Namco launching arcade game that use Cell Processor

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Namco Bandai to launch new arcade game with Sony's PlayStation 3
technology
The Associated Press
Published: March 26, 2007

TOKYO: The martial arts contest "Tekken 6" will go on sale later this
year as the first arcade game using Sony's PlayStation 3 technology,
game developer Namco Bandai Games Inc. announced Monday.

"Tekken 6" will be available for amusement parks and other game arcade
facilities worldwide, but the company has not decided on the exact
launch date for that game or others that will follow, using Sony's
latest game technology, Namco Bandai spokeswoman Miki Baba said.

Tokyo-based Namco Bandai, Japan's second largest toy and game business
group and maker of the "Ridge Racer" and "Pac Man" games, has
previously used the predecessor PlayStation 2 technology to develop
arcade versions of games, Baba said.

Namco Bandai has sold its PS2 arcade technology to other makers, but
it is still undecided about whether to sell its PS3 cell-based
technology, Baba said.


Technology for PlayStation 3 includes a new computer chip called
"Cell," which Sony Corp. developed with IBM Corp. and Toshiba Corp.
and will be used in new gadgets for the home as well as video game
products.

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Bandai Namco using Cell chip for arcade games

Matt Martin 16:10 (GMT) 26/03/2007

Tekken 6 first title to benefit from PS3 tech

Bandai Namco is developing arcade games using the Cell chip from
Sony's PlayStation 3.

The deal between the publisher and format holder will mark the first
time that Sony's Cell processor has been used commercially outside of
the PlayStation 3, reports The Mainichi Daily News.

The first arcade game to feature the Cell chip technology will be
Tekken 6, the latest in its popular fighting franchise, due later this
year.

Namco has previously used PlayStation 2 architecture in arcade
machines for titles in the Tekken and Time Crisis series.