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7.24.2006

Incinerator Games firing up Wii Cars



When NPD released its preliminary June figures last week, one of the big success stories was THQ's Cars. The adaptation of the wildly popular Pixar computer-animated family film made up nearly a third of the top-10 best-selling games of the month. The PlayStation 2 version came in fourth, the Game Boy Advance version sixth, and the GameCube version