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Every major games publisher has invested into the ever-growing free-to-play market, and today Namco Bandai announced its biggest F2P venture to date. Tekken Card Tournament is a smartphone, tablet and PC title that brings card-based battling together with the series’ trademark martial arts duels. It is due for release in …
Read More »Tekken Card Tournament mixes trading cards with free-to-play gaming
Namco Bandai has announced an ambitious product that will let retailers cash in on an upcoming free-to-play title. The publisher will soon launch Tekken Card Tournament for smartphones, tablets and PCs. This free-to-play game sees players collecting attack cards that can be used to win traditional Tekken-style battles. Tekken Card …
Read More »Logistics problem delays Ni no Kuni in Europe and UK
Namco Bandai’s colourful RPG Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch has been delayed in the UK and Europe. The Studio Ghibli and Level 5 developed outing was supposed to arrive in the UK on January 25th. However, a logistics delay” has seen the launch pushed back to February …
Read More »Star Trek game beaming onto High Street this April
Namco Bandai has finally announced a release date for its hotly anticipated Star Trek title. Star Trek: The Video Game will be released in the UK on April 26th, 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. It will also be available to download on PC and PS3. The game was …
Read More »Tales series hits 15m shipped
Namco Bandai’s popular RPG series Tales has passed the 15m unit shipped milestone. The most recent release Tales of Xillia 2 on PS3 has itself shipped 480,000 units since its Japanese release at the beginning of December. The IP first debuted way back in 1995 when Tales of Phantasia was …
Read More »NAMCO BANDAI: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 drives increased revenue
Namco Bandai has reported an increase in revenue over the last half year thanks in part to solid Tekken Tag Tournament 2 sales. The fighting game-focused firm revealed in its latest financial statement a 15 per cent rise in revenue YOY for the period concluding at the end of September. …
Read More »Win Tekken Tag Tournament 2 art
Namco Bandai has teamed up with well-known artists to produce some pretty pictures for its ‘We are Tekken’ campaign. You can view the art (which is all Tekken-related) at a special exhibition in London, which takes place on September 13th to 15th. But before that, MCV has teamed up with …
Read More »Namco Bandai in talks to bring games to Ouya
Development giant joins Square Enix and U4ia in supporting new platform
Read More »People are ‘focusing too much’ on the Wii U’s specs
Consumers should look at the other features the console has to offer such as its tablet controller, says Tekken director
Read More »Tekken X Street Fighter still planned for current gen consoles
The developers behind Tekken X Street Fighter have said the game is still coming to current generation consoles. The Namco and Capcom collaboration was first announced in 2010, but there has been no word on when it will be released. However, this silence doesn’t mean it has been pushed back …
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