Tag Archives: Tales of Xillia

Thu, Mar 22, 2012 | 19:30 GMT

Tales of Xillia trademark shows up in European database

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Siliconera has found a European trademark for Tales of Xillia , which was released in Japan on PS3 last year. Namco has said previously it plans to bring more Tales games outside of Graces f and Abyss to the western market. Namco has yet to commit to a Xillia release outside of Japan, but hopefully, the trademark means it’s being considered.

Fri, Dec 16, 2011 | 02:20 GMT

Tales of Xillia pays tribute to past Tales games

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The happy coincidence of Tales of Xillia’s release and the 15th anniversary of Namco Bandai’s RPG series inspired the development team to take the series back to its origins.

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Mon, Nov 21, 2011 | 05:40 GMT

Tales development studio to be dissolved

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The development studio behind Namco Bandai’s Tales series of RPGs is to be absorbed into the body corporate.

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Thu, Sep 22, 2011 | 13:41 BST

Dragon Quest Collection tops the Japanese charts

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Three NES titles have picked up the top spot in the Japanese charts for the week ending September 18th as Square Enix’s Dragon Quest Collection, a compilation of the first three titles in the series emulated for Wii.

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Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 10:51 BST

Tales of Xillia ships 500,000 units in first week in Japan

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Namco’s shipped 500,000 units of RPG Tales of Xillia in its first week on sale in Japan. It was announced a couple of weeks that Xillia had become the most pre-ordered Tales of game in the series’ 15 years, with Namco attributing the success of shipment numbers to the anniversary of the franchise, as well as several collaborations it had planned in the run-in to release. Japanese retailers have also even claimed sellouts for the PS3 exclusive.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Wed, Sep 07, 2011 | 23:18 BST

Wednesday Shorts II: Tales of Xillia, Spiral Knights, Cthulhu, LBP2, Persona 3

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I am running out of quirky, esoteric ways to insert an off the wall header image in these shorts posts, so, today I have included one I took of a Hummingbird Moth visiting my batch of flowers on the deck.  Shorts are below.

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Tue, Sep 06, 2011 | 11:05 BST

Tales of for Vita news coming soon, says producer

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Tales of series producer Makoto Yoshizumi has hinted we’ll see the Namco RPG series make its way to Vita, saying that we should expect news shortly. It comes as Xillia released on PS3 in Japan last week, with Yoshizumi saying to Dengeki that work has already begun on the next main Tales installment.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Fri, Aug 05, 2011 | 22:59 BST

Friday Shorts II: Humble Bundle, RE6, Tropico 4, King Arthur, Def Leppard

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Time for a second batch of shorts to get your weekend started right. It is International Beer Day, after all, and we’ll personally be celebrating by participating in some Irish Yoga.

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Thu, Jul 21, 2011 | 13:14 BST

Tales of Xillia gets 12 short gameplay snippet videos

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Namco Bandai’s launched more than two handfuls of short gameplay clips of Tales of Xillia. The videos show Jude, Milla, Leia, Rowen, Elise and Alvin. For those importing it, it’s out this September for PS3. Namco hasn’t announced a western release as yet.

Thanks, Andriasang.

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Fri, Jul 08, 2011 | 09:32 BST

Tales of Xillia gets six-minute trailer, still looks amazingly nice

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Namco Bandai’s released a new six-minute trailer for Tales of Xillia, still showing some of those pretty cut-scenes and more in between. You can get it below the break. Game’s out for PS3 in Japan in September. No western release has been announced as of yet.

Thanks, Andriasang.

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Wed, Jun 01, 2011 | 00:45 BST

Quick Shots – Tales of Xillia screens are mysterious

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Since one of them is a character select screen, I’m going to make a wild assumption and say these tales of Xillia screens probably focus on the game’s beginning.

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Mon, May 30, 2011 | 04:33 BST

Tales of Xillia gameplay footage tantalises

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Imagine for a moment that you’re Namco Bandai. Got it? Right. Now watch this footage of Tales of Xillia and ask yourself, can you really deny this to Western gamers?

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Sat, May 28, 2011 | 15:17 BST

Tales of Festival 2011 shows off Tales of Xillia PS3-bundle

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Namco Bandai’s Tales of Festival 2011 is going on in Japan, and some really nice information on Tales of Xillia was revealed at the event.

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Tue, May 24, 2011 | 09:10 BST

Tuesday Shorts – Minecraft grass, Lady Gaga, LOTRO update, more

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It’s Tuesday morning in your time zone, which means it’s cocktail hour in mine. Enjoy these shorts while I slip off to the pub.

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Fri, May 06, 2011 | 18:53 BST

Tales of Xillia opening will be different depending on character chosen

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In tales of Tales of Xillia, the game will have a different opening to the game depending on which character you choose, confirmed producer Hideo Baba.

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Thu, Apr 28, 2011 | 14:27 BST

Tales of Xillia screenshots shine the spotlight on Rowan the butler

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Some direct-feed shots of Rowen, the 62 year-old butler in Tales of Xillia, have been released.

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Wed, Apr 20, 2011 | 16:16 BST

Tales of Xillia to have real-time swapping parties, three forms of chat

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Namco Bandai is to include a skit concept with Tales of Xillia, and according to Famitsu, three forms of skit will be found in the game.

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Tue, Feb 22, 2011 | 15:31 GMT

Playable character Leia Roland detailed for Tales of Xillia

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Leia Roland, the fourth playable character in Tales of Xillia, has been given the detail treatment over on Famitsu.

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Tue, Jan 18, 2011 | 05:56 GMT

Tales of Xillia screens are pretty

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Namco Bandai’s released a massive batch of Tales of Xillia screens. They are pretty, don’t you know.

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Mon, Jan 03, 2011 | 00:02 GMT

PS3′s Tales of Xillia gets first trailer

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Following confirmation over the Christmas break that Namco’s all-new PS3 Tales RPG is titled Tales of Xillia, the title’s got its first moving footage.

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