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Another teaser trailer for Ridge Racer Unbounded, and this video looks much like the previous ones. Streets, sleek looking cars, fancy cinematics, no in-game footage. We're not really into this sort of thing, as we have always mentioned, but car enthusiasts will probably get a kick out of it. For everyone else, though, it won't really inform or excite you. Wait for a more proper trailer.

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Sleek cars, fancy CGI, and a mostly hidden woman. This trailer for Ridge Racer Unbounded knows exactly what it is aiming for, and while it's not particularly interesting to us (we are not big car enthusiasts), those that love the fast lane of gaming will probably be interested. The lack of in-game footage and painfully obvious sex appeal does not help pique our attention, though.

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The Ridge Racer series of arcade racing games have been a console staple for many years, particularly on the Playstation machines. But none of the games have ever been released for the PC platform. That will change next year as publisher Namco Bandai Games announced today that the newly revealed Ridge Racer Unbounded will ported to the PC as well as the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms.

Part of the reason for the PC port may be that the game is being developed by Bugbear who previously released the terrific FlatOut series of arcade racing games for the PC. Details about the new game are slim but Computer and Video Games reports that it will be more "dangerous" and "wilder" than previous entries in the series. We still have a long way to go before the game is released; Ridge Racer Unbounded is due out sometime in 2012.

We have a feeling there's a big negative effect on office work productivity around the world today. Google's front page has a fully playable version of Namco's original Pac-Mac game to celebrate the arcade game's 30th anniversary this weekend. The game will be live until sometime early on Sunday morning Eastern time.

Users of Google know that the company likes to do special logos on its front page for holidays and other occasions but this is the first time the company has put up a playable game in the logo spot. A post on Google's blog page has some notes on how the Pac-Man logo game was made by its programmer Marcin Wichary. He states he was careful to recreate as much of the original game's programming as he could, and that includes bugs that showed up in the original release.

We had a feeling this was going to happen but today it's official. The upcoming puzzle-RPG sequel Puzzle Quest 2 has been confirmed for a PC release later this summer by Namco Bandai. The game was first announced for the Nintendo DS and Xbox Live Arcade in November 2009. Shacknews first reported the PC port news and Big Download has confirmed it via chatting with a Namco Bandai PR rep on the phone today.

The sequel to the addictive game developed by Infinite Interactive will be released as a digital download via Namcogames.com and other PC game download services. Pricing for the PC port has yet to be revealed.

Hear ye, hear ye, it be time for this week's Mac Monday. Again, there's two delectable tidbits for your jaded palate. Or, rather, something delectable for everyone, and something that will only be to certain people's taste. I'm talking about Tycoon Games's Heileen, and Namco's Burgertime Deluxe. And I don't mean respectively, either. Check 'em out after the jump!

Flagship Studios released their action-RPG Hellgate London last October but the final result was a bit of a disappointment, both in critics' eyes and in terms of sales. However, Flagship continues to update the game with new patches and content and recently the developer posted up what they have planned for upcoming expansions to the game.

Now Flagship has released some new screenshots that show off what paid subscribers can expect to see in the upcoming Abyss Chronicles content expansion. While the shots were posted with little to no commentary, we do know that it will contain new quests, new boss battles, a revamp of the Blademaster class and more features. A version of the 2.0 patch that contains the Abyss Chronicles content could start beta testing as early as this coming week.