Black Friday doesn't exist in Japan, but this sale on Tales of games is quite a deal. You can get two downloadable Tales games for PSP for the price of one.
Namco Bandai may be getting into the zombie craze with a video game in the near future. Siliconera discovered the publisher filed trademarks for Zombie Stampede, Dead Hunters, and Bloodbath Boulevard in Japan for use with video games.
Namco Bandai opened a teaser site for a new title with the key words "break burst." The site will open in six days, so maybe we'll see the game in Famitsu this week.
Siliconera caught a second trademark for Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul. On October 11, Namco Bandai registered Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul in the US for use with video game software and computer game networks.
Tales Of producer Hideo Baba explains why they register so many Tales trademarks and how one Tales name ended up unused because it was the name of a company in Canada.
Resident Evil Survival Horror Deck Building Game turns Capcom's video game series into a card game. One set includes 250 cards with Leon Kennedy, Wesker, green herbs, and zombies.
It seems like Namco Bandai more plans for Soulcalibur beyond the free to play game Soulcalibur: Lost Swords and a port of Soulcalibur II. Siliconera found a trademark for Soulcalibur: Unbreakable Soul registered in Europe.
Here's a little hope for .hack fans. Namco Bandai filed a new trademark for .hack in Europe. Perhaps, we'll see the .hack games as PS2 Classics or a digital release of .hack//Versus?
Namco Bandai didn't announce any new Tales games during Tokyo Game Show. Instead they showed Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, but the Tales team is doing something aside from porting Tales of Phantasia to iOS.
While Namco Bandai makes dozens of Tales trademarks in Japan, they don't bother filing things like Tales of Favorite in the West. Usually, whatever trademark is registered in North America or Europe is the true Tales trademark.