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The Witcher II releases for 360 in Britain today, and Namco Bandai UK marketing boss Lee Kirton has promised you won’t be buying a straight up port over the PC version.

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VG247 has received reports of UK supermarket Tesco breaking the street date for the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher II, but Namco Bandai has said its in the process of contacting stores to pull stock from shelves.

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Make no qualms about it: Namco Bandai’s shooting straight for the RPG crown, with UK marketing boss Lee Kirton telling VG247 it’s “extremely” confident on the publisher’s role-playing lineup this year.

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Ahead of tomorrow’s launch of SoulCalibur V, Namco Bandai has said the resurgence of the fighting genre spurred by the return of Street Fighter will continue to improve over a “period of time.”

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Ahead of its launch next week in the west, publisher Namco Bandai has come out with some big words for those expecting Dark Souls to be an easier ride than its predecessor. Protip: it isn’t.

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Namco Bandai’s run-in to the holiday season begins today with the release of EDF: Insect Armageddon. Johnny Cullen speaks to boss Lee Kirton about the firm’s 2011-12 arsenal.

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Enslaved: Journey to the West has won Best New IP award at tonight’s Develop Awards. But you know what’s even more exciting for Trip and Monkey fans? Namco Bandai is looking at new ways to explore the series, the publisher’s Lee Kirton has told VG247.

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Namco Bandai’s confirmed that Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon has been given a slight delay in the UK. Namco Bandai UK PR boss Lee Kirton tweeted earlier the game would be out on July 22, not July 15 as intended. “Apologies to all UK EDF fans of the slightly late launch in July,” he said. “Trust me that it’s a great fun game for great price. And co-op! 22nd July.”

Kirton has said to EG it’ll cost around £24, adding that fans should pre-order now to avoid disappointment due to it not having a “major ship” in the UK. You can pre-order it now at GAME, Amazon and ShopTo, to name a few.

Namco Bandai has said it has plans to “keep pushing” the Enslaved franchise even though Ninja Theory doesn’t have a sequel in the works, currently.

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Despite poor sales from the first game, Namco Bandai marketing director Lee Kirton has said that Enslaved may yet still develop into a franchise.

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Namco UK’s new marketing director, Lee Kirton, has told VG247 that the firm is still aiming for a top five publisher position, saying the company still has a “host” of new games to show.

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Namco PR chap Lee Kirton’s said the reason for bringing Tekken 6 to 360 is to allow the game to be enjoyed across the board.

“Namco Bandai wants this title to be available to everybody,” he said, speaking in the video you can find after the break.

“We want everyone to experience it. This is the first time that Tekken’s moved away from the PlayStation format. It’s no longer exclusive to Sony, so it is on Xbox 360… The install base for both machines is pretty huge, and we have to make it available to everybody now.

“We can’t just take it down the exclusive route.”

Watch the movie. It’s shot from the recent Tekken Tournament at HMV in London. The game’s out today, and is catching good scores, as you can see here.

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