When Final Fantasy's creator Hironobu Sakaguchi left Square-Enix in 2002, following the colossal flop that was his flagship series' only venture into Hollywood, nobody knew quite whether his new studio was headed for glory or disaster. Had his simplistic 8-bit Dungeons and Dragons rip-off twenty years earlier been a happy accident? And how much input into Square's output had the man actually had over the following decades? Surely the record-breaking successes of Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger had been down to the worker bee creative force that buzzed around in his esteemed employment, rather than any masterminding from this remote executive producer. Could Sakaguchi really lead the JRPG into a new promised land from his new, semi-retired residence in Hawaii?
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The publisher showcased the likes of Ace Combat: Joint Assault, Test Drive Unlimited 2, a new title in the Blue Dragon series, Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and the troubled modern remake of the ‘90s series Splatterhouse. All of these are expected to launch throughout Europe in 2010, prior to the PlayStation Portable exclusive God Eater, which will launch in 2011 after benefiting from significant commercial success in Japan since its launch this February.
i'm eagerly awaiting splatterhouse and enslaved is simply gorgeous, i've got alot of faith in it.
Yeah, I'm very interested to see how Splatterhouse turns out. I've got the second one on the Mega-Drive (Genesis), and while it's nothing special it's a fun little game...
where's my tales damit? is Namco europe the people behind the tales series?
man i want a new tales game or TOV released in NA
Wait till E3 to see if Graces or Vesperia PS3 are coming over, if they're not there it's not happening.
I agree...that is oddly missing.
It has a street date at my Gamestop where I work.
Also UNS2 will be at E3...so lets hope confirmation for 2010 there.
Only game I want is the new Blue Dragon but I would get Tales of Graces if they released it here.
LiveDS writes: "Blue Dragon: Behemoth of the Otherworld was released this weekend in Japan. According to Kotaku, the creator said it would be the last episode. Anyway, Namco Bandai has published some new screens of the game."
If/when this is released in Europe I'll get it, definitely. Blue Dragon Plus wasn't my thing.
