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Smoke Retro With Namco’s Game Zippo Lighters

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | Namco Bandai’s Zippo lighters may not hold a candle to similar — OK, far superior — recent combustible offerings from Sega, but if you’re a huge Xevious fan, Banpresto has a lighter for you, buddy. More »
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Namco Bandai Launches Namco Sounds On iTunes

4:00AM Mike Fahey | The music of Pac-Man, SoulCalibur and Xevious are now waiting to be nestled gently within your iPod, courtesy of Namco Bandai’s newly-launched iTunes music label, Namco Sounds. More »
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Namco Museum Essentials Brings Namco Bandai Home

5:20AM Mike Fahey | Namco Museum Essentials is coming to the PlayStation Network next month, bringing with it an updated version of arcade classic shooter Xevious and a Namco Bandai space in PlayStation Home. More »
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XEVIOUS Resurrected In PlayStation Home

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Namco Bandai is ready to roll out NamcoMuseum.comm in PlayStation Home. Included in it is a new version of classic shooter XEVIOUS called XEVIOUS Resurrection. More »
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Five Games That Matter In Hideo Kojima’s Life

9:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Five games that made an impact on the life of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima? According to the famed game designer: • Super Mario Bros. • Portopia Renzoku Satsujin Jiken • Xevious • Another World • Metal Gear Solid This list comes from a Yomiuri Newspaper article called “All About Kojima Hideo” dated June 11th. We haven’t seen the full article (only that picture we found on a Yomiuri blog), and the English translation of Yomiuri article glosses over these five games and what they mean to him. From the pic we found, it certainly appears as though Kojima explained how they affected him. Hide-and-seek with Hideo Kojima [Yoimuri] More »