EL33TONLINE: News tag archive: namco
If you weren’t aware, gamesom 2011 was a pretty eventful time for El33tonline, which naturally means we were completely focussed on getting to meetings with the developers of upcoming games, and then writing our impressions and previews of these exciting titles… which in turn means that we haven’t had much time to sweep for tasty morsels of videogame news.
If you’ve been similarly busy in your daily activities, then we’re in the same boat, so together we’re going to catch up on a few tiny crumbs of information that may tweak your interest:
If you’re in need of a high-octane trailer to inject some colour into your day then look no further than the new “Create or Destroy” trailer for Ridge Racer Unbounded.
This jaw-dropping spectacle introduces us to a novel feature for the Ridge Racer series - the ability to craft an unlimited number of tracks using the “City Creator” and then share and play them online with friends or foes.
During a recent press event in Dubai, Namco Bandai formally announced Soul Calibur V.
A trailer was shown to event attendees (which will hopefully pop up real soon, either officially or not) and a few details shared, but not much else.
In the crazy world of Inversion, mere contrivances such as gravity don’t matter much at all and while we’ve seen cars, busses and even buildings floating in mid-air in a previously released trailer for this action game, it’s probably the first time we’ve been able to witness a hoard of ugly aliens storming a building by running up the side of it, clearly unhindered by the forces of nature.
A little mind-bending? Sure. Very awesome? That too:
First announced at the tail-end of 2009, news has been quiet on Namco Bandai and Saber Interactive’s highly intriguing Inversion… until earlier this year, that is, when it was revealed that the gravity-twisting action game had been pushed back into a 2012 release window.
With the release of live-action/CG trailer for this third-person shooter, a solid early February 2012 release date has been announced after we’re shown quick cuts and glimpses at what could potentially happen in the game, with floating sauce, cars and people as a result of what looks to be an alien invasion of Earth.
Creepy. Chilling. Hot sauce. It’s all here in this trailer:
What games will be appearing from the Namco Bandai and D3Publisher stable this year at gamescom? Will Enslaved be at the gigantic gaming event next week in Germany? Who is the Milkman?
So many questions, but luckily, Namco Bandai is happy to oblige and reveal exactly which of its upcoming titles will make a public showing at the event from August 19th to August 22nd (Hint: Enslaved will be there).
Head on down below for the full list and some refresher course information:
Capcom has announced that Tekken and Street Fighter will clash at this year’s gamescom event to be held in Cologne, Germany later this month.
The European Premiere of Street Fighter X Tekken will take place on the 19th of August at 2pm and this is one clash you don’t want to miss! Tekken’s Katsuhiro Harada and Street Fighter’s Yoshinori Ono will be present to do a presentation for the premiere of the new title.
For a game that’s not due to release for another two years, we’ve sure seen a lot of screenshots from Street Fighter X Tekken, giving us glimpses of Street Fighter characters going toe-to-toe with characters from Tekken.
This latest batch of shots show Street Fighter’s Ryu fighting against Tekken’s Kazuya, both of whom are revealed to be absolute equals (which wasn’t the case with the last set of screenshots, but whatever):
Capcom and Namco surprised the gaming world over the weekend by announcing two new fighting games that are set to feature character crossovers from each of the company’s hallowed franchises.
Street Fighter characters fighting against Tekken characters? Madness! But it’s true.
Well, Capcom and Namco have finally gone and done it: The two giants of the fighting game world have come together to create a mash-up title.
Street Fighter X Tekken was officially announced this past weekend during the recent San Diego Comic Con, and will feature characters from the Street Fighter universe and characters from the Tekken universe battling it out for franchise superiority, all set in the style of Street Fighter IV with 3D visuals in a 2D perspective.
But that’s not all. A game called Tekken X Street Fighter was also announced, currently in development at Namco under the watchful eye of Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada.
Speaking at a conference during the European Institute of Design in Madrid, Spain recently, Namco’s Katsuhiro Harada announced that Tekken 7 is currently in the early stages of development and production.
Do you suffer from seizures brought on by flashing lights or patterns… and perhaps scenes of graphic violence, monsters and blood? Then you’d do well to skip this latest trailer for Namco’s Splatterhouse, which features all of the above…
… but if you don’t suffer from seizures, you can continue on down below to watch Splatterhouse protagonist Rick Taylor smash and destroy a variety of bizarre creatures in an assortment of gothic locations, all in an effort to save his girlfriend from certain danger:
This latest trailer for Splatterhouse attempts to ‘class up’ the title with some stirring operatic singing, accompanied by a bizarre ballet of sorts, as protagonist Rick Taylor ‘dances’ with his enemies, mere moments before he rips them to shreds no doubt.
The trailer is capped off with some semblance of violence, however, with a showing of in-game footage from this new entry to the classic Splatterhouse franchise on Xbox 360 and PS3. Watch below:
At the PlayStation Move press conference in San Francisco earlier today, Sony Computer Entertainment America’s Jack Tretton revealed that 36 third-party developers and publishers, including EA, Activision, Capcom, Konami and Square Enix, would be creating games or supporting the upcoming motion controller in one way or another.
In addition, Tretton confirmed that over 20 first-party games will be releasing from Sony in this fiscal year, which will no doubt include SOCOM 4 and the announced batch of 6 launch titles (which you can check out in screenshots over here).
You can look over the list of announced developers and publishers set to support PlayStation Move later this year in a handy list below:
In the on-going saga that is the development of Splatterhouse, Namco have re-hired members of the original developer of the classic remake, Bottlerocket, in order to help finish work on the game.
Earlier this year, Bottlerocket was taken off of the Splatterhouse project by publishers Namco, apparently due to their belief that the game wasn’t hitting the development milestones it was supposed to, and, as a result, the quality of the title, as well as the release date, was slipping.
The Splatterhouse project was then moved away from Bottlerocket to an in-house studio at Namco, who developed Afro Samurai.
Now, according to a Variety report, ten to twenty developers from Bottlerocket are working at a new studio in San Diego to complete the game.
The future of developers Bottlerocket, however, is once again uncertain, despite their assurances that they are currently working on a brand new game, after Splatterhouse and a game based on the Flash, have been taken away from them.
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