobile Dynasty Warriors game, which has an upcoming beta for Japanese players.

Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires will be released early next year