Ridge Racer Vita - Sony and Namco Bandai's Joint Venture

Cellius is the name of a joint venture between Sony and Namco Bandai that is working on development of Ridge Racer for the PSP Vita.

According, to Cellius - which was formed in 2007 - VP Hideo Teramoto, "It's not a standard sort of game development company; the theme is more generally 'entertainment,' and more emphasis is placed on research than most outfits."

GamaSutra state that, "The (Cellius) team is currently working on its first game project, however -- a Ridge Racer title for the PlayStation Vita, which was unveiled at E3 last month. Teramoto, before joining Cellius as a founding member, worked on the series at Namco Bandai."

He states, "This Ridge (sic) project is in itself a sort of experiment to see what sort of Ridge game Cellius can come up with; it's a very different development atmosphere from when I was working on Ridge Racer in 2006. So if we do continue making games, I think we'll still remain different from normal game companies."

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