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Watch Tales of Zestiria second trailer

Bandai Namco Games released the second official trailer for Tales of Zestiria at Niconico Super Conference 3 in Chiba.

Paul853507d ago

Day one can't wait for this and Tales of Xillia 2!

Inception3506d ago

Yeah me too. Xillia 2 on august, Hearts R on holiday, and Zestiria on early 2015. Damn, that's a lot of Tales games ^^

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Bandai Namco Addresses Naruto x Boruto Game Voiceover Controversy

The publisher of Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections responds to accusations of AI usage for the game's polarizing vocal performances.

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As Nintendo Switch 2 rumors swirl, it looks like Nintendo just boosted its studio roster

After working with Nintendo for many years, Bandai Namco has officially named its team that has worked on titles like Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

PRIMORDUS15d ago

I have a feeling Metroid Prime 4 will be on Switch and on Switch 2, like they did with Twilight Princess for GameCube and Wii.

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Bandai Namco Announces Declining Financial Results for Games as Armored Core 6 Can't Beat Elden Ring

Bandai Namco announced its financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year, related to the period between July 1, 2023, and September 30, 2023.

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stanr25d ago

Title is misleading clickbait as its in regard to the Year-over-Year number which saw a small decline when compared to the same time last year.

Eonjay25d ago

So you are saying the title is correct?

Quetzll25d ago

The title for sure implies that bandai namco is declining, which would obviously worry the enormous dark souls fanbase, leading to a click that only states the obvious: a single player game isn't going to make as much money as their viral multiplayer game with a viral author's name attached to it.

Big title for a small talk article.

Eonjay25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

I apologize for my confusion here but the title just seems like a 'matter of fact' statement.
@Quetzll you are saying that the title implies that BN is 'declining' but what it really implies is that their revenue declined... which is an undisputed fact. I think the issue here is that people are overreacting. Elden Ring was a big seller. It was such a big seller that you should absolutely expect revenue to decline. This is natural. It doesn't mean BN is 'in danger'. For Souls fans it should mean the opposite because this result should 100% incentivize BN to follow up with another Elden Ring release.

Obscure_Observer25d ago

"For Souls fans it should mean the opposite because this result should 100% incentivize BN to follow up with another Elden Ring release"

Hidetaka Miyazaki is the master mind behind all those games and he´ll continue to work on whatever game he wants to produce next and BN can´t do anything about it other than develop and publish the game themselves.

CrimsonWing6925d ago

lol, I said the same thing reading the comment.

Abriael25d ago (Edited 25d ago )

It is entirely correct, but someone seems to be incapable of reading and blame it on the headline 😂

Also lol at -65.2% in operating income portrayed as "small decline."

Declining financial results doesn't mean the sky is falling. It means declining financial results, which is what it is.

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raWfodog24d ago

Isn’t that what the title said? It mentions ‘Declining financial results’ which is what was talked about in the article. What do you think the title says?

anast25d ago

AC6 is a solid game and I don't think anyone expected it to beat out ER, even From didn't expect ER to be as big as it is.

shinoff218325d ago

I don't know alot of people into armored core , personally for me if they made a mech rpg(front mission) or something I'd be down but I'm not into mech stuff much

Snookies1225d ago

Yeah, this had no chance of beating Elden Ring. I don't think even From Software expected Elden Ring to do so well. I don't want to call it a freak accident, but I'm not entirely sure why it popped off so much. It's a wonderful game, and I sank like 140+ hours into it. But, it definitely wasn't all that different from previous Souls titles. Despite the open world and mount of course. It was a lot of fun exploring that enormous map though.

goldwyncq24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

Elden Ring released at a time when Soulslike games is already an established subgenre. Being an open world game and having GRRM's name attached to it just added to the hype.

anast24d ago

RR Martin and the word that it was a bit more friendly. For me, in difficulty, I would rank, Sekiro, the Orphan of Kos, Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 3, ER, and Demon Souls. Dark Souls 2 doesn't count, it's too mechanically flawed.

FinalFantasyFanatic24d ago

It's a more niche game, but it's the best selling game in the series, I didn't expect it to beat ER.

MrWood25d ago

Yeah but I’m sure they will see a big boost again with the ER DLC coming out and hopefully announced next month at The Game Awards. No worries here.

Abnor_Mal25d ago

Put out Ace Combat8 with all missions playable on PSVR2.

ApocalypseShadow24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

I'd buy it immediately. Hell, put AC and.. AC? Lol. Put both games in VR. I'd buy them.

shinoff218325d ago

Let me guess its because Sony had an exclusive with then