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Bandai Namco announces several new games

Chalgyr's Game Room writes:

Just announced - Bandai Namco has several games coming up in the near future. These titles include GRID Autosport, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures 2, Power Rangers Super Megaforce, Rise of Incarnates, Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment and Tales of Hearts R.

In addition to these announcements, some updates on other games were shared out as well. They also provided a ton of new screenshots.

noxeven3695d ago

wow is sword out also a western release if so thats awesome. I really do wish they cyberconnect and namco make another dot hack game. or port the one for psp to vita

Magicite3695d ago

Tales of Xillia 2! Hell yes!

Giul_Xainx3694d ago

I know that this is a long shot... but I wanted a Digimon game. I'm sick of pokemon already.

KeeseToast3694d ago

@Giul_Xainx
Theres a new digimon game coming to PSVita in 2015. Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth https://www.youtube.com/wat...

maddskull3694d ago

i would give 1 mil or even cut a hand just so they can make a dot hack game or even port the game

benzo523694d ago

US and Europe confirmed, US has winter release.

benzo523694d ago

I meant Summer for US, euro unannounced.

Ashlen3694d ago

Yea, Dot Hack was great. I might have to bring that game out for another go this weekend, I haven't thought about that game in a while.

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TitanUp3695d ago

anyone else find it odd that none of those games are coming to ps4/x1?

Chalgyr3695d ago

I actually was thinking the same thing myself.

Ratty3695d ago

It looks like some companies aren't ready to make the jump to current gen for some reason. Same thing happened with that new Borderlands game.

fardan853695d ago

This is what puzzle me. Is it so risky for them to release games on PS4/XB1? I'm pretty much sure most of the early adopters are hardcore gamers, they're the people who buys more than 1 game per year. I'd love to play some Grid and fighting games on my new console.
excuse me guys, I'm gonna cry in the corner for a while.

ATi_Elite3695d ago

I don't find it odd.

Namco is small and can't take too many chances so they already had many games in Development for the PS3/X360 which by the way has a huge install base so instead of starting the production over for PS4/XB1 just stay the course.

Make a profit and then go to Next Gen when all your PS3/X360 projects are finished.

I'm sure down the road we will see these a few of these titles hit the PS4/Xb1 especially as digital downloads.

porkChop3694d ago

Taking chances? There are hardly any games on current/next gen yet. If anything this would be the smartest time for Namco to make the jump to the new consoles. Far less competition.

ZodTheRipper3694d ago

Exactly what porkChop said.
Releasing mediocre games on 8 year old hardware is simply stupid, that's not where the demand lies. Some of those games won't be profitable at all.

DOMination-3694d ago

Namco are not a small company

3-4-53694d ago

They are releasing all their games on platforms that already have large install bases to increase their potential sales and profit.

I have a feeling their next batch of games will be making their way to Vita/3DS/PS4/XB1/WiiU though

ATi_Elite3694d ago

I agree as lower dev cost make those platforms attractive.

elsuperamigo3694d ago (Edited 3694d ago )

Japanese game companies wont risk into.next gen consoles just yet! they BARELY made a good game in last gen consoles (i loved ni no kuni)

GordonKnight3694d ago

It's a crime the RPGs aren't coming to the Wii U. The Gamepad is perfect for RPGs.

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jerethdagryphon3695d ago

hopefully they change fuel token for infinity

VTKC3695d ago

Wheres Tekken Vs Street Fighter?

TXIDarkAvenger3694d ago

Holy crap, I almost forgot about that game.

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Square & Bandai Namco Being Honest About Quality Is A Step In The Right Direction

Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."

Nerdmaster34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.

About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.

shinoff218334d ago

I want a true ff7 remake. With thatcsaid I'm way happier with 7 remake then I was with ff16. I'd still prefer turn based but square keep chasing these Lil kids

Snookies1234d ago

Man, it is perfectly fine to prefer turn based. Turn based is amazing. But there's zero reason to call anyone who likes action games "lil kids". Liking one gameplay system over another does not make you more mature in any way.

VersusDMC34d ago

People love the new FF's overall...the problem is the abundance of 7's they release that lose money or make very little like diofield, star ocean divine force, Valkyrie asylum, harvestella, foam stars, etc. Advertising wouldn't have saved those games. Apparently Forespoken had a big Advertising budget but we saw how that went.

shinoff218334d ago (Edited 34d ago )

Star ocean divine force actually sold well from what I've read not ff type numbers but well enough. Was a dope game to.

