Namco/Bandai Archive

  • Review: Ridge Racer Unbounded

    Review: Ridge Racer Unbounded

    I admit that I’m not much of a gear head when it comes to driving or playing racing games.  I find that arcade racers that lean a bit toward the realistic but offer plenty of spectacle are games that sit just right in my wheelhouse.  Kart racers […]

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  • Review: Tales of Graces f

    Review: Tales of Graces f

    It was Ralph Waldo Emerson who reminded us that character is everything. Of course, our naturalist pal was talking about words, deeds and moral consequences, not the ways in which deep and resonant characters can elevate a videogame experience. But we’re pretty sure he’d have […]

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  • One Piece: Pirate Warriors Goes All Dynasty Warriors on Your Manga-Lovin’ Ass

    One Piece: Pirate Warriors Goes All Dynasty Warriors on Your Manga-Lovin’ Ass

    Eiichiro Oda’s manga masterpiece gets the Dynasty Warriors treatment in One Piece: Pirate Warriors, coming exclusively to PS3 via PSN download later this year. Tecmo Koei’s Omega Force team is rocking out on this anime brawler, the fetching manga graphics authentically capturing the One Piece […]

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  • Dragon Ball Z Won’t Be Winning Over Any New Kinect Fans

    Dragon Ball Z Won’t Be Winning Over Any New Kinect Fans

    Namco Bandai’s next Dragon Ball Z game is going to be an Xbox 360 exclusive, harnessing the powers of Kinect to present the series’ debut first-person anime fighting game. Not a bad idea in theory, but it looks practically identical to last year’s lousy Ultimate […]

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  • Review: Ridge Racer (Vita)

    Review: Ridge Racer (Vita)

    This is a modern arcade racing game that ships with three tracks. Assuming you are reading this relatively close to release and are presently standing in front of a bargain bin looking for advice via a smartphone on whether or not to buy the game […]

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  • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Looks as Enchanting as Ever

    Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Looks as Enchanting as Ever

    Reports out of Namco Bandai’s Global Gamers Day event have Level-5 and Studio Ghibli’s collaborative PS3-exclusive JRPG, Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, slipping out of its previously announced Winter 2012 North American launch to an early 2013 target alongside the European release. […]

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  • Prepare to Die, PC Gamers, Dark Souls is Coming for You

    Prepare to Die, PC Gamers, Dark Souls is Coming for You

    Outspoken gamers sure are gaining a lot of power these days, for better in most situations but sometimes for worse. Outcry over Mass Effect 3‘s ending, for example, has caused BioWare to cave in and create a free ‘Extended Cut’ DLC to expand upon what […]

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  • Namco Bandai Delays Two: Ridge Racer Unbounded Hits the Skids, Inversion Launch Turns Upside Down Again

    Namco Bandai Delays Two: Ridge Racer Unbounded Hits the Skids, Inversion Launch Turns Upside Down Again

    Two prominent titles in Namco Bandai’s early 2012 lineup have been delayed today. Ridge Racer Unbounded was scheduled to ship in North America for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this week, but news of its sudden delay just landed in my inbox within the past […]

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  • Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch’s North American PS3 Launch Set for Winter 2012

    Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch’s North American PS3 Launch Set for Winter 2012

    It’s taken a LONG time–and it’s going to take a while longer still–but Level-5 and Studio Ghibli’s unbelievably gorgeous PS3 RPG Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is finally closing in on a North American release, delivered stateside by Namco Bandai. Still no […]

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  • Review: Tekken Hybrid

    Review: Tekken Hybrid

    It’s not uncommon for Sony to hype a game, a system, or some form of new technology and then proceed to not support it very well, but the way the expansive storage capacity of the Blu-ray medium has gone largely untapped has been particularly perplexing. […]

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