Oct 18, 2007 According to the Entertainment Software Association's 2006 report, 38 percent of gamers are females. These numbers are down from 2005, when the fairer sex reportedly accounted for 43 percent of the pie. It seems that gaming continues to be a mostly male affair, so what's the best way to penetrate this demographic? Judging by the sex-filled ads we've seen over the years, it looks like the best way to a young man's wallet has - and always will be - through his pants. Read on and ...
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3 Mar 2006

Juiced destined for next-gen?

PS2 News | Juiced

Last summer's street racer hit Juiced could well be gearing up for a spin on next-gen consoles. The news that Juiced publisher THQ has bought Juice Games, the UK developer behind the car-modder, is revealed in today's issue of trade mag MCV and is a sure indication that we can expect more Juiced in the future. Originally released for PC, PS2 and Xbox, Juiced cashed in on the popularity of Need for Speed with its own take on street racing, and ultimately enjoyed considerable success itself, ...
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13 Jul 2005

Juiced takes no.1

PS2 News | Juiced

Official ELSPA Entertainment Top 20 Software Chart (all prices) - week ending 9 July1 (3) Juiced(PS2, Xbox, PC)2 (1) Medal of Honor European Assault(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube)3 (2) Destroy All Humans(PS2, Xbox)4 (5) Cricket 2005(PS2, Xbox, PC)5 (NE) God of War(PS2)6 (12) Madagascar(PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, PC, GBA, DS)7 (4) Grand Theft Auto San Andreas(PS2, Xbox, PC)8 (8) Lego Star Wars(PS2, Xbox, PC, GBA)9 (9) Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith(PS2, Xbox, PC, GBA, DS)10 (6) Battlefield 2(PC)11 ...
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6 Sep 2004

Juiced: Online racer survives Acclaim liquidation

PS2 News | Juiced

Promising-looking street racer Juiced - originally due to be released this month by Acclaim for PS2, Xbox and PC - has survived the company's bankruptcy and will still see release - although it's not yet clear who will publish it or when. The UK-developed game was actually funded not by Acclaim but by independent backers, leaving coders Juiced Games free to find a new publisher for the title.While the game has drawn comparisons to Need For Speed: Underground, unlike NFS the game features ...
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6 May 2004

Juiced: Cruising with new shots and details

PS2 News | Juiced

Acclaim have revealed more details of the car modification system in their street life-style racer Juiced. They tell us there are approximately 7.2 trillion styling combinations. That's one hell of an approximation and we're not counting, but we'll take their word that there's a huge range of bits to fiddle about with.A whole range of performance classes are provided by the 47 cars included in Juiced. Thing is, everything costs money and you'll be fairly short of the green stuff when you kick ...
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22 Jan 2004

Juiced: Praise the lowered

PS2 News | Juiced

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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19 Mar 2008

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

PS2 News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PS2 - 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

PS2 News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PS2 - 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

PS2 News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PS2 - 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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18 Jan 2008

First day sales in Japan (1/17)

PS2 News from N4G | Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights

PS2 - Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights - First day sales in Japan (1/17)

First Day Sales

Mario & Sonic at Beijing Olympics (DS) : about 40k

School Days L x H (PS2) : about 7k

Sonic Riders (Wii) : about 2k

Trauma Center New Blood (Wii) : about 2k

Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights (PS2) : about 2k
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