Big Western style open-world RPGs from beloved Japanese studios who tend to be known for other things (inhale) are like buses: there's none for ages, and then two come along at once! See also: Clinton-era disaster movies about Earth getting clobbered by an asteroid. See also: Clinton-era disaster movies about America getting clobbered by volcanoes. See also: those ones about the White House (former home of Bill Clinton) getting clobbered by some guys with guns. I dunno. You don't read this anyway.
]]>Disney has folded its gaming business into the toy division, probably signalling the absolute end to the company's traditional development activities.
]]>Disney has begun publishing games on Steam, 11 years after the service's launch.
]]>The team at the newly formed studio, IronFist Games, is headed by Split/Second game director Nick Baynes, and is looking to bring its Road Rash-meets-Split/Second game to the masses through Kickstarter.
]]>Former Black Rock game director Nick Baynes has revealed to EDGE that the studio tried to "scale back" their AAA racing game Split Second to better fit Disney's shift in focus away from AAA titles.
]]>The developer of the tragically underappreciated Split/Second has officially closed its doors today according to its parent company, Disney Interactive Studios.
]]>Today's episode of What Might Have Been comes courtesy of Split/Second 2, almost certainly lost forever in the closure of developer Black Rock Studios.
]]>Brighton-based Split/Second and Pure developer Black Rock Studios is set to close, with 40 people made redundant, Disney's confirmed to VG247.
]]>Disney Interactive has confirmed to VG247 that it has laid off an unspecified number of employees at Black Rock.
]]>Variety's reporting that Disney has restructured into a digital-only publisher, and will now eschew retail and packaging.
]]>Disney has announced a PSN demo for Sumo Digital and Black Rock's Split/Second has been released on PSP today.
]]>Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the company is to "probably" invest less in its console gaming efforts in future.
]]>Black Rock Studios, the Brighton based developer behind games such as Split/Second, Pure and the Moto GP series is working on a new and as yet unannounced arcade racer.
]]>Disney's confirmed it'll release Split/Second on PSP in the US on November 16.
]]>Sony has updated the European end of PlayStation Plus with some nifty Fallout 3 DLC for free and some news on the Killzone 3 beta and a Split/Second: Velocity demo.
]]>Black Rock just announced both premium and free content upgrades for smash-racer Split/Second, the former of which is already available for download.
]]>Black Rock has announced over on the official Facebook page for Split/Second three DLC packs for the racer.
]]>Disney has just announced that Split/Second will be coming to PSP "this holiday season."
]]>Oh dear. Gama's posted up NPD figures for Alan Wake, Blur, Split/Second and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sand for the month of May. It's grim reading, quite frankly.
]]>If job listings on its website are an indication, Black Rock is creating a racer for PS3 and 360. Massive shock there, then.
]]>PC gamers wanting to try out Split/Second can now get a demo of the racer, at many locations around the net.
]]>Split/Second releases today in the UK. You should, you know, go out and buy it. What do you mean you want more? Fine, take this last dev diary and see what happens.
]]>Split/Second's balls-to-the-walls, mentally insane. At least that's the impression from the reviews going out on the Black Rock/Disney racer. Get rounded-up after the break, and find out if this one's for you.
]]>Disney's confirmed to VG247 that the install size for Split/Second's PS3 version is 3.7Gb.
]]>Update: If PlayFront's to be believed, the install's 3.8Gb. We'll have to check this with Disney tomorrow.
Original: Just as we report how Rockstar has managed a teeny PS3 HDD requirement for Red Dead Redemption, along comes Split/Second and breaks the record at the other end of the scale.
]]>Split/Second producer Jason Reid took time out of his busy schedule to chat with the EU PS Blog about what inspired the developers when creating the gaming content and the massive amount of explosions in it.
Reid said that when playing the racer, you need to be looking around at the different buildings rigged to blow, so as to better find opportunities to stop your opponents in their tracks and claim victory for yourself.
The video interview is below the break, and also through the link as well.
Split/Second is out on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 next week (May 18 & 21), and a demo's up for it on PSN and 360.
]]>Some headlines are born great. Some have greatness thrust upon them.
]]>Play.com seems to have revealed details of the first DLC to be released for Black Rock Studios racer, Split/Second: Velocity.
]]>Disney's released a new video of Split/Second's Survival Mode. Get it after the break.
]]>There's Split/Second video below the jump that is loaded with structural carnage.
The good kind of course.
There's a train, a power plant, and well, you can guess what happens.
Game’s out on May 18 (US) and May 21 (UK) for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 from Black Rock Studios.
Watch on, courtesy of Joystiq, and get the demo on XBL today.
