http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bi...=24-176.dbBrief: Namco plans to reveal some high-profile support for the Xbox next week.
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Reporter
Patrick Klepek
Date
8/24/2001
Nintendo recently shook the gaming industry with their announcements at the Space World show currently going on in Japan, but Microsoft doesn’t plan to be ignored; they still have a few aces up their sleeve. Gaming Age has received confirmation from an extremely reliable source that next week at the conference, Namco and Microsoft will announce that Ridge Racer 6, Soul Calibur 2 and Dead to Rights are all headed toward the Xbox.
In addition to that, while Dead to Rights was first shown running on the PlayStation 2 at this past E3, Namco will instead keep the title exclusively on Xbox for a certain amount of time. How long that is isn’t known, but if it is anything like the rumored time frame Microsoft struck with Tecmo on Dead or Alive 3, it won’t be too long until the PlayStation 2 receives the game.
Beyond Ridge Racer 6, Soul Calibur 2 and Dead to Rights, Namco may or may not reveal more of their Xbox projects at the conference. If this is an indication of what Microsoft has been hiding all this time, our expectations for the Xbox\'s success in Japan have been increased ten fold. We\'ll keep you posted as we learn more.
This is some of the best news I heard all year. I"m still recovering from that horrible spaceworld too. Check it out xbox is getting dead to rights excuisitly for awhile too. Xbox is going to be around a long time.