Namco To Publish Flagship Studios’ First Game

GameSpot is reporting that Namco will publish the first title developed by Flagship Studios, the nine-person studio comprised of several ex-Blizzard employees. An excerpt:

The move is significant for Namco as it signals its intent to compete in the PC space, although Ennis emphasized that 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 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.”