Posts Tagged ‘Namco Bandai Games’

Vita Gundam Game Sorties to Japan This Spring
Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Gundam Seed Battle Destiny is on track to be the PlayStation Vita’s first Mobile Suit Gundam game, but fans will have to wait for it a little longer than originally expected. Game-aga magazine had reported a Japanese release date of March 29th, but has now confirmed that this was a misprint. Developer Artdink and publisher [...]

Soulcalibur V Launch Trailer, Screenshots, and Character Art Released
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Namco Bandai has released a launch trailer, screenshots, and character art for newly released fighter Soulcalibur V.

PS Vita Import Review – Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen
Friday, January 13th, 2012

Acquire, creators of the Tenchu series, eventually had to sell the license to the legendary stealth franchise. Still wanting to make ninja games combining stealth, action, and strategy, the group needed to create a new IP and thus, Shinobido was born. Though its PS2 and PSP iterations never made it stateside, one can jump into [...]

Naruto Series Has 10 Million Reasons to Smile
Friday, January 13th, 2012

Namco Bandai has announced today that the CyberConnect2 developed Naruto series, based on the very popular anime and manga of the same name, has surpassed 10 million copies shipped worldwide.

PS Vita Import Review – Touch My Katamari
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Can’t touch this.

Final Fantasy Devs Could Learn a Few Things From Tales Series
Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Square Enix could learn a few things from Namco Bandai. Hopefully the lessons of 2011 sink in.

Vita Readies Exciting Demos This Month
Friday, January 6th, 2012

One great thing about this digital age is the ability to download demos of nearly all of the hottest new games. PlayStation Vita owners, be they Japanese residents or international importers, can take to the Japanese PlayStation Network Store and grab two key demos scheduled to arrive this month.

Japanese Stores Can’t Move Ridge Racer Vita
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

The newest Ridge Racer is an underwhelming game, incredibly light on out-of-the-box content in return for being a lot cheaper than other Vita titles. In Japan, the digital version goes for 2,990 yen on the PSN Store while the suggested price of the physical version is 3,980 yen. The PlayStation Vita has only been on [...]

PSP RPG Heroes Phantasia Screens, First Video
Friday, November 4th, 2011

Publishers Namco Bandai and Banpresto are working with developer Witch Craft on a new PSP RPG called Heroes Phantasia, currently set for a January 19th, 2012 release in Japan. It features characters from Keoro, Slayers Revolution, Mai Hime, Darker Thank Black, and many others.

Dark Souls Ships 1.5 Million
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Gamers nowadays get a bad rap for being soft, and not liking difficult games, with the addition of short checkpoints, and unlimited continues doing a good job reinforcing that statement. Looking at the latest sales figures for Dark Souls, that sentiment may be changing.

Come and Touch My Katamari Screenshots
Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Namco Bandai has released a brand new set of screenshots for its upcoming Vita launch title, Touch My Katamari. For those unfamiliar with the Katamari series, you basically roll a Katamari character around a world, picking up everything you run over and turning yourself into a huge ball of random goodness.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations Trailer Released
Sunday, September 25th, 2011

Namco Bandai has released a new trailer for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations.

Defy Gravity with New Inversion Offensive Gameplay
Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Namco Bandai has released a new video of Inversion, detailing the games many offensive weapons at your disposal, namely the ability to manipulate gravity to your advantage.

Namco Bandai X Tecmo Koei: Something Brewing
Monday, August 29th, 2011

Japanese game developers Namco Bandai and Tecmo Koei appear to be teaming up for a joint project, if a newly released teaser website is any indication.