Wheelman

Publisher: Ubisoft

Publisher 2: Midway

Developer: Midway-Newcastle/Tigon Studios

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 03/25/2009

Intl - 03/27/2009

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GameZone's Review

6.0

GZ Rating

Gameplay6
Graphics6
Sound8
DifficultyMedium
Concept6
Overall6.0

Reviewer: Dan Liebman

Review Date: 03/28/2009


Wheelman will satisfy players of simple taste, but only briefly.

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News

Vin Diesel's "Wheelman" composers - Guillermo y Jorge Badolato
Composers Jorge & Guillermo Badolato are glad to announce they worked in the composition and production of the soundtrack the Wheelman

Ubisoft, Midway and Tigon Launch Wheelman
Adrenaline-Pumped Super Moves and Hollywood-Style Driving Action Take to the Streets of Barcelona

Wheelman Video Game Soundtrack Features Original Music
In-Game Soundtrack Immerses Players Into Barcelona Setting With Flamenco Orchestrations

Midway and Ubisoft Announce Wheelman has Gone "Gold"
Today, Ubisoft and Midway have announced that Wheelman has gone gold for the Xbox 360, the PLAYSTATION 3 and PC

Ubisoft and Wheelman Announce Strategic Relationship to Publish Wheelman
Ubisoft to publish in major territories, Midway to direct development for highly-anticipated Vin Diesel driving game

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Description

Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, Wheelman provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride guaranteed to leave you breathless. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs.

Features

VIN DIESEL IS THE WHEELMAN :™ Action film megastar Vin Diesel and his Tigon Studios are the design and production of Wheelman to ensure an edge-of-your-seat gaming experience. Diesel’s voice and likeness will appear as the game’s main character, expert Wheelman Milo Burik.

THE ULTIMATE THRILL RIDE: Designed to play like a Hollywood blockbuster, Wheelman delivers all the rubber-burning, asphalt-churning excitement of the most jaw-dropping high-speed car chases.

OPEN WORLD DRIVING: Go where you want, do what you want, however you want. Choose your own route through the living, breathing city of Barcelona as you complete more than 30 missions and 100 side-missions, or simply drive around and take in the breathtaking Spanish architecture as you seek out all the game’s hidden cinematic jumps and golden lion statues.

REVOLUTIONARY CAR COMBAT: Sideswipe pursuing enemies with Wheelman’s ground-breaking Vehicle Melee car combat. Execute devastating “slam-n-ram” maneuvers in all directions with a simple flick of the joystick. But be careful, because your enemies can do the same. Once you experience Wheelman’s Vehicle Melee, you’ll never want to play another driving game without it!

MAXIMUM MOBILITY: Escape down a narrow alleyway on the back of a tricked-out motorcycle. Drive through an office building to make your getaway. Hop behind the wheel of exclusively licensed vehicles like the Pontiac G8 and Saturn Astra and make your escape in style. Drive it. Trash it. Crash it. You’re the Wheelman, it’s all up to you.

CINEMATIC SIGNATURE STUNTS: Survive death-defying feats and perform pulse-pounding moves to trigger extreme over-the-top Hollywood-style mobile attack maneuvers including: • Aimed Shot: Drive and shoot at the same time while the rest of the world slows to an easy-to-target blur. • The Air Jack: Leap from moving car to moving car to take control of a brand new ride. • The 360? Cyclone Spin: Spin around 180? to take out anyone that’s behind you, and then spin back 180? again to resume your route.

HIT THE PAVEMENT: Even the best Wheelman sometimes needs to get out of the vehicle. Take to the Barcelona streets for on-foot action — but make sure to remember your guns.

LIVING, BREATHING BARCELONA: Set in the exotic location of Barcelona, Spain. This classic European city is densely populated with traffic and pedestrians that react intelligently to your actions as you roam around realistic environments filled with massively destructible objects.

Notes

Ubisoft will distribute Wheelman in North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Midway will handle all other European territories



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