Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires

Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires, which is an expansion of Dynasty Warriors 6, was originally scheduled for release in March but was delayed due to Koei wanting to improve the game as much as possible.

Gameplay
All of the characters from Dynasty Warriors 6 will be returning for the game. Zhang He, Ma Chao, Yue Ying, Taishi Ci, Ling Tong and Cao Pi will keep their movesets from Dynasty Warriors 6: Special. Meng Huo returns with a different weapon than the one he wielded in Dynasty Warriors 5. The edit character mode also returns and is greatly expanded. All stages from Dynasty Warriors 6 and Dynasty Warriors 6: Special return to the game with seven new stages.

A level-up system for weapons has been implemented and requires players to have their weapons adjusted at a blacksmith. Besides adding more attack, players can also adjust what skills and abilities a weapon can have based on what items the player has collected from battle. The Renbu guage is no longer an element that requires the player to build up as they play. Rather, their Renbu level is now determined by the rank of their character's weapons. Strategies are implemented in battle by holding L2 and pressing ,undefined,, (on the PS3 controller). Skills from the original title return but appear with many new additions.

While serving under a lord, the player can also disagree with their decisions and offer alternatives instead. Similar to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, players can also swear brotherhood or marry other characters in the game.

Allusions

 * Motochika, Nu Wa and also Himiko's new hairstyle appear as selectable hair types for the Edit characters.

Stages
These are the new stages in the game.
 * Battle of Lingling
 * Battle of Western Liang
 * Battle of Jiaozhi
 * Battle of Jinyang
 * Battle of Bohai Sea
 * Battle of Yong An
 * Battle in Middle Heaven