
Bandai Namco have announced a new fantasy themed action game for the PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2011, “Knights Contract,” and the title was instantly likened to Bayonetta, both for style of action and the presence of saucy sorceress.
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An enterprising Gundam fanatic appears to have finally contrived a use for all the plastic sprues collected as a result of the hobby, and the results are quite uncanny…
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Leaked release information seems to confirm the existence of an Idolmaster sequel, set for release in early 2011 on the Xbox 360.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Feb 23, 2010 20:57 JST
- Tags: Bugs, Marketing, Namco Bandai, Ports, PS3, RPG, Tales of Graces, Tales Series, Wii

Bandai Namco has finally announced a humiliating official recall of its notoriously buggy Wii title Tales of Graces, a mere three months after release.
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Bandai Namco has announced a 31 billion yen loss for fiscal 2009, after previously predicting 8.5 billion yen in profits; the company announced its intent to sack almost 10% of its 7,000 strong workforce to stem the flow of red ink, some 630 people.
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Namco Bandai has consigned international fans of Tales of Vesperia to eternal beta tester status, saying it has no intention of releasing the PS3 version of the game in the US (and presumably in less important places too).
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The “new project” Bandai recently announced has been confirmed as being a full anime project promising a “new birth,” much to the delight of the many fans of the series.
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Fans of Tales of Graces have been pained to discover the title has dozens of bugs, some severe enough to crash the console and other locking players out of various parts of the game; with the game being released on the Wii, which lacks any hard drive, the impact is doubly severe as no patches will be forthcoming.
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Excessively diligent investigators maintain they have proven that the recently released Tales of Graces has a missing character, which is of course exactly what happened with the Xbox 360 beta version of Tales of Vesperia and its eventual perfect PS3 version.
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Bandai have announced a continuation of their popular Code Geass anime, due for release in 2010.
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Fancy dress fighting game Tekken 6 may be a perfect multi-platform release in that both Xbox 360 and PS3 have all but indistinguishable graphics, but some quite embarrassing differences in load times for PS3 and Xbox 360 seem to suggest the Xbox 360 version is clearly superior…
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The latest Dragon Ball video game, Spike’s Dragon Ball Raging Blast, is set for a multiplatform PS3 and Xbox 360 release on November 12th in Japan.
Observers have been quick to note some significant graphical differences between the two versions…
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