Empire Interactive has stated that they are bringing the FlatOut series to the Xbox 360. FlatOut Ultimate Carnage will be made especially for the Xbox 360 and will have support for the Xbox Live.
FlatOut Ultimate Carnage Overview:
- Some of the many brand new design and gameplay components featured in FlatOut Ultimate Carnage include 12 cars racing on screen up from eight in FlatOut 2, five all-new single player and two all-new multiplayer game modes over the Xbox Live online game service, over 8,000 dynamic objects per track up from 5,000 in FlatOut 2, widescreen High Definition resolution (720p), dynamic lighting and shadowing all with proper real-time environment mapping on all vehicles, downloadable content via Xbox Live, and 20,000 polygons per car up from 7,500 in the previous generation.
Ian Higgins, CEO, Empire Interactive quotes, “The declaration of FlatOut Ultimate Carnage on Xbox 360 is the first since the acquisition of Empire Interactive by Silverstar, and will be followed by many other thrilling announcements from the company throughout 2007. The FlatOut franchise has been amazingly successful to date with the first two games in the series both selling over one million copies around the world, so we are very eager in being able to reward the loyal FlatOut fan base with a next generation FlatOut game. FlatOut Ultimate Carnage is that game and it is undoubtedly the best FlatOut game to date.”
Clive Kabatznik, CEO, Silverstar Holdings said, “FlatOut is the flagship franchise of our group. The wonderful public response to the title and the numerous industry awards are indication to the quality and popularity of this game franchise. We believe that this bodes well for the future release of FlatOut Ultimate Carnage on Xbox 360, both in terms of the new capabilities showcased by third generation console technology as well as greater than before trendy appeal for the latest embodiment of this most successful franchise.”
FlatOut 2 was a huge success and it sold half a million copies. The future is bright for the FlatOut Series as racing games are very popular on the Xbox 360. Like the earlier versions, FlatOut Ultimate Carnage will be developed by Bugbear and will release in June 2007.