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The Top 7... Ridiculous in-game vehicles (Feature)

Nov 23, 2009

We were OK with the F1 car in Super Runabout. We chuckled at the VW-alike hippy van in San Andreas. But there are some in-game vehicles that we just have to call out as being ridiculous. So sit down, strap in and try not to let anyone see that it's you in the driver's seat. We're taking a road trip to Daftsville ...

If video games were... candy bars? (Feature)

Aug 18, 2009

Sometimes, games are so good we say they're 'good enough to eat'. That's usually not strictly true, of course - DVDs, Blu-Ray discs and the human mouth do not mix. But what if games were turned into candy bars? Now there's an idea.

If our Photoshop attempts are anything to go by, there's a huge market of untapped potential just waiting for some entrepreneur to take a lucrative bite. Just try not to dribble on the keyboard, ...

Bunch Of PS3 Games Go Budget This September In Japan (News)

Aug 13, 2009

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced its new line up for the budget priced PS3 the Best brand. That line-up includes:

Afrika
Uncharted
LittleBigPlanet
Gundam: Target In Sight
Eternal Sonata
Ridge Racer 7

All these games will be out on September 3 for the equivalent of US$31 - save for Eternal Sonata, which is priced at $39.

Playstation Home gets Tekken/Soul Calibur Lounge (News)

Dec 17, 2008

Playstation Home and software maker's collaboration officially starts on Dec. 18, 2008 in Japan.

Bandai Namco will provide a Tekken, Soul Calibur and Ridge Racer Lounge and a bigger Namco Museum Arcade Lounge starting the 18th.

Nippon Ichi Software will start to sell items, cloths and furniture in the Home Marketplace.
Bandai Namco will also provide cloths and items in the market place.
There will also be Christmas related items and cloths from Sony Entertainment.

Right now there are already Siren Lounge and Everybody's Golf Lounge available in the Japanese Home.

Pics are added in the Story Images, or follow the link to Famitsu to see them.

65 things that look like Pac-Man (Feature)

Jun 28, 2008

Pac-Man's got to be right up there with Mario as one of the most recognisable videogame characters of all time. And because his basic design is simple, you can see him everywhere. Whenever you take a slice of pizza or cut a segment from a cake, he's there. Then the noise starts to go in your head: waka waka waka waka waka ...

GameFlirt Most Wanted chart for April (News)

Apr 28, 2008

Exclusive to PS3 Attitude, this month's chart sees Assassin's Creed hold the top spot, and GTA: IV makes it's debut on the pre-rent chart - but not at the Number One position.

PS3 Games For Cheap in Japan (News)

Feb 3, 2008

Sony Japan is set to continue a PlayStation tradition with the PlayStation 3: an official budget lineup. A Japanese online retailer has posted listings for the first set of PS3 titles to fall under the new "PlayStation 3 the Best" lineup.

According to the retailer, PS3 owners in Japan will soon be able to pick up PlayStation 3 the Best versions of Resistance, FolksSoul, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Gundam: Target in Sight, and Ridge Racer 7 for 3,800 yen ($35 USD) each. All five will arrive on 3/19.

Ridge Racer 7 3D - PS3 launch title gets a new dimension (News)

Sep 13, 2007

There was a time that console owners looked forward to home ports of Ridge Racer arcade games. Now, the reverse is true. Bandai Namco is taking a home-based Ridge Racer game and turning it into an arcade attraction.

Ridge Racer 7 is being reborn as Ridge Racer 7 3D Version. The arcade attraction makes use of a special television that uses filters to make the images come out at players. You have to wear special glasses to see the effect, although different from classic 3D glasses, these look like standard single-colored shades. For bystanders, the game screen looks blurry, like two slightly displaced images overlain.

Free PlayStation 3 magazine launches (News)

Mar 23, 2007

Gamerzines, the site behind the free magazines for Xbox 360, PC games, PSP and DS, has launched its free PlayStation 3 magazine to co-incide with the UK launch of the console. As with other Gamerzines, the magazine is written by professional games journalists and offered for free in a digital format. All that is required is Adobe Reader 8 on a PC. The magazine is enhanced with videos and multimedia that play on the pages themselves.

