A mysterious team led by a Japanese Hashiriya master, called 'The Unbounded,' appears playing a major role in the racing activity throughout Shatter Bay. Competing for money and superiority in fast paced blasts through the streets dodging traffic and tearing through any obstacles that get in their way. Set in a fictional city called Shatter Bay, racers gather to compete in no-rules, all-out street races. On 19 June 2014, Bandai Namco announced that Driftopia had been cancelled, and the beta servers were shut down on 15 August 2014. A beta version was released for Windows and PlayStation 3 in August 2013. Despite this, the game seems to borrow inspiration from Critical Velocity (クリティカルベロシティ Kuritikaruberoshiti), a video game released in 2005 that was released only in Japan.Ī free-to-play version called Ridge Racer Driftopia was announced on 12 April 2013.

However, the Japanese release is so far unconfirmed. While Ridge Racer Unbounded was originally scheduled for release in North America and Europe in early March 2012, Namco announced a delay just before the planned release, stating that they wanted to allow more time 'to pack the disc with features that will truly make the game sing.' The game was released on 27 March 2012 in North America, 30 March 2012 in Europe and 5 April 2012 in Australia on all platforms. Announced additions to the game include the ability to design and share tracks and a new emphasis on vehicular combat. Ridge Racer Unbounded offers a number of changes that depart from traditional Ridge Racer gameplay. Unbounded marks a departure from the traditional Ridge Racer drifting style, and moved to a more combat-oriented and destructive style, similar to the Burnout series, as well as implementing customizations. Unbounded is also the last game in the series to be released on home consoles as its successors only focused on handheld devices. Unbounded is the first game in the series to feature a Microsoft Windows version. It is the eighth installment of the Ridge Racer franchise, the game is published by Namco Bandai Games under the Namco label and developed by Bugbear Entertainment. Ridge Racer Unbounded (リッジレーサーアンバウンデッド Rijji Rẽsā Anbaundeddo) is a racing video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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