BugBear, developer of the fantastically explosive Ridge Racer Unbounded have revealed that the game began life as an unrelated prototype before publisher Namco decided to include their brand in it. When speaking with gaming site Eurogamer, lead producer Joonas Laakso commented, “There’s definitely a misconception among fans that we’re responsible for trying to take the series in a new direction.”
(Read More)…
The Ridge Racer series has always been known for a number of things. First is its ability to nearly always find its way into a console launch line-up. Then there’s the game’s ridiculous rollercoaster style drifting mechanics, and finally its refusal to change the formula it laid out ever since the release of the first game. There have been a
(Read More)…
Ridge Racer Unbounded smashes it’s way into stores next Friday and to help build anticipation, those lovely people at Namco Bandai have treated us to yet another trailer for the game. The game will be a big departure for the long running series this time focusing on destroying anything and everything with your car whilst making ridiculous jumps and causing
(Read More)…
Ridge Racer Unbounded (which I got to try a few weeks back in my preview) is out next Friday and Namco Bandai have finally shown off the city creator feature which allows you to put together your own tracks. There are two types of editor avaialable. Basic where you simply slot pre-made squares of track and environment together like a
(Read More)…
Yesterday I was given the opportunity to head over to Namco Bandai in London to try out a handful of their upcoming titles, one of which was the super destructive Ridge Racer Unbounded. What is interesting about this entry is the game is not being developed in-house; instead Namco have opted to let FlatOut developer BugBear have a go. I’ll
(Read More)…
Reboot driving game Ridge Racer Unbounded will see a delay in the US. The American release delay however will not apply to the European launch, Namco Bandai have announced. Overnight Namco Bandai US pushed their release date for the title to Later In 2012. This is to “give the development team extra time to fill the disk with features that will
(Read More)…