Issue 1 is available for download immediately and covers every single European launch game, as well as lengthy preview feature highlighting their pick of the top 20 games still to come on the PS3 this year.

The magazine is to publish a new issue for free every month from launch, to match the other existing Gamerzines for other platforms.

Namco Bandai Games Announces Downloadable Ridge Racer 7 Demo (News)

Feb 26, 2007

Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced today that racing fans are now able to experience AA A their first taste of its recently launched next-gen racing game, Ridge Racer 7, for free by downloading its first demo via the PLAYSTATION Network.

The action-packed drift racing demo is now available for download, to play on the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and will include a 3-lap arcade mode where players will have eight cars to choose from and a chance to race against 13 other AI cars for the full Ridge Racer experience.

Boasting 5.1 channel surround sound, a hot music track, and running on full-HD,1080p, the new Ridge Racer 7 demo gives players a taste of the fun and addictive racing experience that Ridge Racer games are known for.

Gamefly Top 10 for Jan. 22, 2007 (News)

Jan 23, 2007

Here is the ol Gamefly Top 10 most requested list.

Lost Planet, Crackdown, and Battlestations: Midway hold the top 3, while Wario Ware Smooth Moves and God of War II for the PS2 plug away at the coveted top spot. Ridge Racer 7 is at the top of the Playstation 3 list.

Queue up the full list...

Aussie PS3 launch line-up firms (News)

Jan 22, 2007

Australians still haven't been told exactly when in March the PlayStation 3 is set to launch, but at least local gamers are beginning to get a firm idea of exactly what games can be expected. Sony Computer Entertainment Australia (SCEA) has now confirmed five of its titles will be there from the PS3's first day of sale, bringing the expected number of launch games to 17.

In a statement, SCEA confirmed Formula One Championship Edition, MotorStorm, Genji: Days of the Blade, Resistance: Fall of Man and Ridge Racer 7 would all be PS3 launch titles in Australia. No further details--such as a more specific launch date for the new console--were mentioned.

The Sony games join an expanding list of expected launch titles from other publishers, including Virtua Fighter 5 from Sega and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 from Ubisoft. The current list of Australian PS3 launch titles--gathered from each publisher's latest release schedules--is provided below.

Activision
Call of Duty 3
Tony Hawk's Project 8
Marvel Ultimate Alliance

Sega
Sonic the Hedgehog
Virtua Fighter 5
Full Auto 2: Battle Lines
World Snooker Championship 2007

Sony Computer Entertainment
Formula One Championship Edition
MotorStorm
Genji: Days of the Blade
Resistance: Fall of Man
Ridge Racer 7

Ubisoft
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas

New Games In The PS3 Demo Kiosks (Japan) (News)

Dec 30, 2006

Sony says that in the PS3-Demo-Kiosk ' PlayStation Store ' that are playable in Japan the following demos are now available.

- Devil May Cry 4 (Capcom)
- Virtua Tennis 3 [Power Smash 3] (Sega)
- Gran Turismo HD (Sony)
- Genji (Sony)
- Formula One Championship Edition (Sony)
- Motorstorm (Sony)
- Resistance (Sony)
- Kidou Senshi Gundam: Target in Sight (Bandai Namco)
- Ridge Racer 7 (Bandai Namco)
- Enchant Arm (From Software)
- Video With 33 New PS3-Games

There are 1,006 PS3 demo kiosks set up in Japan.

Free Downloads for Ridge Racer 7 (In Japan) (News)

Dec 16, 2006

Namco Bandai has announced that they will be releasing free downloadable content for Ridge Racer 7 to the Japanese PlayStation Store on the day before Christmas...

PS3 Break-Even At 500K Says Namco Boss. (News)

Nov 30, 2006

Namco Bandai president Takeo Takasu says the company must sell 500,000 units of every PlayStation 3 game in order to turn a profit.

