Developed by Bugbear Entertainment, FlatOut Ultimate Carnage is rebuilt from the ground up and specifically developed to take advantage of the additional feature sets and improved processing ability of the Xbox 360 to produce an entirely new, breathtaking FlatOut experience.
Some of the many brand new design and gameplay components featured in FlatOut Ultimate Carnage include 12 cars racing on screen up from eight in FlatOut 2, five all-new single player and two all-new multiplayer game modes over the Xbox Live online game service, over 8,000 dynamic objects per track up from 5,000 in FlatOut 2, widescreen High Definition resolution (720p), dynamic lighting and shadowing all with proper real-time environment mapping on all vehicles, downloadable content via Xbox Live, and 20,000 polygons per car up from 7,500 in the previous generation.
John Quinn, EVP WW Supply Chain Management at Warner Home Video, said, ``Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is very excited to be part of the release of Empire Interactive's Flat Out Ultimate Carnage. Flat Out is a strong franchise with a successful track record in North and South America and an important part of WBIE's entry into sales and distribution in the exciting games category. Empire's great products and WBIE's strength in distribution are a winning combination. We are looking forward to growing our relationship with Empire Interactive into a great partnership with both parties contributing to each other's success.''
The CEO of Empire Interactive, Ian Higgins, commented on the agreement: ``We are very excited to enter into a partnership with an industry giant like Warner Bros. It is testament to the quality of the Flat Out franchise and in particular our latest version for the Xbox 360(tm) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft -- Flat Out Total Carnage. Warner Bros.' commitment to the product in terms of sales and marketing support, coupled with their enormous retail reach ensures that Flat Out Ultimate Carnage will be exposed to the broadest possible audience. With Warner leading the sales and distribution charge in North America we believe that Flat Out Ultimate Carnage will achieve maximum exposure to and acceptance by gamers of all ages.''
FlatOut Ultimate Carnage will be available on the Xbox 360 in June 2007.