GamesRadar - Wheelman

Midway UK Purchased for 50p (News)

Aug 10, 2009

Following last month's closure of Midway Newcastle, the development team responsible for The Wheelman, it has today been revealed that the remainder of Midway's UK business has been purchased for approximately £0.50 (GBP). Midway's managing director for Europe, Martin Spiess, has negotiated the bargain deal, which sees him buy both the Midway Games France and UK offices for 1 Euro, around £0.86 at the time of writing.

Wheelman (Review)

Apr 30, 2009

If GTA is a bloody steak, this is tofu. For a game of a Vin Diesel movie about car chases, deadly shootouts and criminal gangs, Wheelman is bizarrely inoffensive. Its overly broad European streets pose almost no threat and little in the way of challenge. It’s fast but even the superbikes are hard to crash, while cars are like pinballs, popping and bursting through whatever they meet like meteorites through paper. ...

Wheelman (Screenshots)

Apr 29, 2009

Wednesday, March 25, 2009 Shipping Announcements (News)

Mar 25, 2009

WorthPlaying:

"Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for":

# BattleForge (PC)
# Women's Murder Club: A Darker Shade of Grey (PC)
# Wheelman (PS3/X360/PC)

411mania's Release List for the Week of March 23, 2009 (News)

Mar 24, 2009

411mania talks about week's game releases. Highlights include Lux-Pain, Death Track: Resurrection, Touch Mechanic, Sunday x Magazine: Taisen Action, and Cate West: The Vanishing Files.

UK Videogame Release Dates March 23rd-27th (News)

Mar 23, 2009

UK videogame releases for March 23rd to 27th sees the release of the Midway/Ubisoft title, Wheelman and Playstation Network title, Burn Zombie Burn arrives mid-week. Don King's boxing title arrives on the Wii and DS along with Afro Samurai on Xbox 360 and PS3.

Please note, release dates are about as reliable as a priest stuck in traffic behind two nuns in a Skoda, so don't take them as gospel. This is what we've been told.

The Wheelman - Fly high (Video)

Mar 23, 2009

As good as a ridiculously silly, physics-defying action game starring Vin Diesel deserves to be.

Rod Abernethy To Score The Wheelman (News)

Mar 18, 2009

Composer Rod Abernethy and Rednote Audio (www.rednoteaudio.com) announce their involvement in the production of the authentic and edgy score for Wheelman, the highly-anticipated driving game starring action-film megastar Vin Diesel as an expert driver for hire...

The Wheelman - Recover the docs (Video)

Mar 9, 2009

As good as a ridiculously silly, physics-defying action game starring Vin Diesel deserves to be.

The Wheelman - Truck cab (Video)

Mar 9, 2009

As good as a ridiculously silly, physics-defying action game starring Vin Diesel deserves to be.

Midway Releases New Screens, Announces Pre-Launch Demo and Updated Wheelman Web Site (News)

Jan 20, 2009

Today Midway released three new screens for Wheelman and announced that the official Web site for the game has been updated in preparation for the game's worldwide release, now scheduled for March 20.

Will there be any decent movie tie-ins this year? (Feature)

Jan 9, 2009

The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Ghostbusters on C64, Aladdin, Goldeneye, Riddick: the list of great movie tie-ins is barely longer than Russell Crowe’s temper. What chances, then, of even seeing a few good ones during 2009? Can the year that sees Barack Obama’s inauguration, a Michael Jackson comeback, and a Star Trek movie that doesn’t suck, prove that anything is possible?

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Wheelman – hands-on (Preview)

Dec 31, 2008

Lara Croft has had a monopoly on gaming tits for too long. Mirror’s Edge thought it was too stylish to let Faith use the first-person perspective to look down and press her knockers together. And we’re not even sure if Sackgirls have sexy organs on them. It’d take someone utterly shameless, brazen, and without substance to try to compete with Lara’s bust. Oh hi, Vin. ...

Prototype and Wheelman Virtual Holiday Greetings (News)

Dec 20, 2008

Game companies have been announcing holiday products for the last few weeks and today marked the first day that PWN or DIE started receiving our virtual Christmas cards from the various games.

