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| Speedball 2 Tournament Game |
Speedball 2 Tournament is a sequel to the Commodore Amiga futuristic
sports video game Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe originally
created by The Bitmap Brothers,
published by Frogster Interactive Pictures and
developed by Kylotonn.
Features
As of 26 July 2007, the
official site states the game will feature fully customizable male, female and
droid players, and a virtual marketplace for unlockable in-game content. The
game will also feature live streaming of ranked matches, as well as live sports
commentary and developer interviews. The game also features a subscriber-based
"Gold" mode in which players are granted access to worldwide
officially ranked leagues.
Development
Public interest in a
modern remake of
Speedball 2 was rekindled by a high-profile Half-Life 2 modification, SourceBall
The SourceBall project began development in November 2004, and garnered interest from both Valve Corporation (many of whom claimed to be fans of
the original Speedball 2), and from Mike Montgomery of The Bitmap Brothers.
SourceBall was featured in a Steam News article broadcast to the Steam
community, and was used by Valve in their 2005 presentation at The Gathering in Norway. Following a change of
leadership in early 2006, development on the SourceBall project ended, but
public demand for a new version of Speedball 2 remained high. In October 2006,
Frogster Interactive announced that it had secured the rights to remake Speedball 2. Frogster has
slated for release in Autumn 2007, and on April 27, 2007 released a trailer for Speedball 2. For the production
of Speedball 2, Kylotonn
assembled a new team of game designers and programmers. As eminent advisor and
lead producer, Mike Montgomery from Bitmap Brothers is supervising all steps in
the development of the game. The title was changed to Speedball 2 Tournament in November 2007.
Distribution
On 5
November 2007, Kylotonn and Valve released information that they would distribute
the game via Steam and the end of November, 2007. The game
has since been delisted from Steam though no official announcement or
justification for this seems to have been published.
Initial
release date: November
27, 2007
Genre: Sports game
Platform: Microsoft Windows
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