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[sonycowboy]

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1222&Itemid=2

Midway Games today acquired UK development studio The Pitbull Syndicate, best known for its arcade racing games.


Midway acquired the privately-held developer in a "primarily stock transaction" for 200,000 Midway shares, currently valued at just over $15, making the deal worth around $3 million. The Newcastle, England-based studio is currently developing Midway's driver L.A. Rush along with additional next generation projects. It will be renamed Midway Studios - Newcastle.

Midway boss David Zucker (pictured) said, "This close-knit team of highly talented developers brings to Midway a successful track record, specifically the Test Drive series, of which three titles have sold over one million units. L.A. Rush will be the first title in our co-marketing relationship with MTV, and we are excited to add the creative force behind this title to our expanding internal development staff."

Midway's SVP worldwide studios Matt Booty added, "Pitbull has mastered the art and science of arcade-style racers, with sophisticated technology that allows huge free-roaming environments, hundreds of destructible objects, and an advanced artificial intelligence system capable of handling more than 100 vehicles at once. Pitbull will form the foundation of Midway's future racing games, and we are excited to expand our international presence in one of the strongest regions for game development talent in the UK."

 

[DarienA]

Pitbull is doing LA Rush? Ugh... didn't they do the previous and crappy (I might add) Test Drives? (interest in LA Rush continues to drop)

 

[belgurdo]

Anyone else finding it odd that Midway didn't have the cash to localize Shadow Hearts 3 but will bleed money for shit like this and Narc?

 

[Keyser Soze]

I played a demo of LA Rush yesterday; it was terrible (although I was playing Burnout Revenge before I started playing it)

 

[DarienA]

Anyone else finding it odd that Midway didn't have the cash to localize Shadow Hearts 3 but will bleed money for shit like this and Narc?

F*ck Midway... that is... until they announce Psi Ops 2... and/or this New NFL Blitz actually turns out to be good....

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

Pitbull is doing LA Rush? Ugh... didn't they do the previous and crappy (I might add) Test Drives? (interest in LA Rush continues to drop)

The game got 5/10 from GamesTM, seems its a stinker. :lol

 

[SolidSnakex]

Pitbull is doing LA Rush? Ugh... didn't they do the previous and crappy (I might add) Test Drives? (interest in LA Rush continues to drop)

The OPM demo was terrible.

 

[AB 101]

I played a demo of LA Rush yesterday; it was terrible (although I was playing Burnout Revenge before I started playing it)

Well, Burnout will make a lot of racers look like shit.

 

[ram]

worst track design ever in a racing game!

 

[SolidSnakex]

Well, Burnout will make a lot of racers look like shit.

It's not really its looks (although they aren't that great) it just plays really bad. It's nothing like Rush.

 

[sonycowboy]

I played a demo of LA Rush yesterday; it was terrible (although I was playing Burnout Revenge before I started playing it)

It is horrible. The controls are bad, the graphics are worse. The only real fun is trying to find shortcuts/hidden paths.

 

[DarienA]

It's not really its looks (although they aren't that great) it just plays really bad. It's nothing like Rush.

Movies I saw made it look like a poor man's Midnight Club(checkpoint racing).

 

[Spazbiohaz]

Really, I the love the demo. The hitches in the PS2 version sucked but that is why you always buy the Xbox version for multi sku titles. Yes they blew it and milked the franchice but, The fundamentals see to be there. I hope that the trick mode is in and if they have keys I will be gay for this game. The key's are the only part of Rush I liked.

 

[sprsk]

Its just the racing minigame from GTA made into a full game, i guess thats what midnight club is too, but la rush just sucks.

 

[svenuce]

Prepare for disappointment. As bad as you think this game is going to be, it will be a good 50% worse.

This acquisition is silly, but at least it was cheap and gets them some racing expertice (something that they previously had in spades with Ed Logg before they shut down their Milpitas, CA studio).

 

[AlphaSnake]

The OPM demo was terrible.

You're being too kind. And no, I'm not kidding.

 

[SolidSnakex]

You're being too kind. And no, I'm not kidding.

I can't think of any other word to describe it.