The Wheelman Impressions

You may have scoffed when it was revealed that Vin Diesel was starting a game production company and getting involved with the development of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay. And you know what? You were probably right to do so. But Diesel's Tigon Studios was at least partially responsible for a masterpiece. Can lightning strike twice? Midway certainly hopes so, because it's currently working with Tigon on a cinematic-styled action game called The Wheelman.

Vin Diesel is The Wheelman. All we have to go on is some brief time spent talking with Midway representatives and a trailer that was originally unveiled last year, so there's not much to report at this time. The game will contain both on-foot and in-car action, and it will be an open-world, mission-based game. It will take place in Barcelona, and the developers at Midway's Newcastle studio are really focused on making this the ultimate car-chase game.

Will Midway Newcastle and Tigon succeed? We'll have to wait until the fourth quarter of 2007 to know for sure. The Wheelman is scheduled for release on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 this winter.