Flagship Studios Approached by Namco

Sol Invictus · Mar 18, 2004

I know this might seem a little 'off topic' to some of you guys, but that Flagship Studios' (of Bill Roper of Blizzard fame) upcoming title is just as every bit anticipated by us at the CO8 as anything Troika's coming up with.

That said, GameSpot Reports that Flagship Studios has been approached by Namco to produce and develop a brand new PC game which will signal Namco's entry into the PC market.

Referring to the many interested suitors that approached Flagship, Roper said, "We talked to a lot of people. [In Namco,] we saw a unique opportunity. This was a new direction that this well-established, well-historied game company was moving toward. It gave us the chance to be on the ground floor, but with an extremely established company--one whose games we played and really liked."

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The move is significant for Namco as it signals its intent to compete in the PC space, although Ennis emphasized the this was not indicative of a move away from console games. "We're not doing PC instead of console, we're doing PC along with console."
Both Roper and Ennis were optimistic about the future possibilities. When asked to comment on the unit sales the two parties hoped to sell of the still-in-development title, Roper said, "We make games that sell millions of copies. That's the way that we're approaching [this title]. We're looking to sell products like we always have." Ennis backed Roper up and lent his own take on what lay ahead. "When this comes out, it will be game of the year."
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We certainly hope so too.

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