Retail Radar: Pimp My Ride and Harley Davidson revved up for Xbox 360 and PS2?

EBgames/GameStop lists product pages for a slate of unannounced Activision titles, including two new Cabela's hunting sims for Xbox 360 and a pair of portable Spider-Man games.

It's not so hard out here for a pimp, apparently.

The Retail Radar has picked up a handful of incoming bogies from Activision on EBgames' Web site today. Online retailers have a history of leaking publishers' announcements, putting up product pages for games that haven't yet been confirmed to exist. While these listings should not be taken as official confirmation about which games are coming out for which platforms, they are frequently an accurate indicator of what might be coming just over the horizon.

While the MTV show Pimp My Ride has appeared in games before (the show had a tie-in deal with Midway's racer L.A. Rush), it hasn't been the basis for a game itself. That oversight might soon be remedied, as EBgames has listings up for a Pimp My Ride game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and PlayStation Portable. The pages are virtually blank, but Activision is given as their publisher, and the 360 game's category is listed as "Racing, Online." The PS2 and PSP versions are listed for an October 2 release with prices of $29.99 and $39.99, respectively. The 360 edition is slated for November 1, with a $39.99 price tag.

Activision apparently has a need for speed, as the retailer also lists it as the publisher for Harley Davidson Motorcycles for the PS2 and Xbox 360. As with Pimp My Ride, the PS2 version is listed at $29.99, with the 360 one at $39.99 and sporting the "Racing, Online" descriptor. Both versions of the game are given a November 1 shipping date.

Anyone who's played the publisher's Spider-Man games knows fossil fuels aren't the only way Activision has of getting from point A to point B, and the publisher looks to be set for another bout of webswinging. In addition to the already announced game adaptations of Spider-Man 3, EBgames is accepting preorders for Spider-Man Origins on the Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. Each game is priced at $29.99 and carries an October 24 release date.

[UPDATE]: An Activision representative confirmed for GameSpot that there is a Spider-Man title in the works, but said that it will not be called Spider-Man Origins. The full name of the game has yet to be announced.

Finally, the publisher is also listed as handling a pair of new hunting games on the retailer's site. Cabela's African Safari is scheduled for a November 1 release on the PS2 and the Xbox 360 for $29.99 and $39.99, respectively. Hunters more accustomed to colder climes can instead look forward to Cabela's Alaskan Adventure, listed for August 1 on the PSP, PS2, Xbox, and Xbox 360. All versions of that game are priced at $29.99 except for the 360 edition, which rings up at $39.99.

And for cost-conscious gamers concerned that EBgames' and GameStop's Web sites list the majority of their Wii titles for almost $60, there is some potentially good news today. A GameStop employee today told GameSpot that on the company's internal databases, the standard Wii game pricing weighs in at $50.

Once again, retailer listings, whether internal or publicly available, should not be taken as final confirmation of a game's existence, nor should the absence of a listing be considered as proof that a game isn't coming to a given platform.

64 Comments

  • DarkTemplarFury

    Posted Jun 7, 2006 7:36 am PT

    A Pimp My Ride Game? Wtf. That's seriously disgusting.

    It will go to rental stores for sure.

  • 20Minutes

    Posted Jun 6, 2006 12:14 pm PT

    so...basically...if they did release it...a pimp my ride video game is basically Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition with Xzibit in it. right?

  • tylerules1990

    Posted Jun 5, 2006 5:14 pm PT

    Xibit is definately gonna hook them up with a copy on the next show, but yeah, definate waste of money.

  • Green4link

    Posted Jun 3, 2006 1:04 am PT

    How would a pimp my ride work as a video game I wonder... would it be kinda like midnight club or something like that, or more like the sims... mmm... What's next The simple life video game... I dunno what to expect now.

  • Green4link

    Posted Jun 3, 2006 1:01 am PT

    How would a pimp my ride work as a video game I wonder... would it be kinda like midnight club or something like that, or more like the sims... mmm... What's next The simple life video game... I dunno what to expect now.

