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Tales of Graces coming to PS3, new Tales game revealed

blaha — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Tales of Graces and a new, currently unnamed Tales of title are on the way to PlayStation 3, according to info leaked from Japanese mag Jump (translated by Andriasang). Tales of Graces F will be the second entry in Namco Bandai’s popular RPG series to ditch platform exclusivity before undergoing enhancement for PS3. The formerly Wii-exclusive title will get a facelift and some added features before it debuts in Japan this winter (possibly to the sound of snapping game discs).

Namco has also revealed plans to release Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 on PSP sometime in 2011. We’ll let you know as soon as the publisher shares its plans for North America and Europe.

Update: Namco currently has no plans to release “Tales of Graces (PS3)” in North America.

Tales of Graces coming to PS3, new Tales game revealed originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Atlus bringing Radiant Historia to DS in Japan

blaha — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:00:00 +0000

Call it the new Xenosaga. Just as the Xenogears team left Square to create games in a suspiciously similar world for Namco, some of the tri-Ace staffers who made Radiata Stories are working on … Radiant Historia for DS, over at Atlus. Along with original staff like artist Hiroshi Konishi, Atlus’s own developers are also involved, including director Mitsuru Hirata, a veteran of the Shin Megami Tensei series.

With only a Famitsu leak to go on, all we know about the game itself is that it involves time travel in some manner. If you want to find out more by playing the game, you’ll have to time travel to November 4. And learn Japanese, we guess.

Atlus bringing Radiant Historia to DS in Japan originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Atelier Rorona screenshots from NIS’s alchemy shop

blaha — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0000

The many new Atelier Rorona screenshots in our gallery seem to encapsulate the whole of the experience: battling in the field, creating new items and materials in your alchemy shop, and being somewhat embarrassed repeatedly in conversations.

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Atelier Rorona screenshots from NIS’s alchemy shop originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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ESRB lists Fatal Labyrinth for PS3 and Xbox 360

blaha — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:50:00 +0000

The early Sega Genesis roguelike Fatal Labyrinth was released on PC download services last week, but Sega doesn’t appear to be done re-releasing it yet. The ESRB listing for the game shows, in addition to its existing PC and Wii (Virtual Console) releases, plans for Mac, PS3, and Xbox 360 versions of the game.

Fatal Labyrinth is actually already available on PS3 and Xbox, as part of Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection, but a separate ESRB listing for those platforms suggests a standalone downloadable release, like those given to games like Gunstar Heroes, Sonic & Knuckles, and Phantasy Star II. Good news for those of you who don’t want to spend around twenty dollars for the fantastic deal that is the Ultimate Genesis Collection.

ESRB lists Fatal Labyrinth for PS3 and Xbox 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BioWare lending Maxis a hand on Darkspore development

blaha — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:20:00 +0000

We suppose the Sims franchise has a few elements in common with the role-playing genre — after all, it’s about character improvement and, more often than not, all of the characters are startlingly, impossibly attractive. Still, it seems Maxis is getting a helping hand on Darkspore development from a more experienced RPG developer — according to Gamespot, the studio’s Comic-Con panel revealed that fellow EA studio BioWare is helping out on the project.

The capacity of this help is still unknown, but based on BioWare’s strong roots in the genre, we strongly doubt they’ve been brought in to offer backrubs to weary programmers. We’ve contacted EA to find out more about this partnership, and to find out whether we can expect Darkspore to contain any romance sub-plots leading to tastefully directed sex scenes.

BioWare lending Maxis a hand on Darkspore development originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Game SERIES Debate to the Death! K.O.T.O.R. series

blaha — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 20:30:00 +0000

I was looking forward to the discussion that the previous debate would spawn, and it didn’t disappoint! Fallout is one of those series that has a huge amount of new and old fans, and witnessing them clash in the comments made tallying the votes even more exciting. Here are the results:

Fallout 2 (68 votes) — Winner!
Fallout 3 (55 votes)
Fallout (22 votes)
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2 votes)

Just like recent debates with Golden Sun and Mass Effect, we’ve got another debate this week that’s between a “series” of just two games. Before there was Mass Effect, BioWare was proving their worth with Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. BioWare continually proves their relevance each generation, and the winner of this debate will most likely move on to do battle in an even grander BioWare bracket.

Which of the two K.O.T.O.R. games is better, and why? What sets your pick apart from the other game in the series? Sell me on the idea! Get me stoked to see it compete in the RPG tournament! Give it some serious thought, share your reasoning with all of us, and then check back next week to see how your game did!

Bonus Question: What’s one thing you didn’t like about the game you voted for?

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blaha — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:40:00 +0000