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Ridge Racer 6 for 360 launch? News

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News by Corey Brotherson

3 August, 2005

Ridge Racer 6 may see a surprise launch alongside Microsoft's Xbox 360, according to Namco's updated U.S release calendar slotting the game in for an autumn 2005 date.

The newest installment of the arcade racing series had no official launch date set after it was confirmed for Microsoft's next generation machine, but speculation persisted that the company was pushing Namco for the title to line-up with the arrival of Xbox 360.

The Ridge Racer franchise has been a mainstay for Sony's PlayStation format since 1994 after a previously successful stint in video arcades. A launch on Xbox 360 would be an obvious coup for Microsoft, but there's still no confirmation that the game's exclusive.

Other significant titles to feature in Namco's line-up include We Love Katamari, (September, no UK date) and Soul Calibur III (October for US and UK), both on PlayStation 2.

Namco's full 2005 line-up in the U.S:

PlayStation 2 Lineup

  • Namco Museum 50th Anniversary - August 30
  • Sniper Elite - September
  • Urban Reign - September
  • We Love Katamari - September
  • Soul Calibur III - October 25
  • Pac-Man World 3 - November
  • Payout Poker and Casino - November
  • Moto GP4 - Fall
  • Tales of Legendia - February 2006

Xbox Lineup

  • Namco Museum 50th Anniversary - August 30
  • Sniper Elite - September
  • Pac-Man World 3 - November
  • Payout Poker and Casino - November

Xbox 360 Lineup

  • Frame City Killer - Fall
  • Ridge Racer 6 - Fall

GameCube Lineup

  • Hello Kitty Roller Rescue - August 16
  • Namco Museum 50th Anniversary - August 30
  • Pac-Man World 3 - November

Nintendo DS Lineup

  • Pac 'n Roll - August 23
  • Dig Dug Digging Strike - October
  • Real Time Conflict: Shogun Empires - October

PSP Lineup

  • Namco Museum Battle Collection - August
  • Bounty Hounds - October
  • Pac-Man World 3 - November
  • Payout Poker and Casino - November

Game Boy Advance Lineup

  • Gumby vs. the Astrobots - August 9
  • Sigma Star Saga - August 16
  • Namco Museum 50th Anniversary - August 30
  • The Berenstain Bearsand the Spooky Old Tree - September
  • Rebelstar: Tactical Command - September
  • Atomic Betty - November

PC Lineup

  • Namco Museum 50th Anniversary - September
  • Sniper Elite - September
  • Pac-Man World 3 - November
  • Payout Poker and Casino - November
  • Mage Knight: Apocalypse - Spring 2006
  • Hellgate: London - TBA
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DaM
03/08/05 @ 11:45
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Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
50th?! Is that Dig Dug on an oscilloscope?
Blerk
03/08/05 @ 11:53
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Namco's full 2005 line-up in Europe:
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Um...
Ah...
Maybe another Tekken spin-off?
And Pac-Man. Again.
asha
03/08/05 @ 11:53
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It says 50th Anniversary at the start of Mr.Driller DS i think Namco's 50 this year?
laur
03/08/05 @ 11:59
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Or could it be the 50th verson they've made?
Floppy
03/08/05 @ 11:59
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"We Love Katamari, (September, no UK date)"

What drugs are Namco on. Release this game in the UK for Christ's sake! I'm loathed to go down the modding route, but I fear I may be swayed in order to play this game (any version of it).
Dizzy
03/08/05 @ 12:01
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I would prefer a Katamari title for 360. All that extra power could push Katamari to even bigger worlds/rolling!

/continues dreaming
Milbe
03/08/05 @ 12:04
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Ridge Racer 6! (not some "R" crap, it is the real one!!!!!!)
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The Bodybuilder
03/08/05 @ 12:07
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against pgr3?
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03/08/05 @ 12:17
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Id take Ridge Racer over PGR any day.
smelly
03/08/05 @ 12:20
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"I would prefer a Katamari title for 360. All that extra power could push Katamari to even bigger worlds/rolling! "


Imagine then what it'd be like with the ps3's/revolution power?
03/08/05 @ 12:21
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I think we should get used to reading about SONY franchises jumping ship to the superior platform. That said though in this instance Microsoft should have let the bugger drown, typical SONY game.... :/
Blerk
03/08/05 @ 12:26
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Ridge Racer was around before Sony got involved, Balor.
davyuk
03/08/05 @ 12:29
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'Autumn' goddammit. AUTUMN.
Milbe
03/08/05 @ 12:58
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Balor, would you please mind to educate us what a typical SONY game and a typical MS game is, and why is the one better than the other? Thanks.
Aretak
03/08/05 @ 13:31
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* Hello Kitty Roller Rescue - August 16
* Namco Museum 50th Anniversary - August 30
* Pac-Man World 3 - November

Poor GameCube. :-(
effinwooly
03/08/05 @ 13:35
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Your SO full of s**t Balor !! Comments like that give fanboys a bad name !
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03/08/05 @ 14:08
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The more i think about it the more likely it seems that Namco is indeed 50 years old this year.
And incase your wondering why a computer game company started in 1955 when the first video game wasn't created to like the early 70's, i think Namco started off like Sega & Nintendo creating Toilet roll, stationary & other products like that then jumping ship to the Console world in the mid 70's.

Also, i wonder when their releasing Katamari Damacy DS?
Wash
03/08/05 @ 14:14
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"Imagine then what it'd be like with the ps3's/revolution power?"

I thought the general consensus is there wouldnt be too much in it, specially as we know very little about the revolution...

Although there have been countless days where i've sat down at a ps2 and said , by crumbs what would GTA:SA look like built from the ground up for Xbox, or MGS.

Ridge Racer isnt all that good tbh... the last one, before the R:CRAP scored mild 7/10s on average.
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03/08/05 @ 15:16
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Namco started out life in 1955 as the Nakamura Manufacturing Ltd. founded in Tokyo and began operations by installing two rocking-horse rides on the rooftop of a department store in Yokohama.

They changed their name to Namco in 1972

God I love Google!

asha
03/08/05 @ 16:01
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Hehe, i was pretty close. And i didn't use google :)
smelly
03/08/05 @ 16:11
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Wash wins award for being the first to take the fanboy bait, but not being a fanboy about it.. *sulk*.
raikov
03/08/05 @ 18:37
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RR5 wasn't groundbreaking, but Ridge Racers on the PSP is amazing, and the series seems to be back on track (not including the port off RR64 on the DS). Rage Racer 2 would make my day/week/year ;)
tenma
03/08/05 @ 19:22
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Bring back Reiko Nagase!

:o
IronGiant
03/08/05 @ 23:29
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Another gem from Balor. Ridge Racer on PSP is quality so maybe the franchise is back on track, ouch ;)
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04/08/05 @ 08:46
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Ouch!

My GameCube is still not being used and the last time I turned it on was in March (Resident Evil 4 - I played through it twice for Christ sake). Times like this is when I sometimes wish I had bought a Xbox instead in 2003...

I shall be getting the Xbox 360 for sure and grab a copy of Halo, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Star Wars: KotOR, PGR2, GTA: Double Pack, Ninja Gaiden, RalliSport Challenge 2, TCoR: Escape From Butcher Bay, Fable, OutRun 2, Oddworld Strangers Wrath and more, but that is very wishful thinking.

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