Japanese publisher Namco Bandai swung to a first quarter profit on improved sales in the three months ended June 30. The company's content division - which houses its game business as well as network, visual and music content - saw revenue grow 8.1 per cent year-over-year to ¥35.6 billion (£283.4m), and posted an operating income of ¥519 million (£4.1m), versus a loss a year earlier. Net sales for the company as a whole were up 7.7 per cent to ¥88.2 billion (£702.2m), with net profit of ¥3.25 billion (£25.9m), compared to a first quarter loss a year ago. The publisher sold just shy of 3.4 million games during the period, up from 3.15 million last year. Unit sales were led by PS3 (657,000), Xbox 360 (651,000) and 3DS (622,000) games. Namco’s top three titles were all 3DS games - Japanese releases One Piece Unlimited Cruse SP and Tales Of The Abyss took the top two spots, ahead of US release Ridge Racer.