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Bandai Namco has officially announced new fighting title Tekken 7. A trailer for the game, as seen below, was debuted yesterday at the 2014 Evolution Championships. It is being built using Unreal Engine 4. The Tekken franchise is beloved and we couldn’t be more excited to be working with the …
Read More »Wii U version of Project Cars not due until 2015
Project Cars will not race onto Nintendo’s machine until after it has arrived on consoles and PC. Bandai Namco’s UK PR and marketing boss Lee Kirton confirmed as much on Twitter, stating that the planned November release for the racer remains in place for PS4, Xbox One and PC but …
Read More »Ace Combat Infinity passes 1m downloads
Online dogfighting game Ace Combat Infinity has reached one million downloads worldwide. The Project Aces-developed and Bandai Namco-published title was released as a free-to-play PS3 exclusive a month and a half ago. To celebrate the one million download mark, users will be able to receive the Mirage 2000-5 White Tiger …
Read More »Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution lands in September
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution will launch in Europe and North America this September, publisher Bandai Namco has announced. The title will hit European shops on September 12th and hits North American stores on September 16th – with Bandai Namco offering a cornucopia of pre-order and launch week bonuses …
Read More »Bandai Namco to distribute Slightly Mad Studios’ Project Cars
Bandai Namco is to distribute racing title Project Cars worldwide. The crowd-funded game, which will hit Xbox One, PS4, Wii U and PC in November, is being developed by Need For Speed and Test Drive creators Slightly Mad Studios. Project Cars has been partially designed in collaboration with the game’s …
Read More »Interview: The many faces of Bandai Namco
Bandai Namco is trying its hand at pretty much everything. It is launching titles for Codemasters, developing anime, kids and blockbuster next-gen games, experimenting with mobile, trialling free-to-play concepts… even building major licensing initiatives. We speak to European CEO Naoki Katashima on the many different faces of the business. You’re …
Read More »Bandai Namco scrapping F2P racer Ridge Racer Driftopia
Ridge Racer’s foray into the world of free-to-play is coming to an end in the summer. Bandai Namco has confirmed that it will turn off the game’s servers by August 15th. The Bugbear-developed title had been widely criticised for its implementation of microtransactions. The leading developer and publisher wanted to …
Read More »VIDEO: Dragon Ball series makes next-gen debut
Bandai Namco has announced Dragon Ball Xenoverse is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Xenoverse will be the first entry in the Dragon Ball series to appear on the new consoles. But it will also appear on both PS3 and Xbox 360. The new title is being developed by …
Read More »From Software says "no plans" for Dark Souls II on PS4 or Xbox One
There’s bad news for those holding out for a next-gen re-release for Dark Souls II. No, not at this point,” the game’s global producer Atsuo Yoshimura told Gametrailers when asked about a PS4 or Xbox One port. We have no plans for that.” The developer added that the previously confirmed …
Read More »Meet the new-look MCV
Regular readers of MCV magazine will notice a significant change from this week. Our bumper-sized E3 feature doesn’t just feature a raft of great content and market information, but a fresh new look and feel. We’ve introduced new sections, more data, industry columnists, introduced a new Big Game feature that …
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