He said the average game now costs $8.6 million to create. "We have to sell at least 500,000 copies per title worldwide to make a profit on PlayStation 3 games,'' said Takasu. The firm offered two games or PS3's launch in Japan and the U.S, Ridge Racer 7 and Gundam, both of which are "selling well " he said.

Ridge Racer 7 (Review)

Nov 16, 2006

Ridge Racer 7 doesn't usher in a bold new era for next-generation racing, it won't justify the sky-high cost of the PS3 and - true to its lineage - it's as unrealistic as a racing game gets. Now that we've established what the game isn't, let's talk about what it is: fun. When the 360 launched, hardcore gamers quickly shelved let-downs like Perfect Dark Zero in favor of Ridge Racer 6, which - despite its so-so graphics and lack of any real innovation - provided one of the system's most solid, ...

Ridge Racer - Custom Gameplay 11-15-06 (Video)

Nov 15, 2006

Fourteen players and some gorgeous car models - is it enough to make everyone forget RR6?

Ridge Racer 7 (Screenshots)

Nov 15, 2006

Final PS3 13 launch games list for America (News)

Nov 13, 2006

Sony's PlayStation 3 is set to arrive this week on November 17th. With just 400,000 units available at launch in the USA, and an unknown number of game consoles arriving the rest of year. The total is expected to be below 1 million units in 2006, as a result many publishers have decided to delay their games so more time can be spent polishing them.

From minor delays like Need for Speed: Carbon being delayed until November 20. To big launch lineup losses like MotorStorm which was delayed to March, 2007. The PS3 launch will now have 13 titles including Resistance: Fall of Man and Ridge Racer 7.

Ridge Racer 7 720p vs 1080p (News)

Nov 13, 2006

These two pictures shows the difference between 720p and 1080p.

Note: click on the images for hi-res screens

Update: It looks like these pics shows the difference between the 360 and PS3 version and not 720p vs 1080p on the PS3.

Play Xevious While Installing Ridge Racer 7 To The PS3's HD. (News)

Nov 13, 2006

You can play your minigames you've downloaded while you wait for the installation of games and stuff to the hard-drive...

Ridge Racer 7 vs Ridge Racer 6 Exact Screenshot Comparison (News)

Nov 13, 2006

Small changes and better looking graphics on the 360 are the highlights.

Ridge Racer 7 - online hands-on (Preview)

Nov 8, 2006

One of the most exciting things about Ridge Racer 7 is its online play. It's the first time that a PlayStation installment of the game will ever make the leap. Namco Bandai brought the game around for one last test before the PS3 launch, just so we could check out the performance of the online mode, and we're pretty ...

Ridge 7 shots hit the racing line (News)

Nov 6, 2006

There's been at least one Ridge Racer every year recently but RR7's still managed to brush up fresh and new for the PS3 launch, as you can see in our new screens by clicking the Images tab. Multiplayer will be taking the driver's seat more than ever before with extensive online match-up options but the familiar split-screen play will be available for local competition if you're not feeling up to international ...

PS3 Titles Require Firmware Update (News)

Nov 4, 2006

Three more launch titles will require a firmware update before you'll be able to play them. Much like what happens with the PSP, you'll see an alert that says you must upgrade to a newer firmware version before playing.

Genji: Days of the Blade, Ridge Racer 7 and Resistance: Fall of Man will all require a system update to version 1.02. The update ships on the disc so that you won't need to be online to download anything, but you should of course be able to update before the games come by hopping online.

PS3 Ridge Racer: 9 minutes too long? (News)

Nov 4, 2006

The Nintendo Nsider Forums are lighting up with glee (and spilling onto Digg) at how horribly terrific it would be if Ridge Racer 7 required a 5 GB install on PlayStation 3's hard disk drive. Some generous (in favor of Sony) math calculates that the install would take 9 minutes and 46 seconds. The assumption is most PS3 games will require HDD dumps, forcing users to constantly install, erase, and reinstall -- these data chunks would fill up the drives fast; certainly the 20 GB model.

