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Tales of Xillia U.S. release date set

Tales of Xillia, Namco Bandai’s 15th anniversary Tales RPG, will launch for PlayStation 3 on August 6 in North America, the publisher confirmed at a media event in New York yesterday.

Game4life4031d ago

beep boop beep beep boop.

Types in random date for a release date. Ok guys this works right?

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Pyrrhus4031d ago

Who cares, we finally have another good JRPG coming out. Cant wait.

PopRocks3594031d ago

Dude, that's actually a really good date for this game. As far as I know, it's not competing with any major titles and it's in the middle of summer, a season that's often light on big releases.

Besides, I'm just happy it's coming out this year. Love this series.

Game4life4031d ago

ever since final fantasy started going downhill, Tales series has been my favorite jrpg series :)

rainslacker4031d ago (Edited 4031d ago )

Dragon's Crown is releasing the same day, and Time and Eternity is releasing a couple weeks before. It could be considered competition, although I think Xillia is more anticipated. Don't want to see RPG's compete like this since I like both Atlus, NIS, and Namco.

OTOH, RPG fans are likely to pick up the ones that appeal to them anyways. Past year or so has been pretty good for us.:)

fsfsxii4030d ago

It may be a good time for you, but not for me. School starts that day.

dedicatedtogamers4031d ago

Between all the ATLUS titles, NIS titles, finally getting around to Ni No Kuni, and now this game, I think I'm going to have more than enough JRPGs this year...

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prettyboy124031d ago

cant wait that long
this SUCKS!!!

betan214031d ago

I'm happy we got a release date at last cant wait.

TruthbeTold4031d ago

Agreed. Took forever, but at least it's coming.

Aceman184031d ago

easy purchasing imo day one.

animegamingnerd4031d ago

so wow the 3 games i am for sure buying day 1 are all just coming out a month apart

Minato-Namikaze4031d ago

Nucking Futs. I need this, I just recently bought tales of grace f too.

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Beloved Tales Of Character Designer Mutsumi Inomata Has Passed Away

Today it was announced that the gaming and anime industry has lost another beloved artist and creator. Mutsumi Inomata has passed away.

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banger8831d ago

The Tales Of series are some of the best RPGs I've ever played, and the characters are a big reason for that. I don't think I played a single game in the series that I didn't enjoy. Rest in peace.

Snookies1231d ago (Edited 31d ago )

Damn, that sucks to hear... His designs were always wonderful.

H931d ago

RIP, sheade some great designs, man it's one after the other this year

FinalFantasyFanatic30d ago

We're 3 months into the year and I feel like we're taking nothing but L's.

autobotdan31d ago

Wow she was the character designer for Tales of Destiny one of my favorites of all time =(

scorpio_204931d ago

I love the Tales games. Phantasia will always be my favorite. Ironically I felt like as the series progressed the character design became too “anime cliche.”

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Did Tales of Xillia Write a Smarter Thanos?

There's a surprising amount of overlap between Marvel's Mad Titan and a lesser-known Tales villains -- but which is the better baddie?

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The 10 Best Games in the Tales Series

The Tales games may be less recognizable than the Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy games, but that doesn't mean that they aren't worth playing!

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PhoenixUp1720d ago

I’ve been hooked on the series ever since playing Tales of Xillia

jznrpg1720d ago

I hope they remaster or port a lot of the older games of the series to PS4/PS5

Immagaiden1720d ago

“Tales series is considered one of the top three Japanese RPG series next to RPG giants like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.”

How you gonna talk about the top three JRPG franchises and not mention Pokémon, the top selling series in the genre?

This is how the top JRPG series stack up

1. Pokémon - 340M
2. Final Fantasy - 144M
3. Dragon Quest - 78M
4. Monster Hunter - 52M
5. Kingdom Hearts - 30M
6. Souls - 25M
7. Tales of - 20M