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It’s a wonderful thing when video game companies are willing to listen and work with their fans, and the latest news from Rising Star Games is particularly heartwarming. See, in Europe Rising Star Games is releasing the Wii game Fragile Dreams: Ruins of the Moon. The company was going to… Continue Reading »

If you loved the action RPG DS game Dragon Ball: Origins, then brace yourself for Dragon Ball: Origins 2. Namco Bandai has just announced that it is working on localizing the game for North American audiences, and hopes to have it in stores by Summer 2010. Like Dragon Ball: Origins,… Continue Reading »

Have you always wished you could play a Monster Hunter style game that was a little more fantasy-oriented? God Eater is here to grant that wish. Well, it isn’t here yet. D3Publisher has just announced it will be releasing the Bandai Namco PSP game in North America. God Eater made… Continue Reading »

Muscle March is incredibly weird. Given Namco Bandai’s track record though, it shouldn’t come as a surprise. It features the same bright, colorful and outlandish characters, environments and soundtrack as Katamari Damacy. It also has the same simple and accessible controls as The Munchables. The result is one of the… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Muscle March

The weirdness that is the sticky ball Katamari game franchise is not easy to convey. It’s wacky, mostly incomprehensible yet inexplicably enjoyable. It’s a game without being game like and fun without reason. The most recent release, Katamari Forever, takes all that absurdity, bounds it in its own wad of… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Katamari Forever PS3 screen shots and art

Every year I receive a bundle of holiday greetings from various game and entertainment companies usually in the form of a nice postcard signed by the PR staff. In the past some some companies would include a little gift with their card (Sony) but, more recently, companies are opting for… Continue Reading »

Check out the gallery: Game company Christmas cards for 2009

Good news for Naruto fans, another game is on the way to North America. Namco Bandai is localizing Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Accel 3 as Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3. So soon you’ll have another, potentially epic, PSP fighting game in your hands. The only thing is, a release window… Continue Reading »

Thanksgiving 2009 will definitely be a day when Tekken 6 players give thanks. November 26, 2009 just happens to be the date Namco Bandai has chosen to release a patch for both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game. This downloadable update will primarily fix and improve the… Continue Reading »

Fighting games aren’t as popular as they used to be, right? Don’t tell that to Namco Bandai, as the company has put extensive resources behind Tekken 6,  including ponying up enough money for Monday Night Football ads. Namco Bandai has also confirmed the shipping of 2.5 million copies of the… Continue Reading »

Namco Bandai’s Tales of series hasn’t been developed in North America, Europe and other regions the way it has in Japan. We’ve never seen any of the DS entries (Tales of Tempest/Tales of Innocence/Tales of Hearts), didn’t catch the Game Boy Advance Narikiri Dungeon or Summoner’s Lineage spin-offs and weren’t… Continue Reading »