Price explains Resistance online (News)

Nov 2, 2006

Despite being one of the best-looking titles for the PlayStation 3 at launch (unless you're Ridge Racer 7 fetishist Tom, it's between this and MotorStorm really), Insomniac Games' Resistance: Fall of Man will not be integrated with the console's online functionality, specifically the built-in buddy list - instead, it will use its own buddy list, clan management system, and so on.

That's according to Insomniac boss Ted Price, who was speaking to Eurogamer's Rob Fahey earlier this week in an interview for the ThreeSpeech blog. While the decision to make the game run its own buddy list and so on is a blow to Sony's claims of an integrated online service - and in fact, it harks back to the bad old days of the PS2 online system - Price apparently left the door open for the possibility that the two systems could be reconciled in future, saying that "it is definitely possible to update the game via online."

At least the news about the rest of the game's online functions is more positive. According to Price, the game supports four player split screen, and up to 40 players online - with games being hosted on Sony's own servers for low-latency play.

Ridge Racer 7 Takes 5GB of Hard Drive Space (News)

Nov 1, 2006

If all games are going to be like this, that means on the low-end PS3 you're fitting four games simultaneously, and that's if you don't download any other content. Let's hope there's a way for end users to put larger hard drives into the PS3, especially if we're going to be installing Linux and playing DivX movies off of it

First Playstation 3 Reviews (News)

Oct 31, 2006

Famitsu Magazine has released the first reviews of Playstation 3 games. Ridge Racer 7 and Resistance top the list with the best scores.

Ridge Racer 7 details confirmed (News)

Oct 30, 2006

The Famitsu PS2 article, translated by IGN, confirms news that Ridge Racer 7 will offer the option to install part of the game to the PS3 hard drive. Up to 5GB of game data will be held on the hard drive to enable faster load times.

Teramoto also confirmed that there will be no distinct separation between offline and online game modes, with all the money and ranks won in the game applying to the game as a whole. RR7 matches the 14-player online races found in the Xbox 360's RR6.

Not one to blow his own trumpet, Teramoto also expressed his pleasure to offer RR7 in 1080p, at 60fps and in 5.1, something he claims is only possible on the PS3.

New Sony PS3 Playable Demo Kiosks Appear in Japan (News)

Oct 27, 2006

New Sony Playstation 3 playable demo kiosk appear in Japan.

The cool Sony Playstation 3 kiosk features 2 SIXAXIS controller and a large LCD HDTV dubbed Playstation TV.
Sony plans to deploy 1,000 Playstation TV kiosk in Japan starting next month.

The PS3 kiosk is connected to the Sony Playstation Network and features Devil May Cry 4, Power Smash 3, Gran Turismo HD and Ridge Racer 7 as playable games

No Wheel Support for Ridge Racer 7 (News)

Oct 23, 2006

One of the big, unanswered questions surrounding Namco Bandai's Ridge Racer 7 for PlayStation 3 is whether the game would support any peripherals, namely an analog Logitech controller. 1up has received word from the publisher that no peripheral support is planned for RR7, besides the previously mentioned SIXAXIS support, which will make use of the motion sensor in some as yet unannounced manner.

Ridge Racer 7 - hands-on (Preview)

Oct 20, 2006

A lot of the games at Sony's PlayStation 3 pre-launch event seemed a little bit... sluggish. Not so Namco's near-final version of Ridge Racer 7, which had us zooming around tracks about 200 miles an hour - and it felt like it. With extremely crisp track graphics, super-shiny cars, and precise control, RR7 looks to be a buffed-up version of exactly the same thing we've been used to for years - polished till it ...

High octane Ridge Racer 7 scans (News)

Oct 17, 2006

New screens of Ridge Racer 7, Namco Bandai's upcoming PS3 launch title have sped online. This latest installment features over 375,000 ways to customize your racers including body kits, decals, engine tune-ups, cornering performance and - for the first time in the series - nitrous oxide options for those of you longing to commit speed felonies in the privacy of your own ...

