{"id":19675,"date":"2012-03-29T17:08:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T07:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=19675"},"modified":"2012-03-29T17:08:59","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T07:08:59","slug":"ridge-racer-unbounded-smashes-its-way-into-australian-new-zealand-retail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=19675","title":{"rendered":"RIDGE RACER\u2122 UNBOUNDED SMASHES ITS WAY INTO AUSTRALIAN &#038; NEW ZEALAND RETAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>&#8211; Dark and Destructive New Addition to the Ranks of Legendary RIDGE RACER Titles Powers its Way into the Hands of Crash-hungry Fans &#8211;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 29 March 2012 \u2013NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe unleashed its dark side onto the streets of Shatter Bay today with the launch of <strong><em>RIDGE RACER\u2122 UNBOUNDED<\/em><\/strong>, on sale now at retailers across Australia and New Zealand for Xbox 360\u00ae, PlayStation\u00ae3 and Windows PC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED<\/em><\/strong> takes the legendary racing franchise in a dark new direction, with bone-shattering destruction adding a new edge to the series\u2019 trademark drifting. Bringing another new feature to the series, the game\u2019s powerful City Creator allows easy creation of incredible tracks to share and dominate in the game\u2019s furious online multiplayer modes.\u00a0 To keep the energy level cranked up to 11, the brutal action is set to an ear-quaking soundtrack from Skrillex, The Crystal Method, Noisia &amp; The Upbeats, Run Riot, OVERSEER, Ever Never, Hiroshi Okubo and more.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big day for one of NAMCO BANDAI Games\u2019 most important and historic franchises. Taking this much loved series in a new direction for <strong><em>RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED<\/em><\/strong> was a big decision, and the result is something very different and extremely exciting,\u201d said Olivier Comte, Senior Vice-President at NAMCO BANDAI Partners. \u201cNow I\u2019m looking forward to seeing the fantastic track creations and equally spectacular destruction that the online game promises to deliver.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The day one edition of <strong><em>RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED<\/em><\/strong> is available everywhere for the standard retail price, and comes bursting with explosive content, including three extra cars and five hot new NAMCO paint jobs representing the equally legendary PAC-MAN\u2122, GALAGA\u2122, TEKKEN\u2122, SOULCALIBUR\u2122 and ACE COMBAT\u2122 franchises.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED<\/em><\/strong> day one edition is available now at retailers across Australia and New Zealand.\u00a0 For more information about <strong><em>RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED<\/em><\/strong>, please visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.namcobandaigames.eu\/\">http:\/\/www.namcobandaigames.eu<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ridgefan\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ridgefan<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch all the videos from Namco Bandai Games Europe on YouTube at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/NamcoBandaiGamesEU\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/NamcoBandaiGamesEU<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; Dark and Destructive New Addition to the Ranks of Legendary RIDGE RACER Titles Powers its Way into the Hands of Crash-hungry Fans &#8211;\u00a0 SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 29 March 2012 \u2013NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe unleashed its dark side onto the streets of Shatter Bay today with the launch of RIDGE RACER\u2122 UNBOUNDED, on sale now<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=19675\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19675"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19677,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19675\/revisions\/19677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}