http://www.gamesradar.com/tales-of-vesperia/articles/ Tales Studio, the independent developer responsible for the Tales series of RPGs since 1995's Tales of Phantasia, has been closed by parent company Namco Bandai. But Tales fans can take comfort in the fact that upcoming titles in the series haven't been cancelled – however, with the...http://www.gamesradar.com/tales-studio-shut-down-namco-bandai/Nov. 21, 2011, 3:44 p.m. Never underestimate the fanbase of a popular video game franchise. Even though PS3 owners are rightfully disappointed that Namco has no plans to release English versions of Tales of Vesperia or Tales of Graces, a group of them have banded together to fully translate the Japanese versions of the...http://www.gamesradar.com/fans-are-translating-japanese-tales-games-since-namco-wont/Jan. 3, 2011, 10:45 p.m. The adventure genre should probably get the award for best ghost pirate of all time (Monkey Island's LeChuck), but the award for most prolific use of both ghosts and pirates in a genre has to go to RPGs. RPGs were overdoing the pirate thing well before pirates were overdone as a general fad. And...http://www.gamesradar.com/a-list-of-ghost-pirate-ships-in-rpgs/June 9, 2010, 10:54 p.m.You know the type: spiky hair, sad eyes, too many belt buckles in his ensemble to count. You might meet one or two of these guys in fighting games, or starring in a Prince of Persia sequel; more often than not, you’ll see them wangsting their hearts out in a sprawling Japanese RPG epic.http://www.gamesradar.com/rpg-emo-off/Oct. 15, 2008, 4:04 p.m.Say hello to our brand-new TalkRadar template! Now each and every podcast has its own page, making it searchable and comment-able for our everlovin’ fanbase. This week we welcome Scott Butterworth from PlayStation: The Official Magazine, discuss dudes who look like chicks and answer more...http://www.gamesradar.com/talkradar-16/Aug. 29, 2008, 4:06 p.m.We've got three very awesome, very exclusive vids from the 360 HD JRPG extravaganza, Tales of Vesperia. http://www.gamesradar.com/tales-of-vesperia-exclusive-vids/June 25, 2008, 1:22 p.m.Back in March, Associate Editor Paul Ryan took a few shots at the Japanese role-playing game genre in his article Why JRPGs suck. While Paul raises some valid points in his piece (like, two), some of us at GamesRadar could write a graduate dissertation on why JRPGs are awesome.Instead of...http://www.gamesradar.com/give-jrpgs-a-chance/June 25, 2008, 1:16 p.m.As promised Microsoft's 'RPG Premiere' has just come to a close in Japan and there are enough stats here to give even the most casual RPG fan the horn. One thing's for sure, MS isn't going down in Japan without a fight.Let's get right to it. First up is Namco Bandai's colourful Tales of...http://www.gamesradar.com/microsoft-attacks-rpg-genre/June 10, 2008, 6:55 p.m.Tales of Vesperia is the first major RPG to be presented in HD, Producer Gouda Tsutomu boasted at last night’s Bandai Namco press event. “[We] have finally realized the ideal RPG that Tales has always tried to be.” After drooling over the trailer, we heartily agree - Tales of...http://www.gamesradar.com/tales-of-vesperia-hands-on/April 16, 2008, 7:02 p.m.Forget that silly sequel on the Wii - Tales of Vesperia on the Xbox 360 is the real continuation of the Tales series. Just in time for the 10th anniversary of the series, Vesperia is set in a world where an evil Empire is trying to control all of the ancient technology called "blastia," the story...http://www.gamesradar.com/tales-of-vesperia-details-emerge/Feb. 27, 2008, 12:49 p.m.