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Namco Bandai didn 't have much to Sony \ show's post-keynote gathering of playable games, but an interactive "trailer" on the PlayStation Vita was explicitly designed to show the editor' s commitment to the handheld. As always begins Namco 's courtship of new hardware Ridge Racer .

There's not much game to speak of at the moment, as the nondescript trailer consisted of little more than a camera swooping over an extravagant 3D car. Swiping across the screen, poking the rear touchpad and tapping the shoulder buttons introduced some visual effects and altered the soundtrack, but this served no real purpose other than to impart assurance that Namco knows exactly what the PSV can do.

A Namco representative wouldn't commit to a Vita launch debut for the game, but readily acknowledged Ridge Racer 'S one-day traditions. At least it seems a new platform just doesn 't real