Archief - Twisted Metal

Those who plunk down for the latest Twisted Metal will be able to take an older model of the franchise for a spin as well. In a post on the PlayStation Blog today, co-director David Jaffe announced that the first run of Twisted Metal for the PlayStation 3 would include vouchers to download 2001's Twisted Metal Black.

Sweet Tooth apparently traded in the ice cream truck for a new set of wheels.
Twisted Metal Black was the first PlayStation 2 installment in the franchise, and as the name suggests, employed a darker tone and atmosphere than previous versions on the original PlayStation. Although Black was re-released the following year with online multiplayer support as a promotion for the PS2 network adapter peripheral, Jaffe said the version included with the first printing of Twisted Metal would be the original, offline edition.

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In tegenstelling tot in de VS zal Twisted Metal dit jaar geen valentijnscadeautje zijn in onze contreien. Sony liet namelijk aan de website MCV weten dat de PS3-exclusive van Eat Sleep Play op 17 februari in het Verenigd Koninkrijk verschijnt. Oorspronkelijk stond de game gepland voor oktober van vorig jaar.

Wie er snel bij is en een exemplaar van de eerste lading in huis haalt, krijgt zoals bekendgemaakt door co-director David Jaffe ook een voucher code om Twisted Metal Black te downloaden.

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The game will support a party system that comes featured with party chat only. This means that when your playing a game you can have the option to either speak with just your party or with everyone in the game. The chat is on an open connection, meaning that you won’t have to select any buttons to talk to one another. There will be party chat features. So, if another member of your party is in another game, you can simply switch to party mode so that you can communicate with that person. Also, there will not be text chat besides the message board, which only hosts can leave messages on.

The game will feature a matchmaking mode along with a server list for both ranked and unranked games. Players who join matchmaking games will be matched with other players based on skills, and the re-balancing of games will also be based on skill levels. Ranked games can only be started when there are a minimum of 6 people in the lobby, and no team can have no more then one person more.If the host chooses to leave the game then it will automatically find another host without ending the game. Players will also be able to host private matches, though there will not be any ranked rooms or dedicated servers options as some players might be inclined to boost each others ranks. There will be options to keep certain players out of your rooms such as a skill level or a password protected option.

If you guys haven’t noticed it yet, Kamikaze name has now been changed to Spectre. Many fans were wondering whether he would make it in the game or not, and it appears that he has now been named swapped with Kamikaze. So, the vehicle still looks Kamikaze, just a different name.

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