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It’s safe to say that most gamers have remakes, reboots and sequels to look forward to in 2012 for consoles and PC. However, an IP many North Americans aren’t familiarized with will also make an appearance on retail shelves for PS3, PC and Xbox 360 and it’s called Clan of Champions. 

The game was once a PS3 exclusive over in Japan, and publisher NIS America has decided to turn the game into a multiplatform title. According to Siliconera, Nippon Ichi wasn’t going to be bothered making the game multiplatform due to the poor sales and reception of the Xbox 360 hardware and software over in Japan. However, NIS America sees a lot of potential for the IP in the North American market, especially given that it’s the kind of game that fits within a genre that isn’t overly competitive right now. 

Clan of Champions is basically like a console version of DevCat Studios’Vindictus, with some physics playing a role in the combat but most of it is about hack-and-slash, visceral, in-your-face confrontations with either a sword and shield, dual swords or martial arts. The game also sports a detailed character customization feature, allowing gamers to alter the look and feel of their champion

Nevertheless, NIS America isn’t just about releasing a single game that was popular in Japan for an American audience, they also have plans to tap into the PC gaming market as well, with the president of NIS, Haru Akenaga, saying…

"Nippon Ichi also plan to publish games on Steam starting with Clan of Champions too. ‘For PC, we are going to release several titles for Steam. I can’t say for sure, but in the future there may be a chance [to see other] Nippon Ichi titles on Steam’." 

Microsoft usually makes publishers sign a three game publishing contract for the Xbox 360. NIS America had to go through the same thing, according to the Siliconera article. This means that after Clan of Champions there will be two more games planned for release on the Xbox 360 as well. What those two games will be and when they will release are entirely up in the air for now but rest assured they are coming. Akenaga stated that he can’t give out any details on the games just yet.

http://www.cinemablend.com/games/PS3-Japanese-Exclusive-Coming-Xbox-360-PC-North-America-35397.html

Never heard of it until now - but this'll mark NISA's first X360 title, which is interesting.

I remember this being announced at the NIS TGS conference. The game was developed by Acquire and is being published by NIS. It's supposed to be a sequel to Gladiator Begins.

I wonder what other titles they are going to bring to steam, I wouldn't mind seeing Disgaea and other japanese titles come to PC one less reason for me to get a PS3. I imagine the success of games like Reccetear got their attention.

Really poor choice on their part, having to give two other games on 360 that won't sell anything on them. Never heard of the game either and I've gone out of my way to look for rpgs so it can't be good.

Yeah, I've read this before. It'll be interesting to see what other two titles they'll put on the 360. I just can't see them putting something like Disgaea on Steam or 360. Aside from the one port of Disgaea on DS and the upcoming phone game, all other Disgaea games have been on Sony platforms (3 on PSP, 2 on PS2, 2 on PS3, one on Vita).

NiS needs more attention, they really deserve that attention.

NIS titles on Steam would be super sweet!

yeah, thats true, also  it doesn't help the fact that Reccettear is basically a clone of a series they published for awhile the Atelier series.

they must have felt bitter, i would.

Good thing its not a game i care about, but really they should have done this for Bleach, that would have helped sales in the US.(make it a PS360 game in the west)