Xbox Gears Up For Tokyo Game Show

Posted by simoniker on Friday September 12, 2003 @05:42AM from the still-trying-in-japan dept.

Thanks to TeamXbox for their round-up of the new Japanese-developed titles Microsoft is showing at this year's Tokyo Game Show, which starts September 26th. They include first-party titles like Phantom Dust, which Gamers.com describes as "...an action game in the Devil May Cry mold [from] Yukio Futatsugi, who in a past generation was the director of Sega's Panzer Dragoon", as well as Magatama, portrayed as "...a 3D action game set in a fantastic version of ancient Japan - comparisons to Onimusha wouldn't be too far of a stretch." A notable non-Japanese Xbox title that will also debut at TGS is BioWare's Jade Empire, "an action-RPG from the creators of Star Wars: KotOR [in which you play] a young martial arts student, trying to gain the respect and admiration of your teacher and the townsfolk."

3 of 18 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

Clinging to life by OMGWTFBBQ · 2003-09-12 06:00 · Score: 1, Troll

Like a struggling fish out of water, the Japanese Xbox just won't give up.
Booooring... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 06:13 · Score: -1, Troll

Those guys in Japan know what a video game console is all about. Just look at the Gamecube. The games are great and colorful. XBox games are depressing and mined with subtle messages such as american propaganda.
Re:Big deal by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-12 07:02 · Score: -1, Troll

competing with microsoft.gov is terrorism.