Wheelman Dated

19 Nov 2008 at 23:30:01 by Paul Younger

Midway Games today announced a global ship date for Wheelman, the open-world driving game.

The game, starring and produced by Vin Deisel, has been given a release date of February 16th next year with it appearing in all shops by February 20th on the 360, PS3 and PC. The game is being developed by Vin's own game development studio Tigon Studio.

We’re designing Wheelman to play like a Hollywood blockbuster,” said Vin Diesel. “Playing this game will be just like taking control of the greatest car chases from feature films, except this time you’re in the driver’s seat.”

“Featuring Vin Diesel and set in Barcelona, Wheelman is a title with enormous sales potential ,” said Martin Spiess, executive vice president of Midway Games . “We’re making a multi-million dollar marketing investment to make sure that gamers around the world are ready when Wheelman goes on sale worldwide, which we have planned for February 2009.”

A movie is also expected to be put into produuction base don the game following its release.

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