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New SoulCalibur V Video Presents Returning Characters, All New Custom Fighter

SoulCalibur V has just received a brand new promotional video from Namco Bandai, this time showcasing two established characters, in the form of Algol and Edgemaster, as well as a custom one created by the development team at ProjectSoul, called Soul of Devil Jin. SoulCalibur V is set to once again highlight the fig...

30 January 2012
14:31 GMT

Mega-Man Now Included in Street Fighter x Tekken

The developers working on Street Fighter x Tekken at Capcom have announced that the PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Vita versions of the game will include more exclusive characters, including Mega-Man, Cole from Infamous and Kuro and Toro, two Sony mascots. The developers at Capcom stated that the Mega-Man appear...

30 January 2012
02:20 GMT

Incoming 2012: Street Fighter x Tekken

What we know: Street Fighter x Tekken might just be the game that ends the second revival of the fighting game engine, and both Capcom and Namco Bandai seem keen to create a cross-over event that will capture the interest of both sets of fans. Because Capcom is creating the game, the main control scheme will be six...

25 January 2012
18:41 GMT

Namco Bandai Says Free-to-Play Games Lack Quality

Free-to-play video games are becoming more and more prominent but at least one senior executive at a traditional publisher believes that they lack any chance at delivering high quality content.Speaking during the Cloud Gaming Europe conference Oliver Comte, who is the senior vice president for Europe at Namco Bandai,...

19 January 2012
07:09 GMT

Tekken x Street Fighter Might Arrive on PlayStation Vita

A developer who is working on Namco Bandai has stated that the company is taking into account the possibility of launching a version of Tekken x Street Fighter on the PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony.In a dialog with a fan of the series on Twitter Katsuhiro Harada, who is the producer working on the game, has said...

18 January 2012
14:11 GMT

New SoulCalibur V Trailer Shows Off Its Features

Namco Bandai has just deployed a brand new trailer for its upcoming SoulCalibur V that shows off its array of features. SoulCalibur V is among the first big fighting games of the year, so Namco Bandai, its publisher, wants to hype it up as much as possible. After an impressive cinematic trailer, now we get to admir...

17 January 2012
02:31 GMT

Namco Announces Soul Calibur for iPhone

Namco Bandai has announced plans to bring Soul Calibur, the popular fighting game that gained massive attention on the Sega Dreamcast, to the iOS platform. A 3D, weapons-based fighting game developed by Project Soul and produced by Namco, Soul Calibur will feature all of its original 19 fighters on the iPhone. It w...

16 January 2012
07:54 GMT

Rumor Mill: Dark Souls Might Get Forest of Darkness DLC

From Software, the Japanese developer that has developed the role playing game Dark Souls, might be in the process of developing downloadable content for the title, with a name registered in the Japan the biggest hint that the DLC will be linked to the main story of the game.From Software has registered the name Yami...

12 January 2012
07:28 GMT

More than 40,000 Gamers Ask for PC Version of Dark Souls

More than 40,000 video game players who are fans of the PC have asked publisher Namco Bandai via an online petition to create an official port of the Dark Sould action role playing game, which has gained a dedicated hardcore following on home consoles.The move was sparked by a comment from shoupinou, who is a staff m...

9 January 2012
07:41 GMT

ESRB: Soulcalibur V Allows Players to Enhance Female Features

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has just released its rating for the upcoming Soulcalibur V fighting game from Namco Bandai and has revealed that players will have the option of altering the size of the various female features of some characters. The ESRB says, “Some female fighters wear outfits that ...

6 January 2012
02:24 GMT

Soulcalibur V Is Gold, Has Collector’s Edition

Video game publisher Namco Bandai has announced that its upcoming fighting game Soulcalibur V is now gold and have launched a number of trailers and screenshots in order to celebrate the announcement.The publisher has also talked about the Collector’s Edition of the game, which will be available in limited numb...

5 January 2012
05:47 GMT

Tekken 3D Prime Edition Launched in Europe by Nintendo and Namco Bandai

Video game companies Namco Bandai and Nintendo have announced that they are collaborating in order to launch the upcoming Tekken 3D Prime Edition in Europe on February 17 of next year.Nintendo is set to be responsible for the sale, the marketing and the distribution of the new fighting game both in Europe and in Aust...

