Namco gives the PS3 some exclusive love! [update #1]

by Ed Stasick { Mar 25th 2007 at 10:30AM }

While Sony may have lost an exclusive here and there, Namco and Sony have unveiled three new PS3 exclusives aimed at making the PS3 the console to fear, envy and buy. Via the recently formed Cellius joint-venture, we'll be seeing Brave Arms, Chain Lim!t, and Second Season 01 rolling onto the mighty black monolith in the coming months.

We're not experts in translating Japanese (our home study course is on the way!), but we do know that these new games look great based on scans from the latest Famitsu. You can check out the games here, here and here respectively (get to them before the bandwidth is sucked dry).

Will Cellius' Executive Director, Krazy Kenny K, redeem himself with the new exclusives?

[Thanks B33]

[Update #1: Apparently, the paranoid conspiracy theorists at Joystiq think that this is a ruse. We have no idea what a ruse actually is, but our sister-site can enlighten you with all the details as to why this post may need some additional context.]

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

massive_98 @ Mar 25th 2007 11:02AM

I used to have an Xbox but hated for not having any exclusives. Now my PS3 gets some.

Bandit @ Mar 25th 2007 11:14AM

Alright, finally. Now Sony can fulfill their promise as seen here: http://djkev.com/Pics/SonyBluRay.jpg

Brandon @ Mar 25th 2007 11:32AM

I totally forgot about the Sony Namco company "Cellius" headed by Kutaragi. I think alot of people did. I think Cellius was sony's way of both moving Kutaragi away from the PS3 while simultaneously giving a bit of a software boost to sony's library. Since ken knows the console through and through, and normally that takes developers quite some time to do, maybe it will produce some really good games.

Naaiif @ Mar 25th 2007 12:20PM

Brave Arms looks th best out of the three, although they all do look really good anyway.

AAA or not?

Maybe not until we find out more info.

Viet @ Mar 25th 2007 1:01PM

brave arms looks really good. exclusives are what makes a console right?

Rob @ Mar 25th 2007 1:21PM

I don't really care much about those games as they probably won't even make it to North America anyways. How about they give us Ace Combat 6 instead.

Jay @ Mar 25th 2007 1:27PM

i saw those screens last night and they look amazing. i really like how they are just trying to be innovative. that screen where he is chasing someone and moving through the crowd looks great. it doesnt seem liek the typical first person shooter action which is a good thin. im tired of the same dam games over and over.

and brave arms looks really good too nice to see them take an innovative approach to the action genre.

inn case you guys didnt know the transllation says that in brave arms the action will be totally close quarters combat and will be based on a contextual command system

sean @ Mar 25th 2007 2:28PM

pictures arent workin where all can I see them

Chris @ Mar 25th 2007 7:55PM

http://www.ownage.nl/images/content/55342.jpg
http://www.ownage.nl/images/content/55343.jpg
http://www.ownage.nl/images/content/55344.jpg

add my PSN to your list "iradar"

Karamo Kourouma @ Mar 25th 2007 10:46PM

Wow seeing all the images is already making me impatient. They sure look good, I think sony made lots of decision that we are still to find out in the future.

Brian Spence @ Mar 26th 2007 8:50AM

Wow, those pics look amazing. Which are real though, and which are cutscenes, I don't know. If this is where gaming is headed, I'm there.

Thanks for reposting the screenshots Chris.

seedaripper @ Mar 26th 2007 9:19AM

cheers chris for the links (couldnt get em from ps3fanboy)
wow the first one looks ace...
wow the second one looks ace...(i especially liked the branching decision thing with the guard holding onto his legs)
wow the third one looks...er...ace'ish (cant grasp the concept yet)
but hey...we all new the japanese wouldnt let good ol playstation down now did we.....

SuicideNinja @ Mar 26th 2007 11:27AM

Personally, I don't care for exclusives anymore. They just mean I have to buy a console I may not even want to play the game.

On one hand, I'm glad my PS3 will be useful; on the other, I'm not so sure I want to spend much time on it.

Sony will stay competitive, and everyone will be happy.