  • Gozel

    Posted Jun 3, 2006 12:06 am PT

    will be a pointless game. what u gonna do in that game, buy a carand then wreck it and then the guy come and pimp ur ride?

  • i_love_my_ds

    Posted Jun 2, 2006 9:48 pm PT

    Spider-man sounds cool, everything else will probably suck

  • swirskytheman

    Posted Jun 2, 2006 5:19 pm PT

    stupid idea

  • Zatch01

    Posted Jun 1, 2006 10:55 pm PT

    ooo god, another bad game realease into the market, who comes up with this game idea?!?! Probably some 70 year old owner of mtvs like "how can we make this bad show get more attention? lets make a video game" .... what has happend, games use to have original storylines

  • joshterd31

    Posted Jun 1, 2006 4:06 pm PT

    sweet pimp my ride for ps2 thats cool

  • Jebus182

    Posted Jun 1, 2006 4:34 am PT

    this game will probably be bad but lets just hope they dont make a pimp my ride uk game it would be even worse

  • thekey

    Posted May 31, 2006 11:33 pm PT

    This isn't nothing new they(EB) been doing this(letting games leak out) since the days of snes.
    So why not let it leek,
    They need all the publicity they can get........"pimp my ride" that sounds like a great game. *sarcasm

  • sidney_765

    Posted May 31, 2006 8:20 pm PT

    THIS IS GONNA FAIL!!!

  • SoreBastard

    Posted May 31, 2006 5:47 pm PT

    Uhhh? Woot???

  • madgamer2000

    Posted May 31, 2006 1:25 pm PT

    the only good thing out of all of that news was that wii games wont be 60$.

  • Ernice

    Posted May 30, 2006 11:38 pm PT

    ho-hum

  • pyth0n13

    Posted May 30, 2006 6:03 pm PT

    what'll be the point of this game. do u get to race cars after u pimp them? will they have damage modelling? practically all racing games have pimp my ride features and then some. mtv made a dumb move here.

  • Creapy_team

    Posted May 30, 2006 8:07 am PT

    Could be fun, but the games is surely going to suck because it's based on a MTV-Show, and those kind of games does usely suck, right?

  • Clouduot

    Posted May 30, 2006 1:01 am PT

    This is gonna rock.

  • tr00pa_26

    Posted May 29, 2006 1:20 pm PT

    thats preety lame...a game that you have to pimp rides aha do it in real life

  • Smoke2Much

    Posted May 29, 2006 7:09 am PT

    How interesting !

  • lone_gunman16

    Posted May 28, 2006 9:44 pm PT

    this could be a cool game.......if it was made right that is........

  • bulldog7

    Posted May 28, 2006 7:25 pm PT

    ya, not sure i really care

  • rbarahona

    Posted May 28, 2006 4:47 pm PT

    I'm not a big fan of the show; however a game could be fun if they give the player, enough options to pimp those rides.

  • sabru8

    Posted May 28, 2006 4:44 pm PT

    cool...i guess.

  • anamnawshad

    Posted May 28, 2006 10:55 am PT

    LOL It'll be cool if all characters from the show are in the game

  • HappyInvader101

    Posted May 28, 2006 8:39 am PT

    oh my.....

  • RazMasters

    Posted May 28, 2006 12:11 am PT

    Oh, and then there's games with peripherals like "Mario Paint", which cost $70 at some places, and then there were titles with huge amounts of RAM, like "Phantasy Star IV", which could be $80 to $100 depending upon where you went shopping...

    No, these modern-day prices aren't strange at all.

  • RazMasters

    Posted May 28, 2006 12:09 am PT

    $50 isn't unreasonable. New games have been $50 since the days of the NES. $60 is pushing it, but from the looks of things, that won't be the going price for the average Wii game.

    Furthermore, Nintendo's much smarter about price drops than some of their competitors. They'll let a game sell at full price for a few months (or perhaps a year), and then they'll drop it $10, or $20. Much better than letting a game sell at a full pop for several years before suddenly making it a "Greatest Hits" title and causing recent purchasers to feel ripped off.

