Mattel and Milestone have announced the upcoming release of Hot Wheels Unleashed, an all-new, action-packed arcade-style racing game. The game will launch on September 30th, and below you can find its debut trailer.
In Hot Wheels Unleashed, players can get ready to drift, boost, jump and crash on Hot Wheels’ iconic orange tracks in various single-player game modes. Gamers can also challenge friends in multiplayer races, both online and offline.
Andrew Chan, Head of Digital Gaming, Mattel, said:
“We continue to focus on engaging consumers with our brands through gaming platforms. Hot Wheels is all about encouraging the challenger spirit and Hot Wheels Unleashed brings that mission to life for gamers of all ages. Milestone’s expertise in racing game development has enabled us to transform the Hot Wheels brand into a compelling console and PC gaming experience for both current Hot Wheels fans and gamers who may be rediscovering the iconic brand.”
Michele Caletti, Executive Producer at Milestonem added:
“Like many other team members who worked on the game, I’ve been playing with Hot Wheels since I was a child, and today I’m still a hungry Hot Wheels fan and collector. This is the reason why we’re all so committed in delivering the purest and most authentic Hot Wheels gameplay experience ever in a videogame. We owe it to the Hot Wheels community and to our inner children.”
Hot Wheels Unleashed offers players the opportunity to drive the cars as if they were playing with the die-cast toys. The gameplay includes adrenaline-filled races, an extended choice of Hot Wheels vehicles with different attributes and rarity levels that players can customize with different skins, and jaw-dropping tracks set in everyday-life locations with special track pieces and interactive items. The game also features a revolutionary Track Editor enabling players to customize tracks in any game environment and share them with the game’s community.
Enjoy!
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1. Licensed brand
2. Flashy pre-rendered trailer
3. B-grade developer/publisher
This has “bargain bin” written all over it
actually milestone is not at all b-grade. Motogp and ride games for example are top notch even visually, they use unreal engine 4 and they do it pretty good. Not only that, they created times ago gravel, it was the first ue4 games they did, it was immature compared to latest titles that are rock solid (mxgp or mgp for example) but is really one of the best arcade rally games out there.
Don’t think they are bad, they just not have any EA or big studios above but they know what they do.
So… i don’t know if this game will be just a commercial deal such as any other hothweels game, but since they use ue4 and they have good skill can be a pretty fun arcadish game
>Licensed brand
It’s advertising for the brand. The brand is surely paying them, not the other way around.
If the gameplay looks as good as the pre-rendered trailer, this has potential.
Hot Wheels? Is that still a thing?
pretty nice but not a fan of CGI trailers.
I see people around calling Milestone a b-grade developer. Considering they’re behind Ride, MotoGP, WRC and Superbike series, that’s quite a lame thing to say. All great games in general. Not to mention Screamer, but that’s nostalgia ticking in. Still, point is they’re way above the average when it comes to creating racers, arcade or not.