Original rock music in games? While this is a common practice in Japan, where rock music is a favorite of Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu, the rock tradition that was birthed in the United States is still weak in the realm of games. Composer Robert Anthony Navarro intends to change that, and has had some success working on a number of titles in the West. Navarro has interesting things to say about why rock music hasn't caught on in the West, and where he thinks the place of rock music is in games.
Daniel Hill Writes - Last week, I constructed a list of what I thought to be the five best uses of cel shading in gaming in terms of how effectively they melded with the feel, atmosphere and mood of the game. While I think my original list was strong and I stand by my original choices, it was not without its flaws, and thanks to the always-insightful comments section, I realized that there were some titles that deserved to be there, but weren’t. I’m doing this to appease no one but me…don’t call me Bioware. As an enthusiast, no, a beau of this writer’s inamorata that is cel shading, I am giving these games shine because they do, indeed, do use cel shading beautifully.
In those cases, i think added more to pure aesthitics than the feel of the game, something i think these titles did a littke better. I almost put PoP though.
So gutted I missed out on XIII and Killer 7, would love them to be re-released at some point.
I gotta say I'd take a HD Wind Waker over any of them tho!
Namco Bandai Games has today announced that the Naruto videogame franchise has shipped 10 million copies worldwide since the launch of the first game in 2003. Namco Bandai Games began releasing Naruto videogames in March 2003 and has published a total of 15 titles to date across multiple platforms.
He must be talking about his own games right? CC2's ultimate ninja(storm for this gen) series
Er yeah , what's the gamecube , gbza/ds or wii games doing in the listing ?
Bandai namco is only behind the good naruto games :p . BAsically the ps2 ps3 narutimate/ultimate ninja (now on 360 too of course)series , or the psp games
I heard those games are going downhill. Atleast the CoN games. I wish they brought CoN4 over, since that one is the best, but they didn't. Instead we got an American adaption
Namco Bandai's Naruto Rise of a Ninja is now available for digital purchase via the Xbox Live's Game on Demand.
Naruto; Rise of a Ninja costs 10 euro in our local stores.
It's 30 DOLLARS in the USA through the 'on demand', which is like 22 euro(!)
The price for this game On Demand for people in Holland: 30 euro! Which is 41 dollars(!) for a game that's over 2 years old and is available in stores with casing and booklet for a third of the price(!)
Nice going, Microsoft(!)
I can't believe there are actually idiots out there buying these On Demand 'offers'. You'd be ripped off. You can pick up 3-4 good quality games from the bargain-bins instead of buying one of these 'on demand' deals.
You'd THINK that cutting out the middle man (retailer) and cutting out all the costs of the casing, booklet, transport, etc etc, would mean these games could be offered for a relatively fair and cheap price through the On Demand option, but I guess Microsoft thinks differently...
