Namco Bandai reveals next-gen E3 lineup

May 2nd, 2006, 01:14 Posted By: wraggster

via Gamespot

Namco Bandai Games America today revealed a lineup of four next-generation console games for next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo, with the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 each getting a pair of offerings.

On the PlayStation 3, Namco Bandai will show the next iterations of two of its most popular series with Ridge Racer 7 and Tekken 6. A teaser trailer for Tekken 6 was shown as part of Sony's E3 conference at last year's show, while gamers will apparently be getting their first glimpse of the seventh Ridge Racer at the show next week.

Over on the Xbox 360, Namco Bandai will be showing a pair of new games. There's Mobile Ops, a first-person action game set in the Gundam universe (originally announced last July at the Xbox Summit in Japan), and the more recently announced Culdcept Saga.

Namco Bandai America representatives did not immediately return inquiries from GameSpot as to whether Culdcept Saga's part in the company's E3 showing meant it was definitely going to be released in the US. While the Monopoly-meets-Magic card-battling series has had success on multiple platforms in Japan, it has made only a single appearance domestically, the 2003 Culdcept on the PlayStation 2.

The Namco Bandai release also neglects to mention three other recently announced Xbox 360 games that seemed to be likely candidates for the show: Zegapain XOR and the Xbox Live Arcade games Galaga and Pac-Man.

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