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Thanks For The Mammaries, Queens Blade

7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | This December, Namco Bandai is bringing a handful of gaming by releasing Queen’s Blade Spiral Chaos on the PlayStation Portable. More »
Culture

First Peek At Tales Of Vesperia Anime

3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | As previously announced, Xbox 360 title Tales of Vesperia is getting a PS3 version and a big screen anime. The animated feature, due in theatres this year, is set before the game. More »
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Tales Of Characters… All Together!!

10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Today, at a press conference in Tokyo, Namco Bandai announced an action title that brings together 35 characters from the 13 Tales of games. Characters from each title exist in the same game universe. More »
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New Tales Of Title For The Nintendo Wii

9:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Namco Bandai announced the latest home console entry in its Tales of series. More »
Media

Bandai Namco PSP Game Makes Suggestive Use Of Milk

4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Simulation RPG Queen’s Blade Spiral Chaos is going on sale this winter in Japan. And it’s bringing its suggestive imagery with it! More »

.hack Is Coming Back On PSP

6:40AM Michael McWhertor | The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmation on the next video game episode long-running, but niche appealing .hack series from CyberConnect. .hack//LINK is making the jump from manga to the PSP in 2009. More »

Afro Samurai Screen Blast

8:00AM Brian Crecente | Bandai Namco just sent over a batch of fresh screenshots for Afro Samurai. The upcoming hip-hop, Samurai, action-adventure game for the 360 looks to feature an interesting blend of hand-drawn and cel-shaded art. It’s very pretty stuff. Hit the jump for a clutch of dazzling screens. I hope the play lives up to the fidelity. More »

Hey! You Got Your Xbox 360 Dragon Ball Z Shots On My PlayStation.com!

1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Namco Bandai’s Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit is multi-platform. It might be difficult for customers to pick which one they should get: Xbox 360 or PS3 version? Well, maybe PlayStation.com can help. Look at the “PS3″ screenshots that appeared on the official Japanese PlayStation site. What do you notice? Oh, you can’t see it? Well, hit the jump for a closer look. More »

Gundams That Could’ve, Should’ve Been

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Somewhere along the line, Gundam missed out. Instead of the no-frills RX-178 Gundam Mark-II, there could’ve been much more. Like the boat-shaped Viking Gundam, windmill-bearing Nether Gundam or even the brilliant jester hat-shaped Jester Gundam. Me? I’m quite found of the Matador Gundam. That robo bull nose ring is spectacular. Other Gundams [Neta via Danny Choo] More »

Haruhi Dances Up The Wii

8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Certainly! By now you must have seen the credit sequence for anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. Catchy, huh? No wonder the Wii Haruhi game is going to be a dancing game. Well, not a straight up dancing game as it’ll have a “Story Mode” (with dancing) and a “Free Mode” (with dancing). The game’s about half done and slated for this year. Hum~ming! And yes, Haruhi dance after the jump. More »