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Bandai Namco just announced the composer for its upcoming mobile action RPG title Tales of Luminaria. It's none other than Bandai Namco mainstay music maker Go Shina, who is known for the best musical parts of the Tales of series, as well as for titles like Mr. Driller, Code Vein, and the God Eater series. Here's a sample of his work in Tales of...
For those who want to vent their frustrations onto the long-running isekai anime series Sword Art Online, your wishes have been granted. Bandai Namco announced during TGS 2021 that it will host an upcoming collaboration DLC between Tales of Arise and Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris. The DLC will cost players 1,760 yen/US$18+ and will be av...
A while ago, mobile rhythm game Love Live! School Idol Festival announced a collaboration with Atlus' Persona series, which is pretty common in this day and age. The collaboration involves Love Live! idols wearing costumes inspired by personas/RPG magic ghost Stands from recent Persona titles. We now get to see how the idols look like in their n...
Longtime video game maker and publisher Bandai Namco will be ditching the yellow and orange in favour of a magenta look. Bandai Namco has announced a new mission, vision, and logo which will be implemented on April 2022. Here's a quote from company President and Representative Director Masaru Kawaguchi on the official press release. "With inten...
Publisher Bandai Namco shared new information about its upcoming Tales of entry titled Tales of Luminaria. The game itself is an action RPG where you control three heroes you can switch in-between combat, each with their own attacks and special Artes moves. It features a roster of 21 characters which you'll most likely gacha for in the game's fr...
Bandai Namco's most underrated platformer series might be making a comeback if this trademark news is anything to go by. The company that's known for anime game adaptations has filed trademarks for "Waffuu Encore" and "1&2 Encore" in Japan. For those who haven't played games in the late 90s and 2000s era, "Waffuu" is the catchphrase of Klono...
Tales of Arise is now the fastest-selling RPG in the Tales of franchise's history, according to Bandai Namco. The total worldwide shipments and digital sales for the most recent entry have surpassed one million units within less than a week after its release last Friday. The series' overall total shipments have reached 25 million units worldwide...
Tales of Arise's obligatory JRPG collectathon item comes in the form of the wise old owl. Or rather all 38 of them. Not only do you net achievements for finding a specific number of owls, as well as get some sweet cosmetics to dress your characters up, but you'll get a special artifact for finding all of them. While you're at it, don't forget to...
If you love From Software's brand of punishing action RPG gameplay, you probably have seen the earlier gameplay trailer for Elden Ring. We assumed that it's Dark Souls 4 with some open-world traversing and horse-riding. Thanks to the many previews from bigwig sites like GameSpot, it's confirmed that Elden Ring is indeed the true follow-up to Dar...
It's a good time to be an Ace Combat fan. During the Ace Combat 25th anniversary retrospective program, Bandai Namco announced that a new Ace Combat game is currently in development via a joint collaboration with developer ILCA. ILCA is best known for developing the upcoming Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, as well as work...
During the Idolm@ster 16th-anniversary party livestream, the team announced a concept movie for the Japanese idol-filled musical game series. The concept film will have Atsushi Nishigori as its director and character designer; fitting, since he's responsible for the Idolm@ster TV anime and movie. The film's production and animation will be done ...
It's been a while since we've had some One Piece open-world RPG action, right? We might be getting a follow-up to that based on some recent patent news. Bandai Namco and Shueisha recently filed a trademark a couple of weeks ago in Japan, which was made public today. The title? One Piece Odyssey. This may be related to One Piece: World Seeker, th...
Bandai Namco just revealed the opening movie for its upcoming JRPG Tales of Arise, and it looks slick. The OP song is "Hibana" and is performed by Kankaku Pierro. The animation is done by production studio ufotable, who is famous for the lovely-looking Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba anime adaptation. Check it out below; the OP features some slic...
Platform(s): Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, PC Genre: Action RPG with sci-fi and loads of loveable anime tropes In the first hour or so of Bandai Namco's action RPG entry Scarlet Nexus, it goes out of its way with its anime tropes. The plucky earnest male protagonist, the tsundere female who you can also choose to play as, the childhood frien...
Article originally published on 24th March. Brought forward to be in line with the game's release this month. If anime games, RPGs, and the wombo-combo of both are your thing, you'll be pleased to know that Scarlet Nexus is going to be a big one for you to get hyped about. Thanks to a recent Bandai Namco livestream, we now know a lot more abo...
Update (15 June): Added new information. In case you missed it or weren't awake just before 4am today for the Summer Gaming Festival Kickoff 2021, Bandai Namco announced the release date of the upcoming From Software action RPG Elden Ring. And obviously a ton of gameplay. https://youtu.be/m8QFs3LEWus There's a lot to take in. Let's break d...
Bandai Namco just revealed Tales of Arise's Mystic Artes, super moves your heroes can pull off to end battles quick as long as you hit the requirements. The team has showcased the Mystic Artes/Hi Ougi for the four main characters in order: Alphen, Shionne, Rinwell, and Law. Check them out below! https://youtu.be/RXE8SPYnBUM In other news, ...
Publisher Bandai Namco and developer Supermassive Games have released an eight-minute-long gameplay video for The Dark Pictures Anthology House Of Ashes. The synopsis of the game reads: Iraq, 2003. As the conflict draws to a close, CIA field operative Rachel King joins an elite military unit on a raid of a suspected underground chemical weapons...
If you get a number of directors and game designers of the Tales of series working on a new IP, chances are the apple will not fall far from the tree. Playing Scarlet Nexus for an hour or so led me to believe that Bandai Namco Studios is just focusing on the action RPG bits while dolling it up with a sci-fi open-world skin. Scarlet Nexus is the ...
Bandai Namco and develoepr Level-5 are bringing Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom onto Nintendo Switch, three years later. Better late than never, right? This version is called Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - Prince's Edition and will be available both physically and digitally on 17th September for US$59.99. It'll contain both post-launch downlo...
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