Leading video games publisher and developer Namco Bandai Games America Inc., announced today that high-style action will be unleashed on January 27, 2009 with Afro Samurai for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system.
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Namco Bandai announced today that it will host sneak-peak demos of the Afro Samurai video game at Comic-Con International: San Diego. Below is the press release with the announcement:
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From the official release: "...Follow Afro Samurai as he fights to become the number one warrior, a title currently held by Justice, the man who killed Afro's father when he was a child. The game follows the plot of the original series with added material and background for fans and new comers alike.

Blood is beautiful in this hip hop infused action adventure as Samuel L. Jackson reprises his role as Afro and Ninja Ninja. A striking art style gives Afro Samurai a truly unique look and feel across beautifully animated open environments as he wages war against his adversaries to become number one..."
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Like Afro Samurai? Excited about the Namco Bandai console game of the same name? Buddy, have we got the ghetto captured, shaky-cam video for you. During Roger Hector's DICE presentation today, the VP of Development at Namco Bandai Games showed off the first trailer for the game, which looks to stay true to the series' trademark art style. Hector showed off work in progress versions of Afro, in 2D and 3D form, a transition the character seemed to make with ease. Hopefully, we'll get a direct feed version of the above clip soon and put this whole bush league video capture job behind us.
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Fans of the testosterone-fueled and haphazardly programmed Spike TV already know the name Afro Samurai, a hyper-violent anime that aired in five edited increments earlier this year. The Samuel L. Jackson-propelled anime will now become a video game that its US developers claim will be a "soulful, powerful and uncut" experience. The extensive trailer shown earlier this week revealed very little, spending most of the time focused on a pool of blood and a crimson-splattered Afro clenching his ...
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In case you missed what transpired during their various presentations, the guys at the Capcom US blog have provided a handy blow-out with videos, screenshots and articles on every title mentioned.
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Capcom announced today that its developing Plunder for the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC. Developed by Certain Affinity, known for their previous work on the Halo series, Plunder is a real-time multiplayer strategy game that puts players in command of a pirate ship with the goal of destroying your enemies and capturing towns for your pirate faction. Plunder is currently scheduled for release this summer.
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Former Bungie employees have founded a new studio, after their departure from Bungie, called Certain Affinity. Today they proudly announced PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade game Plunder...
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DarkZero Writes: "Pirates are usually bad, they make people angry. However, when Certain Affinity - a team made up of ex-Bungie guys amongst other people - reveal they are making 'Plunder,' a game about Pirates we can only be happy as a result.

In the most recent issue of EGM ¿ where the game was first unveiled ¿ the company comment that the title has many influences from the Settlers of Catan board game, but the game instead will mostly consist of tile based RTS elements. In the game players are tasked with steering a ship and capturing land, but to make things more interesting you'll be able to attack enemy ships, and earn upgrades as you attempt to pillage as much as you can. Then, as you advance, your ship grows stronger and she will become a formidable opponent for preyin' on other ships of the seas. Furthermore, just like all of the best pirate stories, curses and other traps will also be involved."
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Oli Welsh from Eurogamer writes:

"Eurogamer has learned that several senior staff have left Sony Online Entertainment's Seattle studio - the developer currently making espionage MMO The Agency for PC and PS3 - including the studio head.

Studio director and executive producer Matt Wilson, art director Corey Dangel, and producer John Smith left at the start of July to form a new studio called Detonator Games, as confirmed at the Detonator Games website."
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