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Speedball 2 Tournament is a sequel to the Amiga futuristic sports video game Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe originally created by The Bitmap Brothers. It was developed by Kylotonn for Microsoft Windows and published by Frogster Interactive Pictures in 2007.
| Speedball 2 Tournament | |
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| Developer(s) | Kylotonn |
| Publisher(s) | Frogster Interactive Pictures |
| Platform(s) | Windows |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Features
editThe game features fully customizable male, female and droid players, and a virtual marketplace for unlockable in-game content. It also features live streaming of ranked matches, as well as live sports commentary and developer interviews.
The game also features a subscriber-based "Gold" mode in which players are granted access to worldwide officially ranked leagues.
Development
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Public interest in a modern remake of Speedball 2 was rekindled by a high-profile Half-Life 2 modification, SourceBall.[1] The SourceBall project began development in November 2004,[2] and garnered interest from both Valve (many of whom claimed to be fans of the original Speedball 2), and from Mike Montgomery of The Bitmap Brothers. SourceBall was featured in a Steam News article broadcast to the Steam community, and was used by Valve in their 2005 presentation at The Gathering in Norway. Following a change of leadership in early 2006, development on the SourceBall project ended, but public demand for a new version of Speedball 2 remained high.
In October 2006, Frogster Interactive secured the rights to remake Speedball 2. For the production of Speedball 2, Kylotonn assembled a new team of game designers and programmers. As eminent advisor and lead producer, Mike Montgomery from Bitmap Brothers was a supervisor in the development of the game. The title was later changed to Speedball 2 Tournament.[3]
Distribution
editFrogster Interactive Pictures released the game via Steam in November 2007.[4] The game has since been delisted from Steam,[5] though no official announcement or justification for this seems to have been published.
References
edit- ^ SourceBall – An Ultra Violent Sports Modification for Half Life 2
- ^ Will someone PLEASE make a Speedball 2 HL2DM mod? - Steam Users Forums Archived April 18, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Speedball 2 Tournament Pc Game Download [dead link]
- ^ Speedball 2 Tournament hits Steam this November – Joystiq
- ^ http://timekillerz.eu/removed/games.php [dead link]