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Namco Bandai has confirmed that the PC version of Dark Souls will be released on August 24th. The SKU – called Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition – will utilise Microsoft’s Games for Windows Live. And it seems that the move has already proved unpopular with fans. In fact, a …
Read More »Cult Taiko Drum Master series heads to 3DS
Popular arcade game Taiko Drum Master is hitting the 3DS this summer in Japan, courtesy of publisher Namco Bandai. The series already consists of several cult hits on formats including the PS2 and PSP. Now the latest instalment – Taiko Drum Master: Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb – will …
Read More »Capcom/Sega/Namco Bandai reveal new collaboration Project X Zone
The mysterious collaboration between Capcom, Sega and Namco Bandai has finally been given a name – Project X Zone. The title is an RPG featuring characters from across the three publisher’s portfolio. From the Capcom camp we can expect Ryu and Ken, Mega Man, Dante and Resident Evil pair Chris …
Read More »Witcher 2 coming to GAME as new releases return
Namco Bandai has announced that upcoming RPG The Witcher 2 will be available at GAME and Gamestation. Add this to confirmation that all Reward, Elite and Gift cards are now fully active and restored and it’s yet another step toward both retailers returning to full strength. GAME, Gamestation and Namco …
Read More »Sonic co-creator heads to Nintendo
Hirokazu Yasuhara joins old console rival as game designer at Washington studio
Read More »Amazon selling signed Witcher 2 copies for Xbox 360
Namco Bandai has announced an interesting launch exclusive with Amazon for upcoming RPG The Witcher 2. The online retail giant has confirmed that its entire Xbox 360 launch stock of the The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition has been signed by members of the CD Projekt development …
Read More »Namco conjures up £500k The Witcher 2 campaign
The Witcher 2 will launch on 360 with the help of a 500,000 marketing push. Ads will run in games magazines including double-page spreads and four-page inserts up to mid-May, as well as a flipper cover and first review in OXM. An online campaign will include homepage takeovers and banners …
Read More »The Witcher: The Musical hits London’s West End
Namco Bandai will bring hit RPG franchise The Witcher to theatres this year in the form of a new musical stage show. The Witcher: A Temerian Story hasbeen described by the publisher as ‘the West End’s most constroversial musical ever’, and will show at the Duchess Theatre in London’s West …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e March 30th, 2012
Namco Bandai takes its flagship racing series in a new direction this week in Ridge Racer: Unbounded. The street racing titlefocuses on destruction as players smash their way through city courses and drive their opponents off the road. It also features a track editor, allowing them to create their own …
Read More »What can we learn from Street Fighter and Tekken?
Two of the biggest rivals in the beat ‘em up genre also happen to be best of friends. Christopher Dring discovers how Capcom and Namco Bandai are working together to grow the fighting genre for everyone… The showdown between Call of Duty and Battlefield last year got nasty. The war …
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