In many places, arcades seem to have nearly, if not completely, vanished. Yet, in Japan, they continue to hang on.
One of the individuals who built the Japanese gaming industry has passed away.
Over the decades, Japanese developers have churned out a mind-boggling number of video games. Some are good, and…
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Taking a page from the Konami playbook, Namco has announced a 20th anniversary SoulCalibur release for pachinko…
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A trailer marking twenty years of SoulCalibur just hit Namco Bandai’s Japanese YouTube channel. Wonder if that means a new title is around the corner. Who knows? Namco Bandai does, that’s who.
A mysterious Bandai Namco teaser site has popped up online. There’s a clock, some flames, and small text at the bottom that says PC and mobile content. Hrm.
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Kuma is a veteran fighter in the King of the Iron Fist Tournament. For six official tournaments, two non-canon tag…
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Here’s a look at upcoming TV anime Tales of Zestiria the X. It begins broadcasting next month in Japan.
Upcoming RPG Dragon Ball Fusions will be out in Japan on August 4, Famitsu reports. To mark that, Bandai Namco is also putting out a 3DS bundle, complete with Dragon Ball faceplates. No word yet on a Western release.
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Street Fighter X Tekken came out in 2012. But Tekken X Street Fighter, which was announced at the same time, is…
This is a real product. It’s in Japan. And it sounds nasty.
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And like that, Pokkén Tournament is suddenly that much cooler.
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The studio behind the Disaster Report games, Granzella, is teaming up with Namco Bandai for a unique spin on the series: Surviving Ultraman and kaiju fights. It’s called City Shrouded in Shadow, and I think it’s a brilliant idea. No word yet about a Japanese release date or if this will get a Western release.
It seems Yo-Kai Watch mania is cooling down in Japan. The latest forecasts predict slowing toy and hobby sales for the popular franchise: 30 billion yen (US$263 million) total sales for this fiscal year compared to 55.2 billion yen (US$484) total sales for fiscal 2015.
I’m fairly certain nobody asked for this, but here we are: Luffy from One Piece gets turned into a lady for upcoming…
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For twenty years, Namco Bandai has held patent US 5718632 A, which has given them ownership of the idea of a loading…
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This is Eric Jacobus. His workouts might be a little different from yours.
Don’t you miss instruction manuals? Or even just paper? I know I do. And these photos make me miss them even more.