Ridge Racer 7 Developer Diary (News)

Oct 17, 2006

Associate producer Hideo Teramoto talks about what's different this time around.

Ridge Racer 7 - trailer (Video)

Oct 17, 2006

Fourteen players and some gorgeous car models - is it enough to make everyone forget RR6?

Ridge Racer 7:Japan's Most Anticipated PS3 Launch Title. (News)

Oct 16, 2006

It seems that Bandai Namco's Ridge Racer 7 is heading to Japan's Most Anticipated PS3 Launch Titles chart if GameFront's sources are to be believed. Belonging to the Ridge Racer series, one of the most beloved racing game, Ridge Racer 7 boasts of cool features like hot customizable cars that has a Fast and the Furious style to it, a Ridge State Grand Prix that provides 160 races on 44 courses, breathtaking details of the cars and the environment it'll tread, and lots of surprises like earning new cars and car parts in every race won.

Is This PS3's and Wii's Launch Line-Up? (News)

Oct 10, 2006

The PS3 could launch with 24 titles and Wii with 30 titles according to new documents detailing the two companies' plans.

PlayStation 3
Resistance: Fall of Man - Sony
Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom - Sony
Genji: Days of the Blade - Sony
Gran Turismo HD - Sony
NBA 07 - Sony
Call of Duty 3 - Activision (600,000)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance - Activision (300,000)
Tony Hawk's Project 8 - Activision (300,000)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Bethesda Softworks
Fight Night 3 - Electronic Arts (400,000)
Madden NFL 07 - Electronic Arts (700,000)
NBA Live 07 - Electronic Arts (500,000)
Need for Speed Carbon - Electronic Arts (800,000)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - Electronic Arts (400,000)
Mobile Suit Gundam: Target In Sight - Namco Bandai
Ninja Gaiden Sigma - Namco Bandai
Ridge Racer 7 - Namco Bandai
Full Auto 2: Battlelines - Sega
Sonic the Hedgehog - Sega
NBA 2K7 - Take-Two Interactive (400,000)
NHL 2K7 - Take-Two Interactive (200,000)
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII - Ubisoft
Rainbow Six: Vegas - Ubisoft
F.E.A.R. - Vivendi

NINTENDO Wii
Wii Sports (bundled with hardware) - Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - Nintendo
Excite Truck - Nintendo
Call of Duty 3 - Activision (200,000)
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance - Activision (200,000)
Rapala Tournament Fishing Â¿ Activision (50,000)
Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam - Activision (300,000)
World Series of Poker - Activision (50,000)
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 2 - Atari (200,000)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion - Atlus
Madden NFL 07 - Electronic Arts (500,000)
Need for Speed: Carbon - Electronic Arts (500,000)
Elebits - Konami
The Ant Bully - Midway m (100,000)
The Grim Adventure...

Gamestop's PS3 Software Release List (News)

Oct 10, 2006

A list printed today from Gamestop that lists all the games they have in their database and their release dates.

Ridge Racer 7 First Impressions (News)

Sep 26, 2006

As ever, the core of the racing experience relies on being able to drift successfully around corners, build up your boost meter (again, divided into three sections) and unleash it Burnout-style at strategic moments (double or triple boosting by holding down R2 and L2). You can also gain some extra momentum by 'drafting' opponents by edging close to the car in front of you and gain extra momentum in their slip stream, and a little indicator underneath the boost bar gives you a little visual indicator to let you know just how much extra pull you're gaining. With skill and timing, you can slip beyond opponents, boost on the follow-through and not only leave them for dust, but top up your meter again in the process. To emphasise the speed burst, the edges of the screen warp accordingly.

[PS3] The Ultimate PS3 Games List - 160 Titles! (News)

Sep 25, 2006

German game site www.gameguide.nl posted today the ultimate list of 160 game tittles in production for the ps3.
Within the 160 tittles ,95 of them will be ps3 exclusive .