22 December 2011
13:41 GMT

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations Arrives on March 13

Video game publisher Namco Bandai has announced that it will launch Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations on March 13 of 2012 in North America.The game will be playable on the PlayStation 3 home console from Sony and on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft.Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations is bei...

19 December 2011
14:41 GMT

French Court Says Namco Bandai Will Distribute The Witcher 2 in Europe

A law court in France has decided that publisher Namco Bandai should get the distribution rights for the CD Projekt RED made role playing game The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings on European markets and it seems that the developers will not appeal the decision.The Lyon based court says that a distribution deal between t...

9 December 2011
02:52 GMT

SoulCalibur V Gets Impressive Cinematic Trailer

SoulCalibur V is shaping up to be a pretty good-looking fighting game and, in order to properly highlight its story, Namco Bandai has just posted a cinematic trailer with the two characters that grace the game’s cover. The SoulCalibur series has been dormant for quite some time, with Namco Bandai examining the...

9 December 2011
02:34 GMT

Multiple Tekken Releases Aim to Expand Series Audience

The Tekken series and the fighting game genre in general have seen a great comeback in the last few years and, with five big titles in development at the moment, the leading developer of the series believes that there’s space for all of them on the market.Katsuhiro Harada, who is chief producer working on the T...

7 December 2011
17:51 GMT

Soul Calibur V Arrives on February 2, Has Ezio Cover

Video game publisher Namco Bandai has announced that its fighting game Soul Calibur V will be launched on February 2 on the Japanese market, showing a cover for the game that combines Patroklos, Nightmare and Assassin’s Creed guest star Ezio.The Japanese cover art is pretty impressive, especially when compared ...

2 December 2011
12:01 GMT

Ridge Racer Vita Gets DLC Release Plan

Namco Bandai, after disappointing gamers with the announcement that its Ridge Racer for the PlayStation Vita isn’t going to be a full pledged release, has now presented the release plan for all the downloadable content that’s going to arrive for the racing title. The Ridge Racer series has delighted lots...

1 December 2011
02:38 GMT

Concept Art Shown for Tekken x Street Fighter

Katsuhiro Harada, who is a producer working on the Tekken series, has posted an image on Twitter showing fans of the series what they can expect when they finally get their hands on the upcoming Tekken x Street Fighter.The image shows concept art for two of the main characters in the Street Fighter universe, Chun-Li ...

30 November 2011
14:01 GMT

Bayonetta Designer Moves to Soul Calibur V

Video game publisher and developer Namco Bandai has brought Mari Shimazaki, who served as the designer of the Bayonetta character in the video game with the same name, on board the development team working on Soul Calibur V, giving him the task of creating the guest characters for the next installment in the fighting...

22 November 2011
20:21 GMT

Dark Souls Ships 1.5 Million Copies Worldwide

Video game developer From Software and publisher Namco Bandai have announced that their Dark Souls title has managed to ship 1.5 million units all over the world since launch.The game appeared first in Japan, exclusively on the PlayStation 3, with more than 370,000 copies sold since September 22, while in North Ameri...

3 November 2011
13:51 GMT

SoulCalibur V Has Upgraded Character Creator, Lots of Classic Fighters

SoulCalibur V is set to have quite a lot of improvements over its predecessor, especially in terms of the Character Creator feature, which allows players to create and use their own fighters, as well as customize items they unlock through the experience.SoulCalibur V definitely made some waves last week when it was c...

27 October 2011
05:28 GMT

SoulCalibur V's Ezio Will Be Easier to Master than Yoda or Darth Vader

Namco Bandai, the developer and publisher of the upcoming SoulCalibur V fighting game has released some more details about the surprise guest fighter, Ezio Auditore from Ubisoft's extremely successful Assassin’s Creed series, saying that he's going to be an easier player to master than the previous gu...

26 October 2011
16:41 GMT

Button Mashers Have Place in Tekken Games

Fighting games have been making a comeback in recent years, mostly driven by Street Fighter IV and its many spin-offs, but one problem that has affected the genre for years, button mashing, is still around and seems unsolvable.At least one leading developer working on a fighting game series believes that the solution...

