News

8 December 2003

 

“Corvette 50th Anniversary Collection”

 

“Live the Dream…..Drive the Cars…..Play the Game!”

 

Steel Monkeys have announced today that the current title in development - “Corvette” – has gone gold on PC and Xbox and should be shipped by publisher TDK Mediactive to stores in North America within the next 2 weeks.  The PS2 version of the game will follow early in Q1, 2004.

 

This massive game includes: 

  • 102 Individual accurate Corvettes, every production model ranging from 1953-2003 plus awesome showcars.  

  • 48 Circuit configurations (Chosen from exciting locations along Route 66). 

  • 16 Highway road race configurations (Point to point simulating Route 66 from Chicago to LA). 

  • 6 Cars per race on the track circuits.  

  •  2 cars per race, plus lots of crazy traffic and chasing cops, on the highway road races. 

  • Choose your driver from 6 Individual animated characters.  

  •  Choose your favorite racing view from 5 varying camera positions. 

  • C1 – C5 era specific HUDs to enhance your race experience. 

  • Accurately modeled era specific physics with lift off drift simulation. 

  • Win upgrades for your favorite Vette’s engine, suspension and tires. 

  • Awesome car by car power and handling progression system. 

  • Competitive Splitscreen, LAN and Xbox Live multiplayer options. 

  • Animated environments with crowds, video walls, planes and airships. 

  • Arcade, Career, Heritage and special modes to play through. 

  • 196 Authentic GM paints to choose from. 

  • 11 Special multi-layer, translucent two-tone paints to unlock. 

  • 10 minutes of FMV and reward movies.  

  • 50 year history of Corvette, accessed from within the game. 

  • All game environments and Corvette’s are enhanced, polished and optimized across the multiple platforms.

Steel Monkeys have created a dedicated website that can be accessed through their own website at www.steelmonkeys.com and the TDK Mediactive site at www.corvettegame.com.

 

Steel Monkeys Background:

Steel Monkeys is a young and dynamic video game developer and operates out of a 5000 sq ft custom production facility based in Glasgow, Scotland and a 4000 sq ft digital graphic creation centre located in Minsk. The company currently employs over 50 people with almost all devoted exclusively to development and production. Steel Monkeys originates, designs and develops video games for all the leading entertainment platforms, including Sony Playstation 2, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PC and are behind the million selling, award winning smash “Bob the Builder – Can We Fix It?” and the award winning “Rocky” boxing game amongst others.

 



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