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Publisher Namco Bandai could be readying a new instalment in the colourful Katamari series, if two new trademark registrations are to be believed. Siliconera reports that the company has registered both Katamari Amore and Katamari Amore Rolling Whopper. The most recent release in the series was 2009 PS3-exclusive Katamari Forever. …
Read More »Publishing elite join $0.99 App Store race
Indies under greater pressure as scores of high-profile games get price cut
Read More »Namco US layoffs ‘affects 90 staff’
Development work to be sent back to Japan, firm says
Read More »RSG and Namco strike Harvest Moon deal
Publisher Rising Star Games has announced a fresh deal with Namco Bandai that will see that firm handle distribution duties for both Harvest Moon: Animal Parade on Wii and Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands on DS next month. The deal applies to EMEA regions. The Harvest Moon series has a very …
Read More »Capcom and Namco go to war in new fighters
Capcom and Namco revealed at last week’s San Diego ComicCon that the two are collaborating on crossovers for their flagship fighting franchises. Street Fighter X Tekken is in the works for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, developed by Capcom, and merges the two long-running franchises into one epic fighter. Like …
Read More »Capcom/Namco ‘makes history’ with fighter dev deal
Japanese giants' big franchises do battle in two Tekken vs Street Fighter games
Read More »Namco backs Ubisofts DRM
Having staved off some pretty fierce criticism of its controversial online-required DRM in some of its PC titles, Ubisoft has at last received a welcome spot of corporate backing from fellow publisher Namco Bandai. Speaking to CVG, Namco Bandai VP Olivier Comte says that Ubisoft’s method is not without merit. …
Read More »Splatterhouse to launch at rock awards
The remake of cult ‘80s arcade brawler Splatterhouse will launch at Metal Hammer magazine’s 2010 Golden Gods awards at London’s Indig02 venue. Rock stars, publishers and fans will attend the eighth annual event on June 14th with Namco Bandai sponsoring the ‘Metal As Fuck’ award – handed to the winner …
Read More »Namco Bandai posts $312m loss
Publisher Namco Bandai has reported a $312m loss for the fiscal year ending March 31st 2010, a sharp dip from the $126m profit reported in the year before. Revenues hit $4.1bn, down 11 per cent year-on-year. Its video games operations saw revenues of $1.5bn but suffered an operating loss of …
Read More »Namco sets low price for Titans
Namco Bandai has set the RRP of upcoming action adventure game Clash of the Titans at just 29.99, ahead of the game’s May 28th launch. The movie tie-in is a third cheaper than most PS3 and Xbox 360 multiformat titles which usually have an RRP of 44.99 or 49.99. UK product …
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