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Namco games and more on sale for iOS this weekend

by Mike Schramm (Nov 16th, 2012)

We're likely to see quite a few iOS games go on sale this week and next, as the holiday season (Too soon? Sorry!) revs up into gear. Namco has led the pack off this year, with a nice long list of holiday sales on its apps. Through Monday the 19th, nearly all of Namco's games are cheaper than ...

Thanksgiving app sales: Com2Us titles, Puzzle Quest 2, Infinity Blade on sale already

by Mike Schramm (Nov 21st, 2011)

We've already seen a few app sales already this month, but companies are now starting the windup to the big Black Friday holiday, and things are going to get chaotic. Starting this weekend, and rolling on through the Christmas holiday (and even up to New Year's), new iPhones and iPads are going ...

Namco Bandai sale this weekend on the App Store

by Dana Franklin (May 8th, 2011)

If you want to score a deal on some classic games for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, Namco Bandai is celebrating spring (and, coincidentally, Mother's Day) with a sale on some of its best-selling titles this weekend. From now through May 9, you can grab games like Star Trigon for US$0.99, ...

Namco talks Game Center

by Mike Schramm (Sep 11th, 2010)

It's funny -- right in the middle of all of the fervor during the Game Center launch this week, the first company to the fore didn't happen to be one of these big new startups that's making headway in iPhone gaming. It turned out to be Namco, as one of the oldest brands around, Ms. Pac-Man, became ...

Tekken bound for the iPhone

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 9th, 2010)

Namco is bringing the popular Tekken franchise to the iPhone. It's not confirmed whether it's a port of the original game -- released back in 1994 in arcades, then on the PlayStation -- or the current Tekken 6. This comes a few weeks after Capcom announced the release of Street Fighter IV for the ...

Namco's iPhone division considering... Tekken?

by Mike Schramm (Aug 5th, 2009)

Actually, I'd play that. Namco recently announced that they were forming an Apple Games division to head up game development for Apple platforms like the iPhone, and in this interview, a producer for them who used to work for Apple says that they're excited to work on bringing great games to the ...

EA, Namco set sights on iPhone development

by Mike Schramm (Jul 23rd, 2009)

Two big gaming companies have made stark moves towards some major iPhone development in the future. Electronic Arts has made what seems to be the strongest move: they've put together a division in the company specifically for making iPhone games, and not just any games. Specifically, the kind that ...

I Love Katamari in the App Store, optimization not included

by Mike Schramm (Dec 15th, 2008)

Can't believe we didn't think to ask of this before Namco gave it to us, but here it is -- there is already an official version of I Love Katamari (otherwise known as Katamari Damacy) right there on the App Store and playable on the iPhone. What a perfect game to put on the iPhone -- it's casual, ...

New iPod game - Pole Position: Remix

by Cory Bohon (Jan 21st, 2008)

Pole Position: Remix was seen floating around the iTunes Store in a couple of banners last week after the Jobs keynote, but wasn't put up for download until today. This is a first for iPod games: it's a 3-D racing game. This looks like a really cool game that could keep you company on your ...