Namco Bandais exclusive 360 duo confirmed

MCV Staff 3rd October 2007 Business News

After a prolonged period of uncertainty concerning possible format exclusivity,

Gamespot

reports that Namco Bandai will release both Ace Combat 6 and Beautiful Katamari exclusively on Xbox 360 later this month in North America.

Both are titles that, bar for one outing on Game Boy Advance for Ace Combat, were formerly PlayStation exclusives.

Quirky roll-‘em-up Beautiful Katamari will be released in the US on October 16th at a budget price of $39.99, whilst Ace Combat will arrive a week later on October 23rd.

No news on any European release dates have yet emerged, though it had been suggested at one point that Beautiful Katamari could end up being a download only title.

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