Incinerator Games firing up Wii Cars

By Tor Thorsen, GameSpotPosted Jul 18, 2006 10:44 am PT

Former 989 and Rockstar designers team up with THQ to form new internal studio; next-gen edition of popular Pixar tie-in to be its first project.

When NPD released its preliminary June figures last week, one of the big success stories was THQ's Cars. The adaptation of the wildly popular Pixar computer-animated family film made up nearly a third of the top-10 best-selling games of the month. The PlayStation 2 version came in fourth, the Game Boy Advance version sixth, and the GameCube version 10th. (The game was also released for the Xbox, PlayStation Portable, PC, and Nintendo DS.)

In May, THQ announced that Cars would also be coming to two next-gen platforms--the Xbox 360 and Wii--this fall. The 360 version will be developed by the makers of the current-generation Cars, Rainbow Studios (MTX vs. ATV Unleashed). The Wii version, though, will be made by an all-new internal studio at THQ. Titled Incinerator Games, the new unit will be based in Carlsbad, California and will be focused on next-generation console development.

Though THQ did not disclose the size of Incinerator, it did say its staff is made up of "veterans of the Twisted Metal, NFL GameDay, and MLB 2006: The Show projects from Sony's 989 studios, as well as the Midnight Club franchise from Rockstar." Besides Cars, Incinerator is also working on unnamed "future projects for next-generation systems."

27 Comments

  • Gleba2388

    Posted Aug 16, 2006 6:39 pm PT

    lol?

  • wii___man

    Posted Jul 20, 2006 3:32 pm PT

    I dont think this game will be good....at all because movie based games usually suck one time i played lion king for the PS1 and it sucked it was several years ago and i was bored and had no money for games beat it in
    2 hrs So my guess on Cars on the fun catagory is lacking at best

  • metdevthegamer

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 9:31 am PT

    Well, at least it's another game for the Wii.

  • Lost2017

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 5:51 am PT

    Um... a team composed of former rockstar and 989 studio designers, good luck I guess

  • papajones

    Posted Jul 19, 2006 12:54 am PT

    Cars. A game based on a movie about racing talking cars. Is this supposed to be next-gen?

  • nintendorocks

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 8:19 pm PT

    Hm...sounds like a decent studio. Midnight Club, Twisted Metal and MLB 2006: The Show sound good but 989! Run for the hills! Incinerator will have to just put them in the back and pretend to listen to their ideas.

  • knife_prty

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 3:27 pm PT

    screw zelda, man. i'm getting cars

  • gamer_10001

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 3:17 pm PT

    I will not buy this game.

  • mariomaniac92

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 3:07 pm PT

    Wii Cars.

  • Poltergeist13

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 2:02 pm PT

    Pixar movies are usually pretty good even if they are aimed at kids.

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 1:25 pm PT

    well cars sold alot but i dont think that many 360 owners will get it

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 1:23 pm PT

    If it has easy achievments I will rent it lol

  • granalf

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 12:45 pm PT

    I played the cars demo, but unless you're 10 and younger, you will pop in Burnout after one race. The graphics sucked and the enviroments are just bland, plus the A.I sucks.

  • Sil3n7Knight

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 12:29 pm PT

    I dont really consider 7.6 to be worth buying unless you are a fan of a series which in this case cars isnt....

  • captaindaaku

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 12:20 pm PT

    I stopped reading after I saw 989, what a bunch of trash.

  • TraiklinX3

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 12:13 pm PT

    so basically we will get a Cars with crappy sports minigames (989, they have been unable to make a good sports game since the PS1) & the ability to well I suppose you couldn't STEAL other cars since they are cars so maybe you could tear them apart and add their parts to yourself? (Rockstar)

    and yes for your morons it was a joke.

    well it will be interesting to see how this turns out, cause a lot will be riding on their first game (just like any developers first game).

  • Toilette_Water

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 11:58 am PT

    I think it will be really hard to pull off a great game based off of a kid's movie... but good luck either way.

  • kaleem25

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 11:51 am PT

    the movie was cool (=

  • Fallout_red

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 11:50 am PT

    On the upside, hopefully they make a new game not a port. On the downside, Rainbow Studios did a great job with current-gen cars, why change it?

  • ubj007

    Posted Jul 18, 2006 11:47 am PT

    Cool.

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