Asphalt sequel rolls on portables

Ubisoft to publish GameLoft's street-racing sim Urban GT 2 on DS this November, PSP next March.

GameLoft's Asphalt: Urban GT has already appeared on mobile phones, the N-Gage, and the Nintendo DS. Now the street-racing series is getting a new installment and a new platform. Ubisoft today announced that it will publish Asphalt: Urban GT 2 on the DS in November, with a PSP version to follow in March of next year.

The game will feature three dozen licensed cars and motorcycles racing on 30 tracks, as well as six game modes and the ability for players to tune their rides to suit their tastes. To complement the game's urban atmosphere, Ubisoft has acquired the rights to use music from Moby and The Pussycat Dolls, with the latter act even putting in an appearance in the game.

The PSP and DS versions of the game have not yet been rated, but a previously released N-Gage version has been rated E10+ for Everyone 10 and Older.

31 Comments

  • Segamakgc

    Posted Sep 9, 2006 5:44 am PT

    Can't wait for the DS version. I have Asphalt 2 on the N Gage, truely a fantastic title. Hopefully, the game can live up to its excellence on the PSP/ DS.

  • OfficialBed

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 12:32 pm PT

    ill prb get it

  • calvinx6

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 9:48 am PT

    HAHAHA!!!!!!

    The first original racing game for the PSP.

  • risi37

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 4:51 am PT

    we need something else not racing games

  • linkinworm1

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 4:29 am PT

    i already have it on my ngage qd, saves me money

  • bobreturns

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 2:36 am PT

    wow sounds big i want it

  • jakeboudville

    Posted Aug 23, 2006 12:02 am PT

    can't wait for it

  • boxcarracer565

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:47 pm PT

    IM SO SICK OF RACING GAMES ON THE PSP! I WANT SOME SHOOTING/ACTION/ADVENTURE GAMES! GEEZ.

  • gameloverx

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:32 pm PT

    oh yeah can't wait

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 5:20 pm PT

    I hope the game has online play.

  • Inde_

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 4:26 pm PT

    I hated that game. I played it once then sold it back to eb games.

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 4:09 pm PT

    Okay there are OFFICIALLY way to many racing games on the PSP

  • gnarlychar

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 3:57 pm PT

    Sweet! I hope they fix up the graphics a bit and maybe make it so its not the same crash-spinout thing. Other than that the first one rawked.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 3:50 pm PT

    i didnt even know they still made games for the n-gage

  • slyfoxmccloud

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 3:48 pm PT

    sweet

  • gagan21

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 3:47 pm PT

    i have asphalt on my ngage and i think its still the best game on the ngage yet, hope they make this 1 better than the original

  • GBA456

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 3:31 pm PT

    I have Asphalt Urban GT on the Nintendo DS, really the only good racer on the DS. I hoped for a Second one ever since I finished the first one, now I will get it.

  • Kenzo287

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 3:17 pm PT

    give me some wifi races and im in

  • skyvader

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:58 pm PT

    I was playing the ds ver just last night. My son really likes it. It isn't that it is a bad racer but that it lacked any real ds features. I liked ridge racer with the idea of driving with the stylus but how much more could you do with a racer. Hopefully there will be full on internet play this time around.

  • Pablo620

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:57 pm PT

    Previously released N-Gage version. They still make that garbage??

  • Homsar13

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:51 pm PT

    the first was cool, wonder how they'll fix up this one

  • Yagami-Iori

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:40 pm PT

    Awesome, I loved the first game, as they did an excellent job of smooth controls on a D-pad. Looking forward to this one, for sure.

  • TintedChimes

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:32 pm PT

    Ugh, more lame racing games, hopefully this one is good. DEMO IT!

  • courtez2k4

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:15 pm PT

    Hopefully the DS sequel will be built from the ground up cos the original reeked of n-gage port e.g. the dodgy draw distance and awkard looking graphics. Whoever gave n-gage a vertical screen helped make the original Asphalt a flawed but fun game.

  • siberdib

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:14 pm PT

    I thought the first was a solid game on the DS, I kept on playing it for a while, and still occasionally play it now. Having both a PSP and a DS ill have to see which version is better, but ill probably get it. I have played Asphalt: Urban GT 2 on my ill fated Ngage QD, was more of the same of the first title, just as said with more tracks, cars and everything.....

  • neoand12

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:02 pm PT

    The Frist one was Great...one of the games I got with Mario 64 DS...this was a great and fun game, So now its coming to the PSP aswell this is great news!

  • LProjektST

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 2:00 pm PT

    I really really like Asphalt, and for a launch title on the DS it wasnt bad at all.

  • korn18m

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 1:55 pm PT

    I thought Asphalt was horrible.

  • rgsniper1

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 1:51 pm PT

    Even though the ratings where only ok on it, I enjoyed the first asphalt as well. Now if I can pick this one up for the same price ($5.98 new) that I got the first one I'de be watermelon strawberry happy.

  • gnbfd

    Posted Aug 22, 2006 1:37 pm PT

    First!! Asphalt was pretty good on the DS, so I may pick this one up.

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