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MotorStorm 2 out by Christmas, says BBC

Posted on February 25th, 2008 at 04:45 EDT

A reporter for the BBC attending the Game Developers Conference last week has revealed some interesting tidbits on a number of upcoming projects for Sony’s PlayStation 3 console.

Among the more notable elements of his report include details on Evolution Studios’ forthcoming racing sequel, MotorStorm 2, which he claims is scheduled to hit shops in time for the 2008 Christmas holiday season.

The high-speed off-road romp will take players across a variety of new environments, including those set on tropical islands “full of interactive vegetation.” A four-player split screen mode has also been confirmed.

However, perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the report comes in the form of a nameless title due for release on PS3 in 2009; though sworn to secrecy under a Non Disclosure Act, the blogger notes that the mysterious title looked so impressive, he feels that Sony could be on the verge of making the next step “in what games consoles are capable of in terms of story-telling and immersion.”

Those of you who feel obliged to speculate as to the identity of this title should feel free to do so in our comment section below.

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posted 4:49am EST - February 25th, 2008
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is there any pics or trailers anywhere for motorstorm 2? i would love more than anything for a game to be made by sony themselves, the mastrs of ps3, the ones who know everythin about it, be taken and have a title that fully, FULLY- displays its power in ALL categries, realisticness, graphics, and the rest of the latter, perhaps this is it?
posted 5:11am EST - February 25th, 2008
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maybe it is lemmings 2, son of lemmings!! Haha! seriously though maybe it is max payne 3. out just the same time as the movie. that would be top notch. good news about split screen for motorstorm 2, that was the only thing missing from the first game.

posted 5:17am EST - February 25th, 2008
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The first Motorstorm looked amazing and was great fun to play. This next one should be insane!

posted 5:30am EST - February 25th, 2008
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all I'm excited for is motorstorm 2. bring it. Friggin bring it. ..............................with your promised offline multiplayer :)

posted 5:36am EST - February 25th, 2008
5

I'm not too worried about Motorstorm 2, but since it has 4 player split screen I might consider it.  As far as the "unnamed game", my best guess would be Team ICO's next project.

posted 5:41am EST - February 25th, 2008
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at last split screen for motorstorm, good news for when my mates come over to my place especially if we have four controllers, just for this i'll deffinately buy it with my eyes closed. I think the title for 2009 might be a totaly new IP!

posted 5:45am EST - February 25th, 2008
7

I consider this as a rumor for now.

posted 6:07am EST - February 25th, 2008
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With such news,i can already tell that E3 is gonna be BIG for Sony.

posted 6:27am EST - February 25th, 2008
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Wow, lets hope this new mystery title lives up to this early hype! Of course I can't wait for the Motorstorm 2 as well :) Looking forward to the new Tropical Island courses!
posted 6:30am EST - February 25th, 2008
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HEROES ??? Could b fun...
posted 7:02am EST - February 25th, 2008
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Wow sweet 4 player splitscreen. Already buying it.

posted 9:03am EST - February 25th, 2008
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"A four-player split screen mode has also been confirmed" that's all i need to hear right now. i thinking that we won't see any trailers not until E3

posted 9:44am EST - February 25th, 2008
13

ive still been trying to get  the first one but all these great games keep coming out

posted 10:56am EST - February 25th, 2008
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4 player split-screen is great! and tropical islands? count me in!

no idea about that other one though...

posted 11:17am EST - February 25th, 2008
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Motorstorm 1 turned me off at one point and it was the first day that I played it. I expect more from an Exclusive title advertised the way Motorstorm was in the states.

I am driving a good speed and I am nearing a small ramp where there is a helicopter on a platform behind it already cranked on with the wings spinning. I said to myself, I am going to fly right up into those Helicopter wings and they are going to mess up this car something terrible.  Behold, I fly up the ramp, on pace to get chopped up, and the car actually goes through the helicopter wings as if they were even there. No contact, no nothing. Just a car flying through helicopter wings as if a bad glitch or something. I put the game down seconds after that. In order for me to pick up Motorstorm II, they will have to give me assurance that this type of wannabe next gen realism will not be in this game.

 

posted 12:03pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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Thank God, I'm glad to hear that Motorstorm 2 will make it out before the end of this year because there has literally been no info about anything in regards to Motorstorm 2 and I'm VERY VERY glad to hear that it's making a 2008 showing.

However, in reference to the nameless title that was shown, Someone found an article on it, and they passed it along to me. In the article Phil Harrison was shown the trailer for the game and he was SPEECHLESS and he was totally blown away.

 

posted 12:28pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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Motorstorm is good, but it really felt empty after a while. I do think that they might be able to make if great or close to in the second title. As for the unanounced game I really can't wait for E3, aren't we all really waiting for that  TRUE Next-Gen tittle to come out? Uncharted was great and I bet GTA4 will be awesome, but I really wanna get that same feeling I got when Shenmue was coming out on the DC. I felt like I was gonna be able to jump into an actual world. Or the feeling of playing Mario 64 at Toys 'r us. This generation has been good, but I haven't had that feeling yet.

posted 12:29pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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Heavy Rain. ;)
posted 12:52pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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This sound great, I liked the Motorstorm a lot!

posted 3:02pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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I really doubt it. Didnt Evolution say they started out MotorStorm 2 from scratch? Its only been less than a year, and they have made so much progress already? I really doubt this one.

posted 3:05pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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It's kind of surprising to see a Motorstorm sequel out this quickly.  It hasn't even been released for a year yet.  I'm not complainging though.  I loved the first one and the split screen is going to kick some ***.

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I can only speculate as to the other game and even though I haven't played SotC yet, I hope it's SotC 2.

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@Xelios: The majority of dev time now is trying to get everything working on the Cell.  With Motorstorm already having pioneered it for them, all they have to do is make the game.

posted 3:28pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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psn id: gingo.... good news about motorstorm 2 but i am very excited about this undisclosed title and since the bbc are very unbiased if they say it is as good as they say i cant wait for 2009 lol

posted 3:48pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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I agree with Fiddlesworth - Heavy Rain seems to fit the bill for the mystery title.
posted 4:17pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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F#$K I'm gonna need a better job for all the games I want to get this year, anyway YES Motorstorm 2 has split screen and on top of that another title for '09 that looks that impressive should really be good, also Evolution Studios is turning out like Insomniac with popping games out every year, which is great in my book bad in my wallet

posted 8:19pm EST - February 25th, 2008
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If any game is gonna be more immersive and graphically impressive than I think Heavy Rain will be, I don't know what to say. Thats great about Motorstorm though. I don't know how they missed multiplayer split screen last time.
posted 2:42am EST - February 26th, 2008
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I expect Motorstorm 2 to be absolutely awesome. I loved the gameplay in part 1 but it was a bit shallow. More tracks, perhaps custom tracks, custom skins, custom vehicles, and a better career mode...and more. Yeah Motorstorm 2 is going to be sweet

posted 5:10pm EST - February 26th, 2008
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I'm excited. MS2 with 4player SS and a title so amazing it makes your pants go on fire :D

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