Gamely touted by Acclaim CEO Rod Cousens as "a full extension of the culture that embodies street racing," Juiced, developed by Juice Games, looks poised to emulate the phenomenal success experienced by EA's Christmas smash Need for Speed: Underground.Unlike NFS: Underground the game features licensed cars from the likes of Toyota, Honda VW, Fiat, Renault, Subaru et al. And you won't be stuck with a bog-standard showroom model either. Juiced will offer "thousands of realtime modding ...
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20 Mar 2008

Soulstorm and Juiced 2 Live on GamersGate

PC News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PC - Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - Soulstorm and Juiced 2 Live on GamersGate

From the article: "Leading PC digital distribution platform GamersGate announced today that Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® Â¿ Soulstorm and Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights for PC are available for direct download on http://www.gamersgate.com."
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19 Mar 2008

Photographer claims THQ used a 'Juiced 2' shot without permission

PC News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PC - Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - Photographer claims THQ used a 'Juiced 2' shot without permission

Photographer Paul Ferradas has said a photo he took of a model has ended up being used without consent from him or the model.

Apparently an ex-boyfriend of the model was playing Juiced 2 and recognised her in the "loading - please wait" images of the game. No comment from THQ at the moment, which may be scrambling to investigate themselves.
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5 Feb 2008

THQ Explains Stuntman And Juiced Failures

PC News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PC - Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - THQ Explains Stuntman And Juiced Failures

During THQ's financial conference call with analysts, company execs explained why two of their highly anticipated in-house games, Stuntman Ignition and Jucied 2: Hot Import Nights, did not do as well as anticipated in sales and reviews.

For Stuntman, the execs stated that they felt the game's design was too old-fashioned and highly scripted compared to the more open games that involve more player's choice that the publisher feels are more popular now.

For Juiced, THQ felt that giving the developer, Juiced Games, a total of six different platforms to develop all at once was too ambitious and that going forward THQ will only give their game developers no more than three SKUs to work on at once.
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23 Jan 2008

THQ scraps Juiced and Stuntman franchises

PC News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PC - Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - THQ scraps Juiced and Stuntman franchises

THQ has today announced its decision "not to pursue its Juiced and Stuntman intellectual properties".

Both franchises saw releases in 2007, with Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights and Stuntman: Ignition each releasing across multiple platforms. Although not receiving universal acclaim both titles were not without merit, Stuntman in particular proving great addictive fun for high-score junkies.
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16 Jan 2008

THQ chooses GamersGate for PC digital distribution

PC News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PC - Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - THQ chooses GamersGate for PC digital distribution

GamersGate press release:
"New York, USA (January 16, 2007) Â¿ Leading global download portal GamersGate announced today that it has entered an extensive PC digital distribution partnership with publisher giant THQ Inc.

The initial agreement includes worldwide access, excluding Australia and New Zealand, to Company of Heroes®: Opposing Fronts and Supreme Commander®: Forged Alliance as well as the original titles Company of Heroes® and Supreme Commander.

In addition, several catalog titles like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl and Full Spectrum Warrior® will be made available on the platform as well as recently released Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights and upcoming Frontlines: Fuels of War."
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24 Oct 2007

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights PC Demo Released

PC News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PC - Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights PC Demo Released

THQ has released the PC demo of Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights. The 1.63GB download includes two tracks, Solo Drift, Drift King and Circuit Race goals, and four cars: the Nissan 350Z, BMW M3, Holden Monaro and Saleen Mustang.

See download mirrors below.
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22 Feb 2007

THQ details Juiced 2

PC News | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

Developer THQ has officially announced the sequel to 2005's street racer Juiced, heading to PC, PS3, 360, PS2 and PSP, following earlier reports on the game this week. Juiced 2 is based around the Hot Import Nights series of car shows, and will include race and drift racing modes along with large amounts of customization options. There's also a "Driver DNA" system that "molds" the racing traits of players and then makes them downloadable to race against in events, though we're not quite sure ...
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20 Feb 2007

Juiced sequel revealed - first details

PC News | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

The sequel to urban racer Juiced has been revealed via Swedish games mag, Gamereactor, even though publisher THQ has yet to publicly confirm its existence. Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights is being developed for a September 2007 release on PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, and PSP, potentially going head-to-head with a new version of EA's Need For Speed series. The action takes place across various European cities, and there will be a roster of over 90 tuned-up motors to pimp. The game will be based around ...
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14 Sep 2009

Creating the sound and music of Jumpgate Evolution

PC News from N4G | Jumpgate: Evolution

PC - Jumpgate: Evolution - Creating the sound and music of Jumpgate Evolution

Massively writes: "We've been wondering what's happening over at NetDevil with Jumpgate Evolution of late. It's been a bit quiet on the news front, but we've come across a recent dev blog from Jumpgate Evolution Producer Hermann Peterscheck that explains the importance of audio in this sci-fi MMO."
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