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World Rally Championship Gets A Publisher

Namco Bandai Games announced today that it will publish World Rally Championship (WRC) for the PSP in North America. WRC will ship to retailers in March 2006.

“We are excited to bring one of the most popular rally racing franchises to the handheld market,” said Jeff Lujan, Business Director at Namco Bandai Games. “WRC offers the most exhilarating rally racing experience available for the PSP system.”

The only official game of the FIA World Rally Championship, WRC offers a complete WRC season over 5 continents and 16 countries, from the streets of Japan to the hills of Mexico.

Based around the 2005 season, WRC for the PSP system features 30 official and fully deformable 2005 WRC, Evolution, and Extreme spec cars; from manufacturers such as Ford, Subaru and Mitsubishi as well as all of the 36 official WRC 2005 drivers and co-drivers. WRC also offers sixty-four point-to-point stages on gravel, tarmac and snow with 6 game modes encompassing single player, multi–player and Wireless Head-to-Head support.

This one sounds like it could be entertaining. We'll keep you posted on how it's looking as its release draws nearer.