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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Momo on November 21, 2011, 01:30:32 PM

Title: Namco Bandai Absorbing Tales Subsidiary
Post by: Momo on November 21, 2011, 01:30:32 PM

http://gamasutra.com/view/news/38666/Namco_Bandai_Absorbing_Tales_Subsidiary.php

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Namco Bandai announced today that it plans to absorb its Namco Tales Studio subsidiary at the start of the new year, although it did not give a reason for the move.

In a official statement, and as translated by Andriasang, the company said that the employees of the Tales house will be absorbed into the main company on January 1, 2012, and the Tales Studio will then be dissolved.

The Namco Tales studio was originally founded in 1986 under the name Wolf Team, and renamed in 2003 when Namco became the majority shareholder.

The studio focuses on producing titles in the Tales RPG series, which has proven rather successful. The latest Tales release, Tales of Xillia, sold over half a million copies in its opening weekend earlier this year.

There are also a number of Tales games currently in production, including Tales of Kizna, the first social game based on the series.

It is not currently clear what the fate of these titles will be following the absorption of the Tales Studio.

Not sure if there is a Tales mega thread but figured you guys might be interested, I for one cannot stand tales games at all.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Absorbing Tales Subsidiary
Post by: maxy on November 21, 2011, 02:08:43 PM

absorbed
dissolved
...


wolf team--really nice name

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Absorbing Tales Subsidiary
Post by: Joe Molotov on November 21, 2011, 04:09:28 PM

Tales of Absorption.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Absorbing Tales Subsidiary
Post by: Momo on November 21, 2011, 07:08:29 PM

Quote from: Joe Molotov® EDGE™ on November 21, 2011, 04:09:28 PM

Tales of Absorption.

(http://i.imgur.com/SPyNX.jpg)

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Absorbing Tales Subsidiary
Post by: chronovore on November 22, 2011, 12:55:37 AM

What a weird move.

Knowing Namco, hopefully they are not planning on trying to divvy the team's attention up among other products. But that's probably what will happen. Or they're replacing/displacing a head of Tales studio.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Absorbing Tales Subsidiary
Post by: Mr. Gundam on November 22, 2011, 12:57:36 AM

Bandai Namco did something similar over the Summer when they absorbed Banpresto into the parent company.

Title: Re: Namco Bandai Absorbing Tales Subsidiary
Post by: Bebpo on November 22, 2011, 03:54:21 AM

And Banpresto's SRW output hasn't necessarily been great since!

Lots of focus on OGs (because OG cuts costs with no licensing fees), lack of licensed SRW in development, 2nd OGs delayed indefinitely.


A little worried about Banpresto's future lately; hope Tales doesn't go that way as well.  But Namco exists only to destroy themselves so yeah...