Tag Archive | "Namco Bandai"

Yoda VS Vader comes to Soul Calibur IV

Monday, October 20, 2008

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The announcement that we knew was coming has finally arrived, and from Thursday, Darth Vader and Yoda will be available as DLC in Soul Calibur IV. Yoda will be coming to the PS3 version of the game for the price of $4.99, while Vader will come to Xbox Live Marketplace for 400 Microsoft points, a ridiculous [...]

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PS3 Eternal Sonata Gets European Release Date

Monday, October 6, 2008

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The RPG drought that the PS3 has experienced since its release has been a painful time for many owners of Sony’s system, which is the polar opposite to the situation on the 360. The Xbox has been saturated with games like Lost Odyssey and Infinite Undiscovery, which means that when the one of these titles makes its way [...]

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PAX 08: Afro Samurai, Previewed

Sunday, August 31, 2008

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Anime is a pretty thin niche, yet its games continue to sell through the roof. Seizing the opportunity to push a game based on the most expensive Japanese cartoon ever made to market, NamcoBandai’s Afro Samurai aims to grab the attention of the gaming public with a vice grip by making use of the series’ [...]

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Super Monkey Ball Sells Over 300K for iPhone

Monday, August 11, 2008

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The Apple iPhone is definitely going to be taken seriously as a portable gaming platform following an announcement made by Sega of the incredible sales success they’ve had with Super Monkey Ball. In the first 20 days following the July 2nd release of the game, it was reportedly purchased and downloaded a staggering 300,000 times. [...]

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Dragonball DS Details, Screenshots in Famitsu

Saturday, July 5, 2008

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With the immense popularity of Dragonball Z in the west, it’s a wonder if anyone remembers the series’ roots in the original Dragonball manga. Goku, the franchise’s spiky-haired protagonist, was less a galactic hero and more of a monkey-tailed child. Less fond of Ki energy and mammoth fireball attacks, the bo-staff wielding kid still saw [...]

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Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Preview (PS3)

Friday, July 4, 2008

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Fans of the ludicrously popular Naruto anime have been fortunate enough to have a series of legitimately fun, and well structured games across almost every platform. Naturally, the majority of this “shonen” fighting show’s game adaptations consist of one-on-one brawlers, not unlike Atari’s  Dragonball Z: Budokai series, and its followers, but last year’s Xbox 360 [...]

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Afro Samurai Slices and Dices this Fall

Thursday, April 17, 2008

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Arriving with style to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 this fall is Namco Bandai’s Afro Samurai. The game’s protagonist, Afro, sets out on a tale of revenge as he searches for his father’s murderer and the carrier of the coveted “number one headband.” Based on the hit animated series starring and co-produced by Samuel [...]

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