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Fast and Furious: Showdown on the way?

Activision reportedly working on upcoming Wii U, PS3, and Xbox 360 game to coincide with launch of Fast and Furious 6 this May.

A new Fast and Furious game may be on the way from Activision. CVG spotted EB Games listings for Fast and Furious: Showdown, which suggest the unannounced action game will launch for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii U this May to coincide with the theatrical release of Fast and Furious 6.

An Australian Classifications Board rating for Fast and Furious: Showdown indicates Firebrand Games is developing the title for Activision. The studio, which has offices in Scotland, Florida, and Louisiana, previously developed NASCAR Unleashed and the Wii and 3DS versions of Need for Speed: The Run, among other titles.

According to the Fast and Furious: Showdown product description, the game will feature heists, hijacking, and shootouts in a storyline that bridges the events from Fast 5 and previous movies to the upcoming Fast and Furious 6

The game will reportedly feature 31 missions played across eight chapters set in eight different locations from around the world. The game's description reveals Fast and Furious: Showdown will feature mission objectives, including winning races, hijacking vehicles, and stealing cargo, among others.

Fast and Furious: Showdown has not been announced and an Activision representative was not immediately available to comment.

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.

65 comments
SavoyPrime
SavoyPrime ranger

We all know how this will end up being, quality-wise.

DaneGamer
DaneGamer

Movie based game, from the developers of a NASCAR game, and it's overpriced? WELL WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE MY MONEY ALREADY!

brvnbld
brvnbld like.author.displayName 1 Like

hm, wont this game be released for PC?

aamir69
aamir69

I guess that anal-yst who said that next gen console games would be around 70$ was wrong at all. But I don't totally blame it on developers. Some console humpers always bring this argument that once you buy the console, you don't need any hardware upgrades like PC huhu.

FallenOneX
FallenOneX

I want to know who owns the rights the arcade game. I used to see it in bus stations a lot, but it was a ton of fun. I'd buy an eShop or XBL version in a heartbeat.

mediarays
mediarays like.author.displayName 1 Like

Wait for GRID 2

TheCyborgNinja
TheCyborgNinja

@mediarays This is what people with a brain will do.

mediarays
mediarays

@TheCyborgNinja @mediarays Yes GRID 1 already proved to be the awesome racing game

TheCyborgNinja
TheCyborgNinja

@mediarays @TheCyborgNinja Codemasters is the best. The only problem with GRID 1 was the lack of content, but this looks to fix it. There's really no other competition left for it now, PGR4 was the last somewhat similar experience. I find the super-arcadey stuff and the dry, GT5 stuff unfun. I can't wait.

halestrom88
halestrom88 like.author.displayName 1 Like

i love f&f  but not sure ima get this game i would really like a real street racing game like  NFS underground 3 i would rather pay 68 bucks for somthing like that

berserker66666
berserker66666 like.author.displayName 1 Like

I think DeActivision inhaled too much NoS.

MaskRisen
MaskRisen like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 6 Like

68 bucks for a Fast and Furious game? Only way I'm paying more for a movie game, especially 8 bucks over standard prices, is if I get to punch Vin Diesel.

LedGamer
LedGamer like.author.displayName 1 Like

So now they're making a need for speed movie and a fast and furious game (along with another movie).  I don't want to live on this planet anymore. 

sean222007
sean222007

it would be nice if it was open world like driver sanfransisco. ps the new nfs mw sucks!!

Disturbed_88
Disturbed_88 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 6 Like

Not yet announced + Release in 2 months = SHIT GAME!

holtrocks
holtrocks

Meh every game that is a movie tie in Activision gets and they always sucks balls.

93ChevyNut
93ChevyNut like.author.displayName 1 Like

Hopefully this game will have no less than 30,000 references to "NOS" and 60,000 mechanical inaccuracies.  I remember seeing the first movie and after the first drag race Vin Diesel was telling the other guy that he was "not double-clutching like he should".  Double clutching is for downshifting to increase the motor speed so it more closely matches the speed of the input shaft of the transmission.  Last I checked, you don't downshift much in a straight line drag race.

expeditopaz2008
expeditopaz2008

If the gameplay here is similar to Nascar Unleashed, get ready for lots of speed, insane crashes, car loops... and no realism at all.

SS4kronos33
SS4kronos33

sounds like its nothing more than a rehash of need for speed: the run if you ask me

SS4kronos33
SS4kronos33

sounds like a rehash of need for speed: the run if you ask me.

Adavanter
Adavanter

All I wanted was another Need for Speed: Most wanted. Then another game came out with the same exact name!! Wasn't what I wanted... I was hoping maybe this would be it until I saw the "shooting" part.

I miss the days of illegal street racing/car mods/losing the cop in more interesting ways. Heck even the story for NFS:MW was better than all the following games.

Johny_47
Johny_47

I hope there'll be a ps2 version =P


I've got the other Fast and the Furious game on ps2 and I like it alot, could have a bit more depth though, like with the ones you race.


I'd really like it if the characters were like the ones on Midnight Club 2, that's varied, cool, cheesy, stereotype and over the top, just fun that way to me haha =)

walidras
walidras like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 8 Like

yeah PC gamers are left out again as usual. F**K this shit.

Tyroshubi
Tyroshubi like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 3 Like

@walidras Why would you want this, if anything im glad this thing doesnt even come near my precious little pc.

skipper847
skipper847 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

mmmmmmmmmm $68 there pushing it to see if people will pay that kind of money as its already said that next gen games will be around the $70 mark in the US. So people don't buy this game if its $68 as then they will no that will will not buy them at $70.

nairz
nairz like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 4 Like

lol, in Norway we have to pay around 90$ for a playstation 3 game, and you guys complain..

TheFallen924
TheFallen924

@nairz thats insane dude....how are wages out there?? im in nyc, the ratio of cost of living:wages is pretty bad, but i would definitely have a hard time paying $90 for a game regardless of how much i was making!

nairz
nairz

@TheFallen924 @nairz Well, the wages make up for it. If you're a educuated man that is. Others have to prioritize what games they can buy. Luckily the prices have gone down the past years due to competition from other countries.

Saidrex
Saidrex like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 6 Like

68$ for this movie license crap??? wtf?

fatee
fatee

@Saidrex Learn to read.

Saidrex
Saidrex

@fatee @Saidrex how this gonna help this game not to suck and cost less?

Saidrex
Saidrex

@Bgrngod @Saidrex wow, this really helped game to get cheaper O.o but anyway, i would not pay even 5$ (in REAL dollars) for movie license crap

Bgrngod
Bgrngod

@Saidrex The $68 price from the screenshot is in Australian dollars, not US dollars.

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