Next-gen Gundam duo in 2006 News
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Tom Bramwell
Namco Bandai plans to release a pair of next-gen Gundam games before the end of the year, and also has a sizable handheld line-up and PS2 RPG onslaught planned this side of Christmas.
The company's 2006 schedule for the USA, released yesterday, puts both Mobile Suit Gundam (PS3) and Mobile Ops: The One Year War (X360) on store shelves this year, while the company's ambition to break into the PC will stand its first real test with the release of Warhammer: Mark of Chaos in October.
Hellgate: London - another big-hitting PC title from Bill Roper's Flagship Studios - is still listed as TBD. RPG fans would be better served looking to the PS2, it seems, where XenoSaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra is on for August 29th, with .hack/G.U. Vol.1: Rebirth and Tales of the Abyss both set for autumn.
Namco Bandai also plans to hit PSP harder than DS - the former will see Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception, Bounty Hounds and Gunpey this autumn, while the DS has just its own version of Gunpey and Mage Knight: Destiny's Soldier to look forward to.
Elsewhere the company has plenty of One Piece, Pac-Man spin-off and Peanuts-licensed titles, like Snoopy vs. The Red Baron, planned across PS2, PSP, PC and even Cube, but there's absolutely nothing on there about Xbox 1.
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NegativeZero
09/08/06 @ 23:45
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The two next-gen games are completely different.
Myself, I'm really looking forward to One Year War. If it's as good as it potentially could be (it's basically Gundam 08th MS Team: The Game, from the material seen so far) then I might even finally buy an X360. Assuming that the game is region-free, of course. |
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Lex_Luthor
10/08/06 @ 00:27
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One Year War is basically 'Battlefield' from the looks of it. A standard FPS that happens to let you pilot mobile suits, possibly with more online focused gameplay like Chromehounds as well. It could improve, but I don't like what I've seen and heard of the game to date(They even seem to be trying to distance themselves from the Gundam franchise by changing the name as well).
I much prefer the approach the PS3 version's approach, as it seems to be improving on the formula set by the previous 'Federation vs Zeon' arcades/PS2 titles(I really enjoyed these). It could turn out to be bad, sure, but as things look now, I prefer the 'stick with what works' approach. |
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