Ooit was de eerste Ridge Racer één van de launch titels van de eerste PlayStation, daar na volgde er nog diverse vervolgen op meerdere systemen en handhelds. Maar helaas zakte de serie af naar de bodem en leek het er op de dat de Ridge Racer franchise een stille dood was gestorven. Maar Namco Bandai heeft nu Ridge Racer Unbounded aangekondigd voor de PC, PlayStation 3 en de Xbox 360. Bij dit ´blijde´ nieuws kwam ook de onderstaande debuut trailer. Nu maar hopen dat het de concurrentie van Need for Speed en de Burnout series aan kan.

The newest installment of the smash racing franchise aims to shake up the genre by breaking all the rules and a plenty of cars along the way. Get ready to take the action off the circuits and into the streets for one of the most action-packed and destructive racing games ever seen.

Players will careen through the competition using their four-wheeled street-racing thoroughbreds as high-octane wrecking machines with a new mantra - Drive, Destroy, Dominate.

Ridge Racer Unbounded injects a shot of adrenaline into one of the most revered racing franchises in video game history," said Carlson Choi, vice president of marketing for Namco Bandai Games America Inc. "The talented Bugbear development team is committed to crafting a game with the amazing attention to detail the Ridge Racer series is known for, while also delivering a destructive game, fans old and new will appreciate."