Midway Games sent a Wheelman holiday card which featured Vin Diesel in a Santa outfit while Activision and Radical sent a nice little video greeting from the game Prototype featuring Alex Mercer.

Midway Releases All-New Wheelman Screenshots and a New Trailer (News)

Dec 18, 2008

Today Midway released an all-new, adrenaline-fueled cinematic trailer for the upcoming action-packed open world driving game Wheelman. XE also has seven brand new screenshots.

Wheelman director criticises sandbox gaming (News)

Dec 2, 2008

Wheelman creative director Simon Woodroffe has told VideoGamer.com that he thinks sandbox gaming elements such as bowling and dating in Grand Theft Auto IV are boring and not developed enough to warrant replaying.

"Yeah, there are elements of GTA in the game - and there are certainly elements of Burnout. I think our driving, the accessibility and the speed of it... that's more Burnout than GTA. But we've got an open world, a compelling story and a whole bunch of side missions - and those things are all GTA," Woodroffe told VideoGamer.com at a recent London press event. "We don't have a sandbox - you can't go bowling or go on a date. All that stuff is all well and good, but personally it doesn't appeal to me. It seems like a good idea but actually it's quite boring after a while, because in all of those mini-games, the micro-mechanics haven't been developed to a level where you'd want to play them over and over again."

Wheelman dated for February (News)

Nov 19, 2008

Midway has announced that the upcoming "Action-Packed Open-World Driving Game Featuring Vin Diesel" will be shipping in North America and Europe next February.

Midway's Wheelman Speeds Into Leipzig Games Convention With New Trailer and Screens (News)

Aug 22, 2008

Today Midway released a new video trailer and eight screenshots for Wheelman, the highly anticipated open world driving game starring Vin Diesel as an undercover agent and highly-skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld.

Midway: 'Expectations are high for Wheelman' (News)

Jun 17, 2008

Vin Diesel's The Wheelman is screeching onto PC, 360 and PS3 this autumn, and it's the game that Midway believes will help the firm improve its sales performance in Europe.

Wheelman vehicle melee "guaranteed to get stolen" - Midway Newcastle exec prod tells VideoGamer focus testers "can't believe it's not in Burnout" (News)

Apr 24, 2008

Shaun Himmerick, executive producer on upcoming open world driving game Wheelman, reckons the game's vehicle melee system is "guaranteed" to be copied in future games.

Vehicle melee in Wheelman, developed by Midway Newcastle in conjunction with Tigon Studios, Hollywood actor Vin Diesel's video game production company, involves darting your car in any direction with the right thumb stick in order to smash opposing cars off the road and send them spinning into the air.

Speaking to VideoGamer.com at Midway's recent Gamers' Day in Las Vegas, Himmerick revealed that developer Midway Newcastle's focus testers have said they can't believe vehicle melee isn't in Burnout.

"What I will guarantee will get copied by other people is the vehicle melee," he said. "When we have our focus testers in they literally say, "oh I can't believe Burnout doesn't have this!". It's so instinctive, driving then suddenly slam it left, bam! Take that car out, send it flying. I guarantee that's the one that will get stolen."

Wheelman - hands-on (Preview)

Apr 18, 2008

Vin Diesel is Midway’s second action film icon cum game developer, after John Woo. Vin brought his Hollywood sensibilities to bear on the project and was deeply involved in the design of the game from the beginning. The design team dissected several memorable car chases from movies like Ronin and The Bourne Identity to create the building blocks for Wheelman’s driving experience. The resulting stunts, exlplosions and large-scale ...

Vin Diesel is The Wheelman (News)

Jan 29, 2007

Point your eyes now at this first ever trailer for Midway's The Wheelman, a Driver-meets-Stuntman looking actioner starring Vin Diesel, who also takes the leading role in the film of the same name later this year. Hit the Movies tab above and launch the video player for the footage. There's precious little detail around on actual gameplay but we do know The Wheelman is entirely set in sunny Barcelona, and that there'll be on-foot missions running alongside the in-vehicle hijinks - which ...