Sometimes the difference between a good game and a truly great game is the often bandied about practice of ‘polish,’ those extra weeks and months that developers spend on ensuring that their game experience is perfectly smooth, not giving any gamer a chance to get distracted by badly implemented mechanics or iffy graphical glitches.

While the term ‘polish,’ or the sense of a ‘lack of polish,’ is too often sighted as the reason one game is a joy to behold, while the other is a chore to play, it’s probably more accurate to attribute such ideas to the ‘presentation’ of the game, and how the developers have made certain that players of their games don’t notice the behind-the-scenes goings on while they enjoy the experience of playing the game, rather than nitpicking all of the finicky details that should have been scrubbed, or ‘polished,’ away before anyone played it.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Wheelman on the Xbox 360.

With the release Midway and Ubisoft’s jointly-published free-roaming action racer, Wheelman, comes the inevitable console comparisons that follow the release of a hotly anticipated (warmly anticipated?) title.

Things are made easy for our eyes to detect the differences between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the Vin Diesel-starring game, although, once again and as is becoming the norm, the differences aren’t anything to shout about, but you can make up your own mind by watching the comparison video below:

Wheelman has gone gold! That’s according to Midway and Ubisoft who announced that the game will be available across North America on the 24th of March and a few days later in Europe on the 27th.

So get ready for an “adrenaline-fueled, cinematic ride” with Wheelman, starring Vin Diesel as an undercover agent and skilled driver who is tasked with infiltrating the underworld of Barcelona to gather evidence for a heist.

Wheelman will be available for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. For more information about the game check out our previous coverage here.

Wild rumours began swirling around the tubes the other day regarding Midway’s open-world, Vin Diesel-starring vehicle action game, Wheelman, and a possible acquisition of the title by fellow publisher, Ubisoft.

It’s now been revealed that the rumours were almost true – Ubisoft and Midway are to enter into a publishing partnership, or ‘strategic relationship,’ to help the title see the light of day, as the two companies are to co-publish the title around the globe.

Ubisoft will take on sales, marketing and distribution duties for Wheelman in North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland and the UK. Midway, meanwhile, will handle those duties in European territories not handled by Ubisoft, while retaining future franchise rights in the process.

Midway’s Newcastle studio and Tigon Studios will continue to work on the game under the agreement. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said of the arrangement:

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With the release of Midway’s Wheelman just around the corner, we thought you might be interested in learning a bit more about the game from the developers.

Find out more about what it’s like working with Vin Diesel, details about the storyline as well as the lowdown on vehicles, on-foot gameplay, weapons and plans for DLC.

Wheelman, the open-world driving game starring Vin Diesel, is due out on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC by the end of March.

- Q: Wheelman is a Vin Diesel game, how has it been working with Vin and his Tigon studio?

It has been great. Vin is a passionate and informed gamer and both he and the team at Tigon have the same high standards of quality we do in our studio. Vin and the guys at Tigon helped craft both the story and script and Vin’s VO is great. They are always happy to feedback on the game and the success of that working collaboration really shows through in Wheelman.

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Midway Games has confirmed that Wheelman is expected to arrive on shelves across North America and Europe by the end of March. The game will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

The open-world driving game was inspired by Hollywood-style stunts and stars Vin Diesel as Milo Burik, an undercover operative and expert driver who seeks to gather information about a heist by infiltrating Barcelona’s underworld. Burik poses as a driver for hire and soon ends up in the crossfire, trying to stay ahead of the city’s rival gangs and the local law enforcement.

Wheelman is being developed by Midway Studios Newcastle in the UK, in close partnership with Diesel’s Tigon Studios. Diesel also acted as a co-producer of the game.

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