Category Archives: Namco Bandai

Project X Zone developer Namco Bandai has launched a European demo for its Sega and Capcom crossover brawler. The demo has been detailed this morning, along with confirmation that a second demo is coming next month.

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Dark Souls 2′s very existence has Stace Harman rather delighted, but he questions whether making the game more accessible might rob it of its appeal.

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Namco has announced Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures for PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360.

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Namco Bandai has released its fiscal year results for the year ending March 31, 2013, with reported revenue at ¥32 billion ($324 million) compared to ¥19 billion ($192 million) the prior year.

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The premise of Project X Zone is simple: take a huge bunch of Sega, Namco Bandai and Capcom characters and throw them all into a story-driven strategic RPG. Which characters? I’m so glad you asked, hypothetical reader. This trailer showcases some of Capcom’s favourites.

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God Eater 2, the sequel to PSP RPG Gods Eater Burst, has a new nine minute video available below, which was shown during the Nico Nico Super Conference. As Gemastu noted, it’s rather blurry, but you still get an idea of how the Boost Hammer and Charge Spear work. Game’s due in Japan on PSP and Vita later this year.

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Katamari Damacy will be released as a PS2 Classic through PSN next week. Expect it to be made available with the PS Store update on April 30 for PS3. We’ll ask about Europe. Thanks, Joystiq.

Star Trek: The Video Game publisher Namco Bandai has unleashed Digital Extreme’s launch trailer into the wild, in time for the game’s launch across North America today.

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Namco Bandai has released localised versions of three of its popular Idolm@ster games for iDevice. Rhythmic Record, Melodic Disc and Harmonic Score are ports of the Shiny Fest PSP games, and are available now from the App Store for $55 each. Each one contains an original animated feature, different idols, and free downloadable tunes, and weighs in at a hefty couple of GB each.

Thanks, Siliconera.

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 has shipped 1.2 million units worldwide, according to Namco Bandai via Siliconera. Shipment figures do not necessarily equate to sales, of course, but are a good indication of retailer expectations. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 fighter released in the US in early March, popping up in the NPD’s charts, before heading to Europe and arriving in Japan last week. I don’t know much about Naruto byt CyberConnect2 certainly make lovely-looking games.

Star Trek: The Video Game is out soon, like, next week soon. In it, you can co-op as Spock and Kirk as they fight off the Gorn – who are more than just B-movie style monsters wearing evening dresses this time out. The game has a storyline original to it, and you can hear all about it in the video below. Game’s out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 across North America from April 23 and across Europe on April 26.

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Star Trek: The Video Game is out next week, and today, Paramount Pictures released a video featuring film actors Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, John Cho, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban and Anton Yelchin which lent their voices to the game. Check it out below. Star Trek: The Video Game is out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 across North America from April 23 and across Europe on April 26.

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Namco Bandai Games has announced a digital release for Soul Calibur 5, more than a year on from its PlayStation 3na d Xbox 360 retail launch. Destructoid reports the fighter sequel hits the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Games on Demand on April 23 – next week’s network update – and will cost $20. Project Soul managed a Metacritic average of 77 and 88 for the two platforms, and released a ton of customisation DLC post-launch.

Here’s a trailer for Digimon World Re: Digitize Decode, the 3DS remake of Tri-Crescendo’s PSP love letter to the earliest Digimon World games. It has twice the story content of the 2012 original as well as all new Digimon, and hits Japan in June. No word on localisation yet; Digimon titles are a bit hit-and-miss on that front, and the PSP version didn’t make the jump.

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Power Rangers Megaforce is coming to Nintendo 3DS this Autumn courtesy of Namco Bandai. it uses card-scanning tech to enable power-ups and other neat AR tricks.

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Project X Zone publisher Namco Bandai has announced a limited special edition of its Namco, Sega and Capcom 3DS mash-up.

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As with the original, Namco Bandai is offering you the chance to see your design featured in-game in Dark Souls 2. The competition, which opened today and runs until May 13, is hosted on the series’s Facebook page, and challenges you to design a shield. The lucky winner, chosen by community voting and a panel of From Software judges, will see their vision transformed into a 3D asset. Just Like Dark Souls and head to the Shield Design app to get started. Dark Souls 2 is headed to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and is expected either late this year or in early 2014.

Tales of Symphonia producer Hideo Baba believes that the 2003 Gamecube RPG was the best-received ‘Tales’ game to date in Western markets.

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Namco bandai hasn’t yet decided whether to support online multipler for God Eater 2. In a series of tweets translated by Gematsu, producer Yusuke Tomizawa said the Monster Hunter-like title currently supports ad-hoc and PS3 ad-hoc party, “but there are plans to talk about online specifications sometime in the future”. God Eater 2 is the sequel to PSP RPG Gods Eater Burst; it’s due in Japan on PSP and Vita later this year. The original supported only ad-hoc multiplayer modes. Somewhat related: there has been talk that the 3G version of the Vita may be discontinued, meaning online play would only be possible over WiFi anyway.

Cover art for Dark Souls 2 has been released by From Software and publisher Namco Bandai. You can view it in all its glory below. It looks the same on all three formats, PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, but we’ve only posted the PC version because it is cleaners due to the lack of logos. So there’s no need for redundancy. Dark Souls 2 is expected in either late 2013 or early 2014. Thanks, AGB.

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