Black Rock Studio Becomes First Developer to Win Racing Award
Consecutive Years with Different Original Properties
Split/Second, the action racing game from Disney
Interactive Studios and Black Rock Studio, was selected this morning as
Best Racing Game in the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2009. The award
gives Black Rock Studio back-to-back victories in the category and marks
the first time a development studio repeated in the racing category with
different original properties.
“The award is tremendous recognition for the innovation and uniqueness
of Split/Second, which distinguished it from other established
racing franchises and new properties,” said Tony Beckwith, vice
president and general manager, Black Rock Studio. “Being the first
development studio to win this award consecutively with two different
racing game properties recognizes the accomplishments of both of our
development teams.”
Set within the world of a hyper-competitive reality television show in a
made-for-TV city rigged for destruction, Split/Second is an
intense action racing game in which competitors can trigger events that
take out opponents or completely change the track as they compete for
the ultimate prize – to become the season’s champion. Split/Second
will be released in early 2010 for the Xbox 360® video game and
entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer
entertainment system and Windows PC. Split/Second is currently
available for pre-order at select major retail chains.
Split/Second was also selected for X-Play’s Best Racing Game of
E3 2009 from G4 and was nominated for numerous other E3 awards.
The Game Critics Awards are chosen by a consortium of video games media
representing 29 industry and consumer publications. The annual awards
recognize the most outstanding products shown at the annual Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3) which was held June 2-4, 2009.
Black Rock Studio is also the development studio behind the critically
acclaimed 2008 action sports game, PURE. PURE won numerous
awards, including the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2008 for Best
Racing Game, and was named among the top 10 video games of 2008 by Entertainment
Weekly. Formerly Climax Racing, Black Rock Studio is a development
studio of Disney Interactive Studios and is based in Brighton, England.
About Disney Interactive Studios
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the interactive entertainment affiliate of The Walt Disney Company
(NYSE:DIS). Disney Interactive Studios self publishes and distributes a
broad portfolio of multi-platform video games, mobile games and
interactive entertainment worldwide. The company also licenses
properties and works directly with other interactive game publishers to
bring products for all ages to market. Disney Interactive Studios is
based in Glendale, California, and has internal development studios
around the world. For more information, log on to http://www.disneyinteractivestudios.com.
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