Category Archives: XSEED

XSEED Games has announced its lineup for E3 next month. Grasshopper Manufacture’s Killer is Dead and GungHo Online’s Ragnarok Odyssey Ace are included in the publishers list.

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Grasshopper Manufacture has provided more details on the first run bonuses for Killer is Dead, which for now seem to be for Japan only.

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Grasshopper Manufacture’s new action-RPG, Killer is Dead, can appeal to a wider group of consumers XSEED feels. It just needs to get the game noticed by those who shop big box retailers.

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Ken Kutaragi has been named Marvelous AQL’s external director, and will assume his new position at the end of June. According to a a Nikkei report, the former chairman, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment and “The Father of the PlayStation”, will help the firm develop its business further in Japan and in western markets. Marvelous AQL announced earlier this week its subsidiary, XSEED had been absorbed into the firm, and will serve as the Japanese company’s US arm. Thanks,
Siliconera.

North American publisher XSEED Games has been absorbed into the ever-expanding Marvelous AQL and will serve as the Japanese company’s US arm.

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Grasshopper Manufacture CEO doesn’t think sexuality in video games should be as big deal as it is in western countries.

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Vita-exclusive RPG Valhalla Knights 3 has a new trailer, and its a bit longer than the opening cinematic released earlier this week. Plus, it’s in Japanese which makes it even cooler. Valhalla Knights 3 arrives in Japan in May and is headed to North America sometime or another. Thanks, EdNorton.

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Vita-exclusive RPG Valhalla Knights 3 has everything you could ask for from the series, accoridng to its opening cinematic. Enormous swords. Elf ears. Spooky castles. The samurai run. It’s all here below the break. Valhalla Knights 3 arrives in Japan in May and is headed to North America, but has not been dated.

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XSEED has announced a release date for Pandora’s Tower in North America. Originally just set for “April”, Wii users in the region will now be able to officially pick up the Ganbarion-developed title on April 16 for $39.99.

Look, Suda, I don’t actually need to know why I’m slicing enemies up in glorious technicolour in Killer is Dead, but as narrative devices go “the Earth has been stolen” is a pretty good one.

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XSEED has released its first trailer for the western launch of Killer is Dead, showing off the Grasshopper Manufacture title’s English localisation.

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US publisher XSEED has answered the fervent prayers of Operation Rainfall by confirming release of the final JRPG in the Wii’s holy trinity, Pandora’s Tower.

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XSEED has released Ark of the Ages on Android. The first mobile title from the company is an action-RPG developed by Meteorise. Ark of the Ages has players taking on the role of a young knight who has been sent to investigate a series of incidents at a local village. Upon his arrival, he finds a massive ancient tower constructed by a wizard known as the Tower of Magic. You can guess where things go from there, as you meander through 24 dungeons. You can pick the game up through Google Play for $1.99 and soon on iOS.

If you live on the appropriate side of the dateline, you’ll be able to pick up Ys I & II Chronicles on Valentine’s Day. The rest of us antipodean suckers have technically to wait till February 15, which is at least 75% less romantic. The bundle is 15% off at pre-order, but will set you back $15 at launch. Ys is a Nihon Falcom RPG series dating back to 197 which XSEED has recently gone a bit crackers for, answering the localisation prayers of gamers over three decades.

Killer is Dead may well boast a world of interesting new features, but Grasshopper Manufacture isn’t talking about any of them. File this one under “non-report”.

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The Legend of Heroes: Sen No Kiseki is the latest game in the Trails line of Nihon Falcom’s RPG series, of which just one – The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky – has been localised to date. It’s a shame so few of these make it over as these new screens make it seem pretty lovely.

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Deep Silver will publish Grasshopper Manufacture’s Killer Is Dead in Europe, according to an announcement from the firm. The Suda 51 title, now owned by Japanese publisher GungHo and XSEED will be published the title in North America it has been confirmed. Killer is Dead launches this summer on PS3 and Xbox 360. New screenshots are below.

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Killer is Dead and Lollipop Chainsaw developer Grasshopper Manufacture is to merge with Ragnarok publisher GungHo Online Entertainment as of February 1st. The announcement comes from the pages of this week’s Famitsu.

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Dokuro publisher XSEED has announced that GungHo Online Entertainment America’s side- scrolling puzzle-platformer will hit PS Vita on January 30th across Europe. We’ve got screens and pricing after the break.

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Killer is Dead – Grasshopper Manufacture’s rather mad-sounding hack n’ slash title – has been tied to publisher XSEED following a string of domain name registrations that appeared earlier this week. The publisher has contacted VG247 to deliver a frank, but painfully short debunker.

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