Koei Tecmo has announced that Warriors Orochi 4 has been awarded a Guinness World Record for having the most playable characters in a hack-and-slash video game.
Guinness World Records has presented Warriors Orochi 4 producer Masaki Furusawa with the certificate during a press event in Japan, recognising the 170 characters from the Dynasty and Samurai Warriors universes that are playable in the upcoming game.
The next outing in the one-versus-thousands crossover series that combines the Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors series, the game introduces Magic abilities, five playable gods in Zeus, Ares, Athena, Perseus and Odin, and sees co-op multiplayer return.
Warriors Orochi 4 will release for Nintendo Switch in North America on October 16th and in Europe on October 19th.