(TBA = To Be Announced )

List of ps3 games in development:

2K Games/Take-Two/Rockstar
- College Hoops 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~
- The Darkness ~Starbreeze, 2007~
- Grand Theft Auto 4 ~Rockstar North, Q4 2007~
- NHL 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~
- NBA 2K7 ~Visual Concepts, TBA~
- Red Dead Revolver 2 ~Rockstar North, TBA~

Activision
- Call of Duty 3 ~Infinity Ward, Launch~
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance ~Raven, Launch~
- Spider-Man 3 ~Treyarch, Q2 2007~
- Tony Hawk's Project 8 ~Neversoft, Launch~

Atari
- Alone in the Dark 5 ~Eden Studios, TBA~

Atlus
- Shin Megami Tensei 4 ~Atlus R&D1, TBA~

Beuna Vista
- Turok ~Propaganda, TBA~

Capcom
- Devil May Cry 4 ~Capcom Studio 1, Q4 2007~
- Monster Hunter 3 ~Capcom Studio 1, 2008~
- Resident Evil 5 ~Capcom Studio 4, Q4 2007~
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- Untitled ~Action~ ~TBD, TBA~

Codemasters
- DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road ~In-house, 2007~

D3 Publisher
- Dark Sector ~Digital Extremes, TBA~

Eidos
- Untitled ~Action~ ~TBD, TBA~

Electronic Arts
- Army of Two ~EA Montreal, TBA~
- Battlefield: Bad Company ~DICE, 2007~
- Def Jam 3 ~EA Chicago, 2007~
- Fight Night Round 3 ~EA Chicago, Q4 2006~
- Half Life 2: Complete Pack ~Valve/EA, Q1 2007~
- Lord of the Rings: The White Council ~EA Redwood Shores, Q4 2007~
- Madden NFL 07 ~Tiburon, Q4 2006~
- Medal of Honor: Airborne ~EALA, 2007~
- NBA Live 07 ~EA Canada, Q4 2006~
- NBA Street Vol. 4 ~EA Canada, 2007~
- Need for Speed: Carbon ~EA Black Box, Q4 2006~
- Skate ~EA Black Box, 2007~
- Tiger Woo...

Ridge Racer 7 (News)

Sep 23, 2006

Saturday 23 September 2006 Ever since the original PlayStation - and as recently as PSP - Ridge Racer has always been a solid Sony favourite. So it's little surprise that there's another one on deck - and it's not a big shock that the game hasn't evolved greatly from the arcade-style racing we've come to know and love (those of us who are fans) or ignore (those who crave the fine-tuned perfection of Gran Turismo or the mod-obsessed diversions of Need For Speed). So that's the short of it: ...

TGS 06: Sony tips PS3 Japan launch hand (News)

Sep 22, 2006

When the PlayStation 3 goes on sale in Japan November 11, six games will definitely be available: Genji: Days of the Blade, Mah-Jong Fight Club Online, Mobile Suit Gundam: Target In Sight, Resistance: Fall of Man, Sega Golf Club featuring the Miyazato Family, and--wait for it--Ridge Racer 7. Sony also confirmed Armored Core 4 would arrive sometime in November.

In December, Sony has locked down a trio of games: F1 Championship (aka Formula One 06), Gran Turismo HD, and MotorStorm. Three more carry a general "winter 2006" release date in Japan: Need for Speed Carbon, Enchant Arm, and the railroad sim Railfan. Another pair will ship during "2006": Sonic the Hedgehog and Fatal Inertia, though the later is only "projected" to make that vague release window.

According to Sony, 2007 will see at least 12 more PS3 titles come to market across the Pacific. Virtua Fighter 5, Virtua Tennis 3, Heavenly Sword, Lair, Monster Kingdom: Unknown Realms, The Eye of Judgment, and Wangan Midnight will all arrive in the "spring," while Everybody's Golf 5 and Warhawk will land in the "summer." Other games confirmed for the year are Afrika (working title), Coded Arms: Assault, and the much-awaited Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.

