Last year, word came out that Namco Bandai had dissolved Namco Tales Studio and reabsorbed the employees into Namco Bandai's main development wing. Now we know that said acquisition has a proper name: Namco Bandai Studios
The new studio is a gathering together of all of their other studios, including Tekken, Soul Calibur and Gundam, just to name a few --- including Namco's Tales of series. The group, which totals over 1,000 people, will also be in charge of developing new IPs for the company.
Namco Bandai Studios will officially open on April 2. It will be located in Shinagawa, Tokyo and will be headed up by Hajime Nakatani, who has had a hand in many of Namco Bandai's titles with the most prominent being the company's long-running Tekken series.
It's been a while since we last heard about DLC for Tales of Xillia, which was right around the time of the game's release back in September. With the holiday season fast approaching Namco Bandai has announced a new set of festive-themed DLC for the entire playable cast.
Tales of Xillia will utilize the contrast between light and shadow, which will lead to the game having a different art style direction than Vesperia's anime-style graphics or Graces's watercolor-style graphics (it could be more of a hand-painted or oil painting-like feel if the concept artwork is any indication). Baba stated that when he saw some of the concept artwork images running on actual hardware he was very impressed.
The DLC will be added to the PlayStation Store on December 1, 2011. If you want the full set you'll have to buy each one individually as they will be sold individually for ¥300 each.
Namco Bandai has announced on their official corporate website that they will be dissolving its Namco Tales Studio subsidiary in the upcoming months following a transaction which will take effect on January 1 following a board approval on November 29.
As many already know, Namco Tales Studio is a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai that's responsible for the Tales of series of games and was founded on March 20, 2003. As of this April the company has 109 employees.
Namco Bandai didn't state any reasons for the move, but with Tales of Xillia's recent success and the prospect of a possible Tales of Xillia animation this move is likely aimed at bringing the subsidiary under the full wing of Namco Bandai and the company will still develop Tales games and will simply cease to exist as a public company.
If any more news breaks as to the exact details regarding this news we'll update this article.
After a string of trailers for Twin Braves we finally have another new batch of scans that have leaked and there's a ton of new characters that got announced along with it.
Unlike the other Tales escort titles on the PSP, this game plays similarly to the Musou/Dynasty Warriors franchise with the player controlling one character with a partner character being controlled by the game's AI. Characters from the mothership titles (and surprisingly enough Tales of the Tempest) will be included.
As can be seen in the scans, they confirm that Shing Meteoryte and Kohak Hearts from Tales of Hearts, Caius Qualls and Rubia Natwick from Tales of the Tempest and Elraine from Tales of Destiny 2 will be present in the game. The first four are playable characters while Elraine will take part as an antagonist.
Keep on reading to see the new scans and find out more about the new information revealed in them.
Every couple weeks Namco Bandai releases a new batch of character-based trailers for their upcoming Sony PSP title Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave. This week Tales of the Abyss is being featured with videos for two of that game's heroes: Luke and Guy.
Unlike the other Tales escort titles on the PSP, this game plays similarly to the Musou/Dynasty Warriors franchise with the player controlling one character with a partner character being controlled by the game's AI. Characters from the mothership titles (and surprisingly enough Tales of the Tempest) will be included.
Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave will be released in Japan on February 23, 2012 for the Sony PSP. No North American or European release has been announced.
Keep on reading to see the latest Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave trailers.
It's Thursday again, which means we have yet another Tales of Innocence R trailer to show off. This time around we have a trailer featuring the male playable character Ricardo Soldato.
According to Namco Bandai the R in the title means "re-imagining", not remake like some had previously thought. Tales of Innocence R will include a revised game theme, a new battle system and a new gameplay system alongside a new opening movie.
Tales of Innocence R will be released on January 26, 2012 in Japan for the PlayStation Vita. No word on a North American or European localization has currently been announced.
Keep on reading to see the new Tales of Innocence R trailer.
Earlier we got a look at some of the new cut-ins and Mystic Artes being added to Tales of Innocence R. Today the remaining scans have leaked showcasing
According to Namco Bandai the R in the title means "re-imagining", not remake like some had previously thought. Tales of Innocence R will include a revised game theme, a new battle system and a new gameplay system alongside a new opening movie.
Outside of the remaining cut-ins there isn't any images of the new Mystic Artes for the other characters, but one of the scans does hold something interesting for long-time fans: cooking. Everyone's favorite character, the Wonder Chef, will be appearing in Tales of Innocence R. Like usual you can cook recipes after battle or between battles in the game's main menu.
Keep on reading to see the new Tales of Innocence R scans.
Last week, we got two new Tales of Innocence R trailers featuring Ange and the newly revised Style system. This week we have a new leaked scan which showcases some of the new Mystic Artes being added to the PlayStation Vita version.
According to Namco Bandai the R in the title means "re-imagining", not remake like some had previously thought. Tales of Innocence R will include a revised game theme, a new battle system and a new gameplay system alongside a new opening movie.
We previously saw Ruca's new cut-in in the TGS 2011 trailer, but it cut out before the actual animation started, so this is the first visible version of it we've seen as of now. Iria and Spada's new cut-ins are also visible in the scan.
Keep on reading to see the new Tales of Innocence R scan.
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