Namco Bandai announced today that Tales of the Abyss will be released
for the 3DS in North America on February 14, 2012. If you just can’t
wait that long, they’ve also released a new batch of screenshots to help
tide you over.
Achievement leaks? Those happen all the time. Screenshot leaks? Yep, we get those. Sometimes even videos. But leaks of a game's manual? That's reserved solely for games that fans are going crazy waiting for. Case in point: Skyrim.
The first White Knight Chronicles was a mediocre experience
when it arrived in early 2010, but its sequel shamelessly recycles
content to a degree that has me seriously questioning the abilities of
once-trustworthy developer Level-5.
The 3DS' troubles have been well-documented, but with a price drop and
the recent announcement of a new Monster Hunter coming for the handheld,
it's picking up steam in Japan.
As if I didn't already have an overwhelming amount of personal hype
built up for Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the list of 50 achievements for
Bethesda's new giant RPG has leaked. Minor spoilers ahead!
We learned last month
at Tokyo Game Show that Ni No Kuni, the RPG developed by Level-5 with
animation by the beloved Japanese movie house Studio Ghibli, will be
coming to North America. Now we know its North American title.
Sure, you can already play Valve's excellent online shooter, Team
Fortress 2, completely free. But now you can also experience what that
game could have been if it were an arcade game from the '90s.
George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series of novels has been
pulling readers into an epic fantasy storyline full of political
intrigue since 1996. As of this week, it will finally have an official
video game based in the same universe.
