(Brain Connected, commercial indie)"Created during 2011's Global Game Jam,
Somyeol by Brain Connected is an inventive title in which players control all
characters within each level simultaneously."Game Pick: 'Escape Goat'
(MagicalTimeBean, commercial indie)"In Escape Goat, a purple goat must solve
puzzles and navigate tricky single-screen dungeon layouts with the help of a
friendly rat, who can climb steep walls and squeeze into tight passages."Game
Pick: 'Rainbogeddon' (Nitrome, browser)"Nitrome's latest browser game,
Rainbogeddon, is a single or local co-op experience that essentially crosses
Pac-Man with Bomberman. The basic goal is to survive long enough to collect all
of the pills on the FIFA Coins level."Game Pick: 'Brand' (Nine Dots Studio, commercial
indie)"In Brand, players are tasked with a simple objective: refining
upgrading a sword until it's 'fit for a king.' Players have multiple upgrade
paths to take, and are able to choose among many different combinations of
powers and abilities along the way."Namco Bandai has posted financial results
for the third quarter of the current fiscal year, noting an increase in both
revenue and profits year-over-year.The company's Content Business, which houses
its arcade machine division and its video game division, saw overall revenues
increase compared to Cheap FIFA 18 Coins last fiscal year.
particular, the company noted that Tales of Xillia sold more than 760,000
copies, while Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. sold 550,000 units.Other notable
sales figures include Ben 10 Racing with 440,000 sales, AKB1/48 2 with 410,000
sales, and One Piece Gigant Battle 2 for Nintendo DS with 350,000 units
sold.Namco Bandai had the most success on the PlayStation 3 platform, with 3.9
million software unit sales in total for the console, while the PSP secured the
company 2.8 million game sales.
the quarter ended December 31, 2011, Namco Bandai's Content Business sector
posted revenues of ￥64.7 billion ($832.5 million), up compared to last year's
￥58.8 billion ($756.8 million), and operating income of u2fifa ￥6.3 billion ($80.6
million), compared to ￥6.2 billion ($79.2 million) year-over-year.Overall, the
company posted revenues of ￥129.2 billion ($1.7 billion), up compared to ￥114.4
billion ($1.5 billion) year-over-year, and profits of ￥8.3 billion ($106.5
million) compared to
