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Namco Bandai's Gamescom Line-Up
Four games to rule them all.. in Cologne.
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2011
Author: James Fudge

Namco Bandai Games is heading to Germany to show off a bunch of its latest games. the company revealed its line-up to be shown in one form or another at Gamescom 2011 at the Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany August 18-21. At a glance, the company plans to show Dark Souls, Ace Combat Assault Horizon, RIDGE RACER Unbounded and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations. Full details - provided by Namco Bandai Games - below:

Dark Souls (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

Release date: October 4 in North America and October 7, 2011 in Europe

A new action-role playing game (RPG) developed by FromSoftware, Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to 2009’s critically acclaimed Demon’s Souls. With tense dungeon crawling and fearsome enemy encounters, the seamlessly intertwined world of Dark Souls is full of extreme battles, rewarding challenges, nuanced weaponry and magic, and the flexibility to customize each character to suit any desired play style.



Ace Combat Assault Horizon (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

Release date: October 11 in North America and October 14, 2011 in Europe

ACE COMBA ASSAULT HORIZON introduces a revolutionary close-range assault system that delivers high-speed acrobatics and one-on-one encounters to make dogfights more tense and exciting. Players will engage in combat across the globe, dodging skyscrapers, and turning their enemies into fiery supersonic debris in both single player and online multiplayer.



NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)

Release date: 2012

Based on the popular animated NARUTO SHIPPUDEN series and coming to North America in 2012, the title will offer a vast selection of playable & support characters spanning every generation of the NARUTO saga, alongside incredible online functionality to take the NARUTO ninja fight onto the global stage in the much-beloved fighting series.



RIDGE RACER Unbounded (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)

Release date: 2012



RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED takes the RIDGE RACER series in whole new direction by adding a punishing dose of destruction to the familiar arcade gameplay. 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.

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