]]>Mind that Split/Second demo announcement from boss Nick Baynes earlier this morning? No need to wait days for it: it's now live on Marketplace.
]]>Split/Second director Nick Baynes has revealed in the latest Major Nelson podcast that a demo for the OTT racer will hit Xbox Live some time this week.
]]>Disney's put out some more footage of Black Rock racer Split/Second before its release next month. Three words: Boom, boom, pow!
After the break.
]]>Split/Second's looking properly epic, as you'll see in the first development diary released for it.
]]>Play.com has outed DLC for Disney’s racer Split/Second with its pre-order program for the game.
]]>Split/Second's multiplayer looks hardcore, as these two new videos prove.
]]>Disney's released a brand new trailer of OTT Black Rock racer Split/Second. Go give it a watch after the break.
]]>Update: Guess it's not happening, then. The games are mentioned on every accessories page of the PlayStation site.
Original Story: The US portal page for PlayStation Move has revealed some more compatible games for the motion controller, including some biggies.
]]>Black Rock's Jason Ried has said Split/Second is up there with Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted 2 in the racing game stakes.
]]>Disney's sent out nearly 40 new screens for Black Rock's Split/Second.
Get them after the break.
]]>Disney's confirmed to NowGamer that Black Rock Hollywood racer Split/Second will release on May 21 in the UK.
]]>Black Rock head Tony Beckwith's told VG247 that Disney smash racer Split/Second is one of two games in development at the studio, although he refused to give details on the second title.
]]>Disney's just release a new Split/Second trailer, confirming the smash-racer for May release.
The footage shows of the game's Dock level, and it's looking splendid.
We got to see this recently, so we'll have notes and an interview for you soon.
Check it out. Great stuff.
]]>Black Rock's put out a new Split/Second trailer, showing off environmental "Powerplays" in the bomb-heavy racer. It's after the break.
There's plenty of gameplay footage in there, and very good it looks too. We're off to see this in Brighton next week, and after playing it at the EG Expo in Leeds we're pretty pumped.
It's out next May.
]]>Disney has released a new video for Split/Second showcasing its "fantastic graphics and explosive gameplay."
It reminds us a bit of a car commercial, until the lovely auto is smashed by a building.
Hopefully, you'll be quick enough to outrun stuff like that once the game is released early next year for PC, 360 and PS3.
Watch on below.
]]>Immediate joy. Hit the link to see video of two laps from Black Rock crash-racer Split/Second, filmed off-screen at today's EG Expo in Leeds.
Surprise of the show. It's the most instant fun we've had with a car and a games console for a long time.
The game's out for PC, PS3 and 360 early next year.
]]>Disney will have loads of games on hand at E3 this week. Some you will want to play, some you will want for your kids.
We have broken it down for you here:
- Split/Second - Early 2010 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned - Fall 2010 (PC, unannounced consoles)
- Toy Story Mania! - Fall 2009 (Wii)
- Spectrobes: Origins - Fall 2009 (Wii)
- Disney Sing It: Pop Hits - Fall 2009 (PS3, Wii) (PS2 available in Europe only)
- Club Penguin and Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force - Out Now (DS, PC, Mac)
- KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days - Fall 2009 (DS)
- G-Force - July 21 (DS, PC, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
- The Princess & The Frog - November 2009 (DS, Wii)
- Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure - Fall 2009 (DS)
- Disney’s A Christmas Carol - November 3 (DS)
- Cars Race-O-Rama - October 2009 (DS, PSP, PS2, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360)
- Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show - August 4 (PSP)
- JONAS - Fall 2009 (DS)
- Wizards of Waverly Place - August 25 (DS)
Mobile games and full details on each title are after the break.
]]>A new Split/Second movie, showing gameplay concept, lies after the break. It features cars dodging a crashing plane. It doesn't get better than that.
The Disney racer's out early next year for PC, 360 and PS3.
]]>Black Rock Studios' Tony Beckwith has told Develop that the racing genre is "dying out" and the firm's new title Split/Second will save it.
]]>Kotaku and EG have both gone live with GDC-timed play impressions of Black Rock's Split/Second.
EG snip:
]]>Disney's confirmed Black Rock racer Split/Second for a 2010 release for PC, 360 and PS3.
There's the first few screens after the break.
“Split/Second elevates action racing to a new level by enabling players to strategically take out their opponents by dynamically altering the course in real time,” said Disney Interactive boss, Craig Relyea.
“Split/Second further showcases Black Rock Studio’s ability to innovate and deliver a compelling experience that has wide appeal beyond the traditional racing genre.”
Press release below.
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