All Articles: Tales of Symphonia

New Releases: XCOM 2, Gravity Rush Remastered, Megadimension Neptunia VII, More

Posted on January 31, 2016 by John Scalzo

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Are you ready to save the world soldier? This week’s new release report kicks off with XCOM 2, a PC-exclusive sequel to 2012’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Things didn’t go so well for humanity after the end of that game and the aliens took over everything. So it’s up to you, and a merry band of rebels, to ignite a worldwide revolution and take back the Earth. Dismissed!

Also available this week is Gravity Rush Remastered, a PS4 remake of a Vita adventure first released in 2012. Players will take control of Kat, a woman who can manipulate gravity, to save the world from an invading force.

The remainder of this week’s new releases feature a quintet of titles that is each more Japanese than the last…

For example, did you know that Idea Factory has produced six games in their Hyperdimension Neptunia series? The seventh game in the series, Megadimension Neptunia VII, will be released for the PS4 this week. The RPG franchise will actually be making the jump to the PS4 for the first time, and players will be asked to save “Gamindustri” once again.

Nitroplus is a popular producer of visual novels in Japan, and the company recently teamed up with developer Examu and publisher Marvelous to bring their many characters together in a fighting game known as Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel. It’ll be released for the PS4 this week.

Similar to the Go-Bots/Transformers split, the Digimon series has always existed as a budget-priced alternative to Pokemon, but the venerable franchise keeps trucking along and that includes the latest entry, Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth. Available next week for the PS4, players attempt to take down a band of hackers in cyberspace with the help of their Digimon companions.

Speaking of popular anime franchises, Bandai Namco will release Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 for the PC this week. The latest game starring the foxy ninja (and I mean that literally, the main character is part fox) will also be available for the PS4 and Xbox One next week.

Finally this week, Bandai Namco will also release Tales of Symphonia for the PC. Originally released for the GameCube in 2003, Symphonia will be one of the first games in the Tales series to make its PC debut.

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Thief, Tales of Symphonia, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, more added to PS Store

Posted on February 26, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Sony updated the PlayStation Store last night and added almost all of February’s biggest releases to their digital storefront.

Leading the way are the PS4 titles Thief and Basement Crawl. One is the reboot of a beloved franchise and the other is a Bomberman-inspired in the scariest basement this side of The Evil Dead. Thief is also available to download on the PS3.

Also available on the PS3 this week is Konami’s conclusion to the Lords of Shadow saga, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Dracula’s modern day adventure is joined by Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, a high definition remake of the popular action RPGs. Bandai Namco has also released the two games in the compilation, Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, as individual downloads. Finally, the publisher is compiling several games from another of its favorite franchises with this week’s Pac-Man Museum.

More details about all of these games (and a few others) can be found after the break and a full rundown of this week’s new game add-ons can be found at the PlayStation Blog. (more…)

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New Releases: Thief, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Layton: Azran Legacy, More

Posted on February 23, 2014 by John Scalzo

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Square Enix Montreal will attempt to go two-for-two in the reboot department this week with the release of Thief for the PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. After masterfully resurrecting the Deus Ex franchise a few years ago with Deus Ex: Human Revolution, gamers are optimistic about the first Thief game in a decade.

Also available this week is Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), the concluding chapter in the “Lords of Shadow” saga. Know one knows what’s next for the Castlevania franchise, but its future looks bright on home consoles once again. Over in the handheld realm, another final chapter will be written as Nintendo and Level-5 will release Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy for the 3DS. The Layton series will live on, but Azran Legacy will be the last game to star the good Professor himself.

Jumping from lasts to firsts, PopCap Games will release their first shooter game this week, the Xbox One/Xbox 360-exclusive Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare. Finally this week, a pair of classic game collections will be available to purchase with your gaming dollar, both from Bandai Namco: Tales of Symphonia Chronicles (PS3) and Pac-Man Museum (PC, PS3, Xbox 360).

A complete list of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)

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Tales of Symphonia Chronicles will be released on February 25

Posted on October 24, 2013 by John Scalzo

“Next-generation” consoles… meh, who needs ’em? The 2014 release schedules for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 are looking just fine to me, thanks. To that end, Namco Bandai has announced that Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, a PS3-exclusive collection containing Tales of Symphonia and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, will be released on February 25:

To mark the occasion, Namco Bandai has released an English-language version of this year’s Tokyo Game Show trailer. Enjoy.

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Tales of Symphonia collection coming to PS3 in 2014

Posted on June 3, 2013 by John Scalzo

Namco Bandai and Hideo Baba, the Producer of the Tales series, have announced that Tales of Symphonia Chronicles, a two-game Tales collection, will be released for the PS3 in early 2014. The Chronicles collection will include Tales of Symphonia, originally released for the GameCube in 2004, and Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, originally released for the Wii in 2008. Both games will feature additional content and a high definition makeover.

Baba also announced that Tales of Symphonia Chronicles is currently a working title, so it may be known as something else when its released next week.

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