  • TarenThandi1994

    Posted May 27, 2006 8:41 pm PT

    Cool awsome

  • peeweeshift

    Posted May 27, 2006 3:25 pm PT

    wat!!! i am all for the wii.. but i was expecting 30-45 range...why the 50 minimum..hoefully it drops soon. the price is the same as 360 games

  • Shtinky

    Posted May 27, 2006 2:43 pm PT

    Pimp My Ride and Harley Davidson... Coming Soon! ...To a BARGAIN BIN near You!!

  • xoverkillx

    Posted May 27, 2006 1:13 pm PT

    Sweet every 360 game is only 40$ that was listed above.. Prices are going down

  • ultramar10

    Posted May 27, 2006 12:38 pm PT

    Basinboy
    Virtual Xzibit? Okaaayyy!!!!

    Already happened, was a head Prision Warden In Riddick and was a fairly cool character in it.

  • onyxelmo

    Posted May 27, 2006 12:02 pm PT

    why? why these pointless videogames? WHY!?

  • ubj007

    Posted May 27, 2006 10:50 am PT

    Good news.

  • supergod1

    Posted May 27, 2006 6:59 am PT

    Ps2, you have officially been Pimped!

  • RTrocker

    Posted May 27, 2006 6:34 am PT

    I was looking for to some hunting games for the 360. As of yesterday, I got rid of my Cabela's Outdoor Adventures for the original Xbox, as it ran pretty badly on the 360. So this makes things easier for me.

  • naruto82us

    Posted May 27, 2006 6:08 am PT

    what la !!

  • chrisdojo

    Posted May 27, 2006 3:43 am PT

    2x failing games.

  • Nintendo_Man

    Posted May 27, 2006 12:44 am PT

    MTV sucks full stop.
    It is a music channel with very few music shows, and what does a pimping a car, newlyweds, cribs and so on got to do with music? It only contains people involved with music (and those shows suck anyway).
    It will be a flop and spiderman will be much better.

  • bunty_007

    Posted May 26, 2006 11:08 pm PT

    Spidy looks great

  • Crazy_McGee

    Posted May 26, 2006 10:23 pm PT

    everyone with a love of true modification knows that Overhaulin' is a much better show than Pimp My Ride......all those people are worried about is how nice your car will look, whereas Overhaulin' deals with that as well as the heart of the beast. Personally, I believe that if Pimp My Ride materalizes into a game, it's gonna go the same route as Monster Garage.....what, you didn't know that MG had a game? Don't worry, no one did......cause it blowed!

    Then again, I could be wrong, and PMR could be an awesome game....assuming it can do right what MG, LA Rush, and a plethora of other tv-based video games have failed to do right in the past.....yeah, it's doomed.

  • RainOfTerror

    Posted May 26, 2006 10:19 pm PT

    The Cabela's games are true, since there has already been a trailer for both games, with those exact names

    http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=34229

  • Reetesh

    Posted May 26, 2006 10:08 pm PT

    Its gonna have all Characters from the Show? maybe that will be only reason why someone will buy

  • abdu4

    Posted May 26, 2006 10:03 pm PT

    good luck with those games

  • ryunjin23k

    Posted May 26, 2006 8:56 pm PT

    The need for Speed Underground series and Most Wanted are practically "Pimp My Ride" with it's customiser, so I can't see how this game would be nothing but a NFS clone.

  • woohooforme

    Posted May 26, 2006 8:13 pm PT

    Odd.

  • Disturbed_One98

    Posted May 26, 2006 8:09 pm PT

    Seriously, can't they make Pimp My Ride for Wii and actually make it awesome?! I can already see its going to flop. It could just be much more immersive on Wii simply because you could physically do the actions of 'pimping the ride'.

  • gdogg4210

    Posted May 26, 2006 7:55 pm PT

    ha ha ha

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