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Bandai Namco has confirmed that it'll be hosting its own 'Summer Showcase' next month. Slated for the 5th July, the presentation will take place at Anime Expo, and promises to be "heavy with announcements, reveals, and first looks at anticipated anime games". Fits the bill!
The show is scheduled to last over an hour, starting at 17:30 PDT / 20:30 EDT. Unfortunately, this means that those of us in Europe are in for a late night, as it begins at 2:30 BST / 3:30 CEST the next morning. Far from ideal.
Still, there could be a lot to see here. We'll no doubt get another look at Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, the upcoming Gundam Breaker 4, and the new Sword Art Online game, Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream. But we also wouldn't rule out brand new announcements given the venue, and given the sheer length of the showcase.
Indeed, there have been whispers that a new Tales game is close to being revealed. We suppose such an announcement is possible, but it's hard to shake the feeling that Bandai Namco would have shown it off during Summer Game Fest, which obviously commands a much larger audience. Fingers crossed, all the same.
Will you be tuning in for this one? Tell us all about your favourite anime in the comments section below.
[source gematsu.com]
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A new Tales of game and Ni No Kuni 3 please 🙏.
Or better still an Eternal Sonata Remake or Sequel.
Not anime per se, but more Armored Core?
Give us a Digimon world 1-3 remaster.
2 games I want.
Code Vein 2
Scarlet Nexus 2
"it's hard to shake the feeling that Bandai Namco would have shown it off during Summer Game Fest, which obviously commands a much larger audience"
Does it really matter when it's all mentioned all over the internet right after the announcement anyway? Three people could watch SGF and any gamers that read game sites or use forums would know right away anyway. Not that I'm saying it will be announced, although that would be my most anticipated thing BN could announce.
I only want Tales of Destiny & Destiny 2 (not Eternia) remastered. PS1 copy is expensives as hell and the sequel never been localized.
And they probably gonna announce Ace Combat 8 since 7 sold well.
Not when a trailer cost 250k a minute! It understandable why Namco would decide to announce everything at it own show instead.
More Tales, Code Vein, Scarlet Nexus.
A new Ace Combat with full campaign VR support would make my day.
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada and Unknown9: Awakening are on my Wishlist
@UltimateOtaku91 These are exactly the things I want. You have a good taste! 😌
Code vein 2 or bust
I'm kinda burned out on skipping over these boring showcases. I'll just look up the list of announcements later.
I take Ridge Racer 8. Thank you.
I desperately want rumors about new Ace Combat being sequel to Electrosphere proven true.
@Matroska Agreed.
It makes just as much sense imo not to show it off at SGF. A new Tales game during Sony's show (for example) would still be overshadowed by Sony's otherwise lackluster lineup being the headline. A new Tales game during Microsoft's show would have been overshadowed by Doom, Perfect Dark, etc. plus Japan doesn't care about Xbox.
Announcing a new Tales a few weeks later when it's going to be the only major headline that day makes sense to me.
@Cloud39472 They released Abyss on 3DS. I think that's what's been holding it up on consoles. I'm with you though, it's long past time to get it back on home setups.
Ngl, I'm hoping it's either Tales of Graces F Remaster or both Tales of Xillia games. It's insane they haven't once thought about bringing those over.
It's also much more expensive to buy a slot at games fest. This seems to be from an anime fest which is 100% the target audience.
But, i don't expect a new tales of game. They don't develop that fast.
An HD port of Abyss or some surprise old collections could happen.
Either way i expect anime tie in's.
Hoping for a scarlet nexus sequel and a new tales of game. Please. Also ni no kuni 3 too.
Praying and crossing my fingers for a New Tales of game, Tales of the Abyss remake, God Eater 4, Code Vein, Xenosaga remake announcement and not another SAO with Kirito as the main character. If it's another SAO, it better be something like Fatal Bullet
@Americansamurai1 that would be ace😎
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