Namco Bandai is holding a joint press event with their North American and European branches, but it appears part of the news from that event might have leaked as a press booklet has leaked which reveals an European release date for Tales of Graces f.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
Last week Namco Bandai filed a European trademark for Tales of Xillia. And it's come to light that the publisher has filed another trademark for the game but this time in North America.
Tales of Xillia utilizes 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. Baba stated that when he saw some of the concept artwork images running on actual hardware he was very impressed.
It's important to note that while Namco Bandai has filed the trademark (on March 21, 2012, according to records), it's not a clear indication that said trademark is guaranteed to be used. However, considering all of the recent console mothership titles have been released up until now in North America in one way or another it has a better chance of being used compared to games such as Tales of Innocence or Tales of Hearts.
Namco Bandai has been filing and re-filing some of their Tales trademarks as of late, but the latest one that has appeared in the European database is quite interesting for the fact that it might actually have a chance of being used: Tales of Xillia.
Tales of Xillia utilizes 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. Baba stated that when he saw some of the concept artwork images running on actual hardware he was very impressed.
It's important to note that while Namco Bandai has filed the trademark (on March 20, 2012, according to records), it's not a clear indication that said trademark is guaranteed to be used. However, considering all of the recent console mothership titles have been released up until now in North America in one way or another it has a better chance of being used compared to games such as Tales of Innocence or Tales of Hearts.
Tomorrow's the North American release of Tales of Graces f and Namco Bandai's released the official launch trailer for the game.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
Tales of Graces f will be released in North America tomorrow with the European release following sometime in Summer 2012 where it will be also be localized in German and French.
For those who weren't already aware, Namco Bandai is releasing Tales of Graces f in North America next week. In anticipation of that, they have released a new video on the company's official YouTube page featuring the game's co-op system and some insights from the game's localization producer and the head QA lead.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
Tales of Graces f will be released in North America on March 13, 2012, with the European release following sometime in Summer 2012 where it will be also be localized in German and French.
Last week, GameStop's Canadian branch announced that Tales of Graces f's western debut in North America would include some special pre-order DLC. Namco Bandai has now officially announced said DLC for a U.S. release alongside Canada.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
The DLC in the U.S. is the same as Canada, right down to the costumes and the special custom PS3 theme. However, if you had pre-ordered the game at Amazon you are out of luck as Namco Bandai has confirmed that the pre-order DLC is exclusive to GameStop and will not be offered as paid DLC post-launch. This is similar to the Japanese release which followed the same rules sans retailer exclusivity.
Those who were wondering if Namco Bandai would offer pre-order bonuses for Tales of Graces f are in luck as GameStop's Canadian branch has announced pre-order bonuses for the game.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
According to the website, all pre-order copies will receive the same three DLC costumes and the two PS3 themes that were offered to consumers during the game's original Japanese release. As of now GameStop's North American branch nor Amazon (either branch) has yet to announce the same bonuses, so it's not clear if this is exclusive to Canada and/or GameStop or if said bonuses will be available globally.
Tales of Graces f will be released in North America on March 13, 2012, with the European release following sometime in Summer 2012 where it will be also be localized in German and French.
According to posts on Namco Bandai's official Tales of Facebook wall, it appears that some GameStop retailers in North America are receiving Tales of Graces f promotional posters.
Tales of Graces f (the f stands for "future") has an extra post-game story which takes place after the game's original ending. Without spoiling anything, there seems to be an increase in the monster population, which increases the amount of monster attacks around the world. This causes Asbel and his group to set off once again to determine the cause behind the recent disturbance.
It appears that said posters will be going up this Monday and that apparently Tales of the Abyss 3DS might be getting a poster as well (reports are suggesting that a placeholder box for pre-order purposes has already shown up for the Nintendo 3DS title). It's not currently know how many GameStops will be putting this up, however.
Tales of Graces f will be released in North America on March 13, 2012, with the European release following sometime in Summer 2012 where it will be also be localized in German and French.
UPDATE (1/22): We've clarified the promotional material for Tales of the Abyss 3DS and have added an image of the poster to the original headline.
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