26 October 2011
16:31 GMT

Assassin's Creed's Ezio Auditore Appears in SoulCalibur V, Video Included

Ubisoft and Namco Bandai have made a pretty surprising announcement, as Ezio Auditore, from the Assassin's Creed franchise, will be fully playable in the upcoming SoulCalibur V fighting game that arrives early next year.Ezio Auditore showcased his assassin skills in two games from the Assassin's Creed serie...

21 October 2011
10:31 GMT

Development Process Really Changed Dark Souls

Dark Souls is a sequel to a tough game that promises even more punishment for gamers and at least one of the developers says that the game changed very much during the development process.Speaking to Gamasutra Kei Hirono, who is the producer working on the game at Namco Bandai, stated, “It's really nothing...

3 October 2011
08:04 GMT

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West Isn't Getting a Sequel

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, the great third person action adventure title from developer Ninja Theory and publisher Namco Bandai that came out last year won't be getting a sequel, according to the UK-based studio due to low sales.Enslaved was one of the most surprising titles of the end of last year, managing...

26 September 2011
04:00 GMT

Gamescom 2011 Hands Off: Dark Souls (PlayStation 3)

What it is: Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to the critically praised Demon’s Souls, the tough as nails role playing game that amazed PlayStation 3 owners from around the world and made its developer, From Software, and publisher, Namco Bandai, quite a lot of money, as well as a cult following.The new gam...

19 August 2011
08:01 GMT

Afro Samurai Achievements II (Xbox 360)

Afro Samurai is a video game developed by Namco Bandai and published by the company itself under its Surge label, based on the extremely popular anime and manga series created in Japan that depicted the adventures of an Afro-American samurai warrior, and was released on January 27, 2009, in North America, and March 2...

12 August 2011
15:21 GMT

Sony Offers to Replace PlayStation Portable for Ashraf Haziq

The London riots have created quite a few poignant moments, including images of local residents defensing businesses and reports of kitchen staff defending their property and clients with frying pans, but the most important for gamers was probably the image of Ashraf Haziq, a young man who was injured and then mugged...

11 August 2011
13:41 GMT

Afro Samurai Achievements II (Xbox 360)

Afro Samurai is a video game developed by Namco Bandai and published by the company itself under its Surge label, based on the extremely popular anime and manga series created in Japan that depicted the adventures of an Afro-American samurai warrior, and was released on January 27, 2009, in North America, and March 2...

11 August 2011
07:51 GMT

Tekken X Street Fighter Will Keep Four Button Control Scheme

Fighting games have been making a comeback since the launch of Street Fighter IV by Capcom and the pinnacle of the current generation might be found in the upcoming two crossover games that will pit the Tekken and the Street Fighter universes one against another. At the moment Tekken X Street Fighter is in the ear...

3 August 2011
15:01 GMT

Xbox 360 Version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Delayed to Early 2012

CD Projekt RED, the Polish video game developer that has gained worldwide renown for the The Witcher series, has announced that the Xbox 360 bound version of the second game in the series is now delayed to the first quarter of next year. The game was originally set to be launched during the fall season. The com...

2 August 2011
03:51 GMT

Afro Samurai Achievements (Xbox 360)

Afro Samurai is a video game developed by Namco Bandai and published by the company itself under its Surge label, based on the extremely popular anime and manga series created in Japan that depicted the adventures of an Afro-American samurai warrior, and was released on January 27, 2009, in North America, and March 2...

29 July 2011
15:21 GMT

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Hints III (Xbox 360)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a video game created by the Project Aces studio in Japan and published by Namco Bandai just for the Xbox 360 platform, released on October 23, 2007, in North America, November 1, in Japan, and November 23, in Europe, that same year, as the newest installment in the long-running Ac...

29 July 2011
11:31 GMT

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Hints II (Xbox 360)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a video game created by the Project Aces studio in Japan and published by Namco Bandai just for the Xbox 360 platform, released on October 23, 2007, in North America, November 1, in Japan, and November 23, in Europe, that same year, as the latest installment in the long-running Ac...

28 July 2011
11:21 GMT

Afro Samurai Unlockables and Hints

Afro Samurai is a video game developed by Namco Bandai and published by the company itself under its Surge label, based on the extremely popular anime and manga series created in Japan that depicted the adventures of an Afro-American samurai warrior, released on January 27, 2009, in North America, and March 27, that ...