FinalFantasyFanatic34d ago

Bandai Namco is going to Bandai Namco, I do believe that Square Enix can't change without changing the entire management, they've had these issues for more than a decade and haven't learnt, I have very little faith they can course correct. I'll still buy their better remasters/remakes like Star Ocean 2 though (not FF7R).

Asterphoenix34d ago

Namco is just milking the same Sword Art Online with lack of budget as well as anime IPs that don't go to decent developers like Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia. Namco deserves their losses and no future Dot Hack or Xenosaga remaster :(.

Square allocated lot of their budget on Forspoken was a mistake. Square always had management issues. Star Ocean 2 was a great remake and I found their recent entries of FF(16 and Rebirth) better than 13 and 15.
I think they were better than 360/PS3 generation where Square went really downhill.

CrimsonWing6934d ago

I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.

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Tekken 8 Mods Website Receives Infringement Notice From Bandai Namco

A popular Tekken 8 mods website has received a notice of infringement from Bandai Namco, but they're fighting back for the players.

Terry_B52d ago

What Namco is doing here totally sucks.

H952d ago

Namco is even attacking Tekken 7 mod videos

PRIMORDUS52d ago (Edited 52d ago )

I torrented the game on PC, and now will post the link right on their twitter account ripping them a new asshole and then say now you can't do shit LOL. Leave modders alone. Sooner or later the way the industry is going I will not buy anything anymore, and just take what I want. I'm buying very little now, as it is. The future does not look good at all.

KwietStorm_BLM52d ago

Daaamn they won't know what to do with themselves

PRIMORDUS52d ago

Nope LOL. The game industry is going to get worse before it gets better. Actually I don't even think it will get better which is the sad part. Even if Bandai does not see that link, by me posting it I can influence people who don't know much about torrenting can now maybe get interested and learn about it. 😁

DivineHand12551d ago

Don't do anything to put yourself at risk.

PRIMORDUS51d ago

But I do this often, 😁 I'm sure companies must be pissed because they know they are helpless with taking down torrents, and maybe I can teach some people how to do it by posting links, they might take an interest LOL

KwietStorm_BLM50d ago

Oh you thought I was being serious. My apologies.

CrimsonWing6952d ago

Why are publishers cracking down on mods all of a sudden? It’s like if you bought a coloring book and then drew over the art and made the art look like something popular. Are the coloring book companies going to pull this sh*t?

Why is industry going more and more full r*tard?

Skuletor52d ago

Why? Because they want to nickel and dime customers with cosmetic microtransactions. It's hard when the modders do a better job then them plus at no extra cost.

TriniOutsider52d ago

A lot of it has to do with copyright infringement. Something similar happened with Little Big Planet back in the day. Where Nintendo wanted created levels pulled from the game because people made almost full blown Mario Levels.

PRIMORDUS52d ago

Just take the games for free on PC. I'm having no respect lately for any game company. ID Software was the best in terms of modding they wanted you to mod their games, total conversions etc. Now we have shit.

CantThinkOfAUsername52d ago

Only a handful of publishers are pro-mods like Bethesda, CDPR, and Larian; the rest either don't care like Sony or anti-mods like Capcom and the extreme being Nintendo-level of BS.

Yi-Long52d ago

They want you to believe their nonsense about development cost being sky-high and taking weeks/months, and then you have unpaid folks who do this all for free as a community-service and just because they enjoy creating and sharing stuff, and they come out with gorgeous new outfits and skins etc etc, within days.

So free mods expose the BS these companies spout in order to justify their excessive greed.

DivineHand12551d ago

I believe this started with Tekken 7 when the Elden Ring mod came out. They were shocked by the quality and gave a warning to stop modding the game because people were coming at them asking how to get those characters in the game.

The modders will have to be strategic.

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Snookies1252d ago

Absolute stupidity. The hell are they even thinking? Damn, this game was looking so good when it was about to launch. Now, it's just been downhill for everything since then.

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Report: Tekken 8 Mod Videos Being Struck Down by Bandai Namco

Popular videos from Tekken 8 mod creators have begun getting struck by Bandai Namco, even getting some channels deleted entirely.