Craig joins Midway Studios - Newcastle with more than 10 years of senior development management experience. Craig spent over 5 years at Codemasters Software Co. Ltd in a number of roles managing external and internal development and development services. In his most recent role with Codemasters he held the title of director, product development. In this role Craig was responsible for worldwide product development. Craig will be leading development efforts on Midway's action-driving title Wheelman, as well as future projects at the Newcastle studio and will report directly to Matt Booty, Midway's Senior Vice President - Worldwide Studios, who is also currently serving as interim CEO and president of Midway.

Midway's Newcastle studio works in close conjunction with the company's European head office in London as well as Midway's US-based studios in Chicago, Austin, Seattle and Los Angeles to share technology and talent across a number of Midway's internal projects.

"We're very excited to announce the appointment of Craig Duncan as our Newcastle studio head," said Matt Booty. "We are confident that Craig's strong background along with his creative and technical expertise will further enhance the quality of upcoming games like Wheelman."

"Midway is committed to working with the best talent in the industry and becoming a publishing force in Europe," said Martin Spiess, executive vice president - international, Midway Games Ltd. "We consider ourselves very fortunate to have a seasoned manager like Craig Duncan running our Newcastle studio, and look forward to his future contribution."

Starring Vin Diesel in The Wheelman, you’re on the run from the mafia in the U.S. and returning to Barcelona, a place where you have a dark past and criminal gangs infest the city. It’s your job to set the factions against each other to cover a daring heist. With a focus on over-the-top, intense vehicle combat, build your reputation by undertaking missions, taking part in challenging events, all the while looking to pull off stylish, extreme driving stunts.

Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, Wheelman provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride guaranteed to leave you breathless. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs.

Features :

• Action film megastar Vin Diesel and his Tigon Studios are again blurring the lines between entertainment mediums, this time collaborating with Midway in the design and production of WHEELMAN to ensure an edge-of-your-seat gaming experience. Diesel’s voice and likeness will appear as the game’s main character, expert Wheelman Milo Burik.
• Wheelman delivers rubber-burning, asphalt-churning excitement that will take gamers on a white knuckle thrill ride that unfolds throughout the streets of Barcelona. Featuring car chases inspired by Hollywood’s most famous action-sequences, Wheelman will deliver powerful cinematic moments throughout the game’s compelling storyline.
• Survive death-defying feats by performing pulse-pounding maneuvers that only an expert Wheelman can pull off. Pull off a Cyclone and spin the vehicle 360 degrees while precision firing at your enemies.
• Sideswipe pursuing enemies to get them off your tail, execute devastating maneuvers for maximum motor vehicle carnage, or grab your gun and start blasting right through the windshield.
• Commandeer a semi truck to leave your mark on the city. Escape down a narrow alleyway on the back of a tricked-out motorcycle. Hop behind the wheel of exclusively licensed vehicles and make your getaway in style.
• Even the best Wheelman sometimes needs to get out of the vehicle. Take to the Barcelona streets for on-foot action – but make sure to remember your guns.
• Set in the exotic location of Barcelona, Spain. This classic European city is densely populated with traffic and pedestrians that react intelligently to your actions as you roam around realistic environments filled with massively destructible objects.