Japan has a long, proud history of making toys. The Bandai Museum in the rice fields of Tochigi Prefecture…
Christie Monteiro is one of Tekken's flashier characters. Maybe it's her swivel kicks, the glitter, or the long…
This December, Bandai Namco is holding the "Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011", the first international competition…
To promote the latest Tales role-playing game Tales of Xillia, Namco is rolling out a Tales cafe, first in Tokyo and…
If playing Tales of Vesperia wasn't enough for you, then there's this: a Yuri Lowell bracelet.
Gundam. Draonball. Kamen Rider. Great Mazinger, even. Namco Bandai's 2011 Tamashii Nation toy show proves just how…
This year isn't over. It's more than half over. Time to look back and see which game maker is doing the best in…
On August 31, Ayumi Hamasaki is releasing a new EP called Five. Since Hamasaki is singing the theme for upcoming…
Next month, Tokyo's Ufotable Cafe is being turned into a special Tales cafe as part of a promotion for Namco's Tales…

Wonder what the new AKB48 game will be like? From the looks of it, it'll be idols saying they like you, and then…
Last December, Namco Bandai released a PSP game with the goal of turning down the advances of over forty young…
Bandai's Carddas series of kiddy card games is going AR. Its newest One Piece and Kamen Rider cards are AR enabled…
When Bandai Namco isn't making video games, it's making Gundam toys. And when it's not making Gundam toys, it's…
Game Republic, the Tokyo-based studio behind PS3 titles Folklore and Genji, appears to be dead. The studio's honcho…
It's over. That's what people say about Japanese gaming. While there are bright spots in Japan, Western games (and…
For all the bitching and moaning about Japanese games being creatively bankrupt, lame, or simply crappy-looking,…
Tekken: Wii Successor, a temporary title, is the first Tekken title to come to a Nintendo home console. Tekken is…

Who do you expect to see in a Street Fighter X Tekken trailer? Probably Street Fighter and Tekken players! Here,…
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon is coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360. But it's not alone. There's another Ace Combat game.
Dark Souls, the upcoming title from Demon's Souls developer From Software is going to be a hard game. That…