Yesterday I received an email from Midway that confirmed to me a few things. The first is Wheelman will be out in stores at the end of the week and here’s an awesome trailer for it. Which is good news because that means second, Midway is still a functioning publisher and development house. (In case you were unaware Midway is in bankruptcy court right now.)
I’ve spent some time with Wheelman demo on the Xbox 360 and honestly I’m a bit excited for this title. Wheelman looks like all the fun bits of driving, shooting, and wanton destruction from GTA are filtered down to the right amounts, with the proper amount of storyline stripped away and the addition of one powerful dose of Diesel, Vin Diesel. Which made for what I thought was such a great demo, that I preferred to play it over and over again and not write up the Impressions like I should have. To make it up to you dear reader I will quickly sum it up: Graphics = Good, Controls = Good, Gameplay = Good. It’s an action movie, but a video game, and the gimmick action moves didn’t seem to be repeated abusively.
Wheelman hits stores in Europe on 27-March and in North America on 24-March for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
I know it’s hard to take anything Vin Diesel is associated with seriously but from the looks of the new trailer Wheelman might be worth at least a rent. This new trailer showcases some of the vehicle combat that has been talked up so much by the developers along with a few cinematic clips setting up the generic storyline. The game hits store shelves on February 20th.
Midway has announced that it intends to have a global ship date of their open-world driving game Wheelman on February 16, 2009. The game will star Vin Diesel as an expert driver for hire and be set in Barcelona. The title is to be released on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC’s.
The game is being co-produced by Vin Diesel and created in close partnership with his game company Tigon Studios.
“We’re designing Wheelman to play like a Hollywood blockbuster,” said Vin Diesel, Wheelman star and executive producer, Tigon Studios. “Playing this game will be just like taking control of the greatest car chases from feature films, except this time you’re in the driver’s seat.”
The financially troubled publisher seems to be betting the bank on this title and is promising a whole new driving game experience,
“This is not just another run-of-the-mill, licensed Hollywood knock-off,” said Matt Booty, president and CEO, Midway. “Wheelman features evolutionary new game design mechanics like cinematic super moves and vehicular combat. Once you experience Wheelman’s Vehicle Melee, you’ll never want to play another driving game without it!”
The vehicle melee allegedly will allow gamers to take on pursuing enemies with a, “simple flick of the joystick”. Will Wheelman be as revolutionary to the driving game genre as they say or will this be another empty promise by a big publisher? We will have to wait and see.
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