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The Latest Breaking News from Bandai Namco

'Unknown 9: Awakening' Dev Reflector Deems Game a Failure, Announces Layoffs

Developer Reflector announces a round of layoffs and confirms that Unknown 9: Awakening failed to meet expectations.

Player One

'Oh, don't worry about this': Tekken boss denies he's leaving Bandai Namco after saying he's open to work on LinkedIn, claims it's just because he wants to 'meet more people'

Yuh-huh…

PC Gamer

Action adventure game Unknown 9: Awakening was a 'failure,' says developer, which has cancelled a follow-up project and laid off staff

Reflector CEO Herve Hoerdt says the game featuring The Witcher star Anya Chalotra "didn't come near the company expectations."

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First Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero DLC adds 11 characters from Akira Toriyama's final film, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, including 4 Gohans and 4 Piccolos

DLC1 lands on January 23

GamesRadar

The Blood of Dawnwalker is a new vampire RPG and 'narrative sandbox' from former Witcher and Cyberpunk developers

Rebel Wolves, a team founded by former CD Projekt RED developers, is working on The Blood of Dawnwalker, a vampire RPG being built in Unreal Engine 5.

Windows Central

Elden Ring: Nightreign is getting a closed network test, and I'm totally not fuming because PC players aren't invited to the party, or anything

Here's where I'd be trying Nightreign on my console… if I had one!

PC Gamer

A PS Vita Cult Favorite is Returning in the Creepiest Way Possible

'Freedom Wars Remastered' details what's coming in the update to the PS Vita hit in a trailer that's equal parts cute and creepy.

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12 best games of 2024 that you (probably) didn't play on PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X and PC

2024 has been another stellar year for gaming with must-play new releases almost every month — but these 13 games didn't quite get the recognition they deserved.

Tom’s Guide

20 years after its release in Japan, one of the best JRPGs in the Tales of series has finally been translated thanks to fans

Tales of Rebirth is finally playable in English

GamesRadar

After 17 JRPGs across 30 years, Bandai Namco is gearing up to release more Tales of remasters "fairly consistently" and "as much as possible"

Following Tales of Graces f Remastered next month

GamesRadar

Secret Level's controversial dark Pac-Man is now a game

Shadow Labyrinth is not the anniversary game I expected!

Creative Bloq

'Tekken 8' Gets New Update To Combat Rage Quitters by Adding a Penalty

Bandai Namco is adding a way to address rage quitters in Tekken 8 with a new update that will hand out a penalty to offending players.

Player One

20 Years Later, a Long-Lost RPG Is Finally Playable in English Thanks to a Fan Translation

After 20 years, Tales of Rebirth is finally playable in English for the very first time, thanks to a fan translation project.

Inverse

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is one of the best-selling games in Bandai Namco history: "A nice surprise in a year that's been kind of rough overall," says analyst

Sparking Zero is also the best-selling Dragon Ball game to date

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Bad news for PC Elden Ring fans: Nightreign's network test is only coming to consoles

It lines up with prior FromSoft network tests, but I'm still bummed.

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'Elden Ring Nightreign' Network Test Set for February 2025 To Let Players Try Out Co-op Spin-Off

Bandai Namco and FromSoftware announced that Elden Ring Nightreign is getting a network test in February 2025.

PC Gamer

'Is this false advertising?' Tekken 8 fan left disappointed at 'horrid and not at all like advertised' Fist Meets Fate statue

'Is this false advertising?' Tekken 8 fan left disappointed at 'horrid and not at all like advertised' Fist of Fate statue

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'Tekken 8' is Getting Clive Rosfield of 'Final Fantasy XVI' as Its Next DLC Fighter

Bandai Namco announced that Final Fantasy XVI's Clive Rosfield will be joining the playable roster for Tekken 8.

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Pac-Man becomes an apex predator on a world shattered by intergalactic warfare in this very strange new metroidvania coming in 2025

And yes, it's from Bandai Namco.

PC Gamer

'We would like audiences to wonder what the f**k they did with Pac-Man': The creators of Secret Level say Bandai Namco encouraged them to do 'whatever we want' with the iconic dot-gobbler

No spoilers, but the Pac-Man episode of Secret Level is a wild one, and Bandai Namco was fine with that.

GamesRadar

Official Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero tournament ends in disaster as finalists fly up and down for 10 minutes straight, which some fans insist is peak performance

"After the match, we were told to stop and to 'really play'"

GamesRadar

Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero is "strengthening timeout penalties" for rage-quitting, but all players want is for the quitters to lose

Bandai Namco is aiming for "a fair and enjoyable gaming experience"

GamesRadar

Dark Souls' toughest boss duo has been transformed into some stylish glassware, which feels like fitting revenge for all the times they killed me

Pre-order your own Ornstein goblet and Smough tankard today

PC Gamer

After dominating The Game Awards in 2023, Baldur's Gate 3 is in the running for even more gold in 2024

Astro Bot and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth lead The Game Awards 2024 nominations, but Larian's magnum opus is still in the fight.

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 is safe from the top-down Elden Ring CRPG that only exists in our imaginations and these modded screenshots

Drop a party of Tarnished in there and you have yourself a classic RPG.

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