27 July 2011
15:21 GMT

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Hints (Xbox 360)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a video game created by the Project Aces studio in Japan and published by Namco Bandai just for the Xbox 360 platform, released on October 23, 2007, in North America, November 1, in Japan, and November 23, in Europe, that same year, as the latest installment in the long-running Ac...

27 July 2011
08:21 GMT

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Unlockables II (Xbox 360)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a video game created by the Project Aces studio in Japan and published by Namco Bandai just for the Xbox 360 home console, released on October 23, 2007, in North America, November 1, in Japan, and November 23, in Europe, that same year, as the latest installment in the long-runnin...

26 July 2011
08:01 GMT

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Unlockables (Xbox 360)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a video game created by the Project Aces studio and published by Namco Bandai just for the Xbox 360 home console, released on October 23, 2007, in North America, November 1, in Japan, and November 23, in Europe, that same year, as the latest installment in the long-running Aces Co...

25 July 2011
07:51 GMT

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Achievements III (Xbox 360)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a video game made by the Project Aces studio and published by Namco Bandai exclusively for the Xbox 360 home console, and released on October 23, 2007, in North America, November 1, in Japan, and November 23, in Europe, that same year, as the latest installment in the long running...

22 July 2011
11:51 GMT

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Achievements II (Xbox 360)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation is a video game made by Project Aces and published by Namco Bandai exclusively for the Xbox 360 home console, and released on October 23, 2007, in North America, November 1, in Japan, and November 23, in Europe, that same year, as the latest installment in the long-running Aces Comba...

21 July 2011
09:41 GMT

Soulcalibur V Will Have at Least 26 Characters

The developers at Namco Bandai who are working on Soulcalibur V have said that they are aiming to create a character rooster for the game made up of at least 26 fighters, a mix of the favorites from the old games and new faces. The team is aiming for a lot of diversity for Soulcalibur V with a lot of new weapons a...

19 May 2011
13:41 GMT

Soulcalibur V Enters the Fight in 2012

Video game publisher Namco Bandai has announced that it is working on a new video game in the long-running fighting series Soulcalibur and that it plans to launch it at some point during 2012 for the Xbox 360 home gaming console from Microsoft and on the PlayStation 3 from Sony. The company made the announcement a...

12 May 2011
15:01 GMT

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Flies In on October 11

Video game publisher Namco Bandai, hot on the heels of announcing some good financial results for the fiscal year 2011, has announced that the all-new Ace Combat: Assault Horizon has a launch date of October 11 in the United States and October 14 in Europe. The game will be launched on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft an...

12 May 2011
03:30 GMT

Namco Bandai Relies on Tekken to Drive Comeback

Video game publisher Namco Bandai has announced that it has managed to have some pretty good financial results for the 2011 fiscal year, which ended on March 31 for the company, with total sales for reaching 394.1 billion Yen, which is about 4.88 billion dollars, an increase of more than 4 percent over the previous y...

11 May 2011
08:40 GMT

Japanese Game Companies Join Together for Earthquake and Tsunami Relief

Several Japanese companies have already started to make hefty donations to relief efforts currently going on in their own country after last week's devastating earthquakes and tsunami. The whole world witnessed in shock at the end of last week to the earthquakes that hit Japan and the subsequent tsunami that ...

15 March 2011
03:35 GMT

Ridge Racer: Unbounded Focuses on Destruction, Adrenaline

Namco Bandai Games America, as the publisher, and Bugbear Entertainment, as the developer, have announced that they are working on Ridge Racer: Unbounded, a new racing title that will be launched on the PC, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the Xbox 360 from Microsoft. This is the first new release in the well-known...

7 February 2011
08:46 GMT

Demon's Souls Successor, Dark Souls, Gets First Details, Appears on PS3 and Xbox 360

Dark Souls, previously known as Project Dark, has finally been detailed, and will be the spiritual sequel to 2009's Demon's Souls.Hardcore role-playing game fans were thrilled when Demon's Souls appeared for the PlayStation 3 back in 2009, as the title offered one of the most intense and challenging ex...

3 February 2011
03:50 GMT

Enslaved Might Be Turned Into a Franchise, Namco Bandai Says

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, the third-person action game developed by Ninja Theory and Namco Bandai, might still be turned into a franchise, according an executive from the Japanese company. Enslaved was released last year and impressed a lot of people through its sharp graphics, great story and believable char...

1 February 2011
02:35 GMT


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