Sony listed a sextet of several high-profile titles with the most nebulous release date of all, "TBD." Those included Shirokishi, fl0w (working title), Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War, Devil May Cry 4, and Final Fantasy XIII.

Ridge 7 shots slide in from TGS (News)

Sep 22, 2006

Friday 22 September, 2006 It's not a PlayStation launch without a Ridge Racer, and along with these new screens comes confirmation (if any was needed) that Namco's racer will be on the starting lines for PS3 launch. Featuring customisable cars, vicious rivalry-inspiring internet ranking (only one person world-wide can hold the top spot) and new courses that look even further across the globe for inspiration - such as the South-East Asian-looking tracks below - fears that RR7 would be a rush ...

Ridge Racer 7 - hands-on (Preview)

Sep 22, 2006

Ridge Racer has always been there, ever since the original PlayStation, and as recently as the PSP. So it's little surprise that there's another one on deck - and it's not a big shock that the game hasn't evolved greatly from the arcade-style racing we've come to know and love (those of us who are fans) or ignore (those who crave the fine-tuned perfection of Gran Turismo or the glitz and style of Need For Speed.) So that's the short of it: Ridge Racer 7 is the same as it ever was, but more so. ...

Japanese Launch Titles (News)

Sep 21, 2006

Famitsu have managed to score the early scoop on the PlayStation 3's Japanese launch. On 11/11, the Japanese launch date for the PS3, Sony and its third parties will deliver the following titles:

Mahjong Fight Club (Konami, 5229 yen)

Genji 2 (tentative name, SCEJ)

Gundam: Target in Sight (Bandai Namco)

Ridge Racer 7 (Bandai Namco)

Sega Golf Club (Sega)

It's likely that more launch titles will come to light in the coming weeks.

First screens of Ridge Racer 7 (News)

Sep 6, 2006

New PlayStation? Time for a new Ridge Racer. Though it's still synonymous with high-speed arcade racing action after all these years, this series hasn't made any bold leaps in recent memory. This time, though, it sounds as if the team is trying to lay new features on top of the drift-heavy racing the series is well-known for. To see the first screens of the game, click that Images tab up above the story. We'll ...

Ridge Racer 7 features new online options on PS3 (News)

Aug 31, 2006

Namco Bandai revealed in the latest Famitsu magazine that Ridge Racer 7 on PS3 will support up to 14 players to have online head-to-head races or team up for co-op races with relay, time attack, team battle, pair attack, and lots more options.

Ridge Racer 7 Update (News)

Aug 30, 2006

Namco Bandai disappointed many with its E3 showing of Ridge Racer 7 for the PS3. The company didn't actually show the PS3 title, instead opting for a pre-rendered video designed to show its vision for future installments of the series.

Four months later, and we're at last set to get a first look at actual Ridge Racer 7 material. While Namco Bandai will be updating the game's Japanese website later this week, the latest issue of Famitsu got the scoop with a few new details.

Ridge and famous (News)

Apr 21, 2006

Namco has announced Ridge Racer 7 for PlayStation 3, and the company confirmed today that it'll be touching down this November as a PS3 launch title. It's certainly a surprise, given that we were expecting a buffed-up conversion of the Xbox 360's Ridge Racer 6 to appear. But a whole new game? It's not clear whether that's a global launch for RR7 to go with the PS3's worldwide release, however, or if it's just for Japan. If we had to bet, our money would go on the latter. What we do know is ...

Ridge Racer's heaven (News)

Apr 21, 2006

Friday 21 April 2006 Namco has now officially confirmed that Ridge Racer 7 will be a launch title for PS3, meaning it'll be touching down with the console this November. It's not clear whether that's a global launch for RR7 to go with PS3's worldwide release, however, or if it's just for Japan. If we had to bet, our money would go on the latter. What we do know is that the game is set in 2010 - which is as good an excuse as any to make everything look beautifully shiny and cram stages with ...

Machine Manufacturer Bonuses (Unlockable)

Jan 23, 2007

Go to GamesRadar to see the Unlockable ...