Posts tagged monolithsoft

Monolith Soft now part of Nintendo's monolith

by JC Fletcher (Apr 27th 2007 10:30AM)

All those Wii and DS profits must have been burning a hole in Nintendo's pocket, because they went developer shopping and picked up Monolith Soft. We guess they really liked that one screenshot of Disaster: Day of Crisis. Monolith Soft is responsible for the reviled Xenosaga series (the Japanese ...

Nintendo buys Xenosaga dev Monolith Soft

by Ross Miller (Apr 27th 2007 12:46AM)

Japanese development studio Monolith Soft has been purchased by Nintendo from Namco Bandai, according to a press release (PDF file) from credible Japanese news source Nikkei translated by gaming site The Platformers. Our team of translators have discerned from the release that Nintendo now owns 80% ...

First Disaster: Day of Crisis screenshot

by JC Fletcher (Feb 22nd 2007 1:25PM)

Nintendo released a single screenshot of Monolith Soft's Disaster: Day of Crisis, the natural-disaster survival game announced at E3 2006. We now have our first indication of how the game will play-- that arrow suggests a Quick Timer Event. Whether that means an action/adventure game with ...