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Cursed Mountain dev Deep Silver Vienna shuttered
As confirmed by parent company Koch Media to Develop, Cursed Mountain developer Deep Silver Vienna has apparently been closed. Citing "the overall economic situation" and noting "this decision is not easy for us," the 20-person staff was recently cut and told they would receive pay through the end of March. Develop posits that the studio's other game -- Ride to Hell -- will likely remain unaffected by the shutdown, as UK dev house Eutechnyx is handling development and Koch Media's Munich offices will oversee the game's management. Deep Silver Vienna was formed in the wake of Rockstar Vienna's closing back in 2006, and originally called itself Games That Matter. Ex-Rockstar Vienna heads Hannes Seifert and Niki Laber launched the studio, and it is said that Siefert has moved on to a position at Square Enix Europe as a creative director. As with every case like this, we'd like to wish those affected the best of luck.
Ferrari Challenge DLC takes race to Nurburgring, adds five more cars
Ferrari Challenge will get an update soon, adding five new cars and one new racetrack. The DLC, which hits PAL territories this May (while a North American date remains pending), gives players a chance to hop into a 430 Scuderia, 599 GTB Fiorano, 612 Scaglietti Sessanta, 330 P4, and an Enzo Ferrari (pictured). Gamers can drive any one of these new cars and take it for a spin on the new Nürburgring track. Previous reports suggested that Ferrari Challenge's DLC had been cancelled, but with this new announcement in place, it looks like that's not the case anymore. With the downloadable content now confirmed, only one question is left unanswered: Is it free? System 3 hasn't said. We suppose we'll know more when a specific date is revealed.
Ferrari Challenge sequel SuperCar Challenge announced
System 3 has just announced a sequel to the largely-overlooked racing game Ferrari Challenge for the PS3. Titled SuperCar Challenge, the new game will feature 40 vehicles, three difficulty settings (Assist, Arcade and Simulation), a tweaked career mode that's supposedly "more engaging," a retooled A.I. that will be more "adaptive," improved graphics and better sound effects. IGN's impressions indicate a "solid foundation" and they look forward to when the game is released "this Spring." The question is, are you willing to give Eutechnyx another chance?
Ride to Hell: A game with plenty of bikers and booze
And so the pre-E3 game announcement fun begins with the announcement of a new title coming from the collaborative efforts of Deep Silver, Eutechnyx and Perspective Studios called Ride to Hell. A 1960s focused biker game that is "aimed heavily at the player who wants to become fully involved in the original West Coast biker culture" and promises a "hard drinking, bare-knuckle environment, this is as close to the action as you can get." Sounds perfect for the youngings. Ride to Hell will release to the Xbox 360 platform sometime during the second quarter of 2009.
British racing game developer sets its sights on an MMO
UK-based Eutechnyx, who is known for their racing games, including a project in the works entitled Ferrari Challenge, has revealed its plans for a casual MMO. Apparently, this new game will have comparable visual quality to their current console racing games, but also include a flexible business model and shoot for a release date of 2010.According to the company's North American director Todd Eckert, "Although it's a casual MMO, any similarity between what we're doing and most casual MMOs will be purely coincidental. It's a very involved project." Eutechnyx boasts something completely fresh and unique with this project, going as far as to say it is "a different outlook to what games could possibly be in the future."
Joystiq hands-on: Ferrari Challenge
UK-based System 3 is out to fill the rather large racing simulation void on PS3 with Ferrari Challenge, a game the company is calling a spiritual successor to the Sega great, Ferrari F355 Challenge. It's also aimed directly at fans of Gran Turismo, GRID, and Project Gotham Racing.With its release set for next month exclusively on PS3 – as far as HD consoles go – we recently put Ferrari Challenge through its paces, while getting some background on what sets the game apart from other current-gen racers (apart from the fact that all of the cars are, obviously, Ferraris). Read on after the break to hear our impressions of the sights, sounds, and feel that highlight this high-spec driving sim.%Gallery-25886%
