
Namco Bandai Games have announced that Tales Studio, the studio responsible for producing its popular line of Tales RPGs, is to be disbanded and merged into Namco Bandai proper.
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Tales of Xillia has proven a major hit, shifting over half a million copies in its first week and already securing the title of fastest selling Tales title ever.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, H, News
- Date: Aug 18, 2011 13:23 JST
- Tags: DLC, Image Gallery, Namco Bandai, Oppai, PS3, RPG, Tales of Xillia, Tales Series

Tales fans are hailing the upcoming Tales of Xillia as the sexiest Tales RPG to date, with some exceptionally revealing (for a Tales title at any rate) character designs and costumes on display…
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 12, 2011 22:11 JST
- Tags: Namco Bandai, Ports, PS3, Rankings, RPG, Square Enix, Tales Series, Wii, Xbox 360

Ranking the best selling Japanese RPGs of the current generation of consoles provides evidence of some less than inspiring trends in gameplay and production values, amongst what is often considered the Japanese gaming industry’s flagship genre.
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Namco Bandai has announced its most recent Tales “mothership” title Tales of Graces F is set for a US release.
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The latest title in the Tales series, Tales of Xillia, has been announced as being due for a 2011 release on the PS3, and Namco have even released a preview video, showing off what look to be the best graphics yet for the series.
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Bandai Namco has announced they will be halting all their overseas development efforts because they failed completely.
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The release of Tales of Graces F, the non-beta version of Tales of Graces, has prompted fans to celebrate with delicious cake.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Nov 24, 2010 06:01 JST
- Tags: 2ch, Comparison, Events, Fujoshi, Otaku, Seiyuu, Tales Series, Video Gallery, Yaoi

The refusal of an excited fujoshi audience to even acknowledge female seiyuu whilst the same crowd hysterically greets their male counterparts with an ear-splitting shriek of enthusiasm has been noted with some disapproval by fans.
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Namco’s team of Wii beta testers (some would call them customers) seem to have done their work well – the “perfect” PS3 edition shows improvements in every area, from graphics to gameplay.
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The PS3 port of not-so-Wii-exclusive Tales of Graces has been given the usual slew of expansions, including a set of Code Geass costumes and even a Hatsune Miku outfit.
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Namco’s practice of allowing users on other platforms to pay for the privilege of beta-testing Tales games for PS3 users seems to have reached its pinnacle with Tales of Graces – comparing the PS3 version (above) to the Wii beta (top) shows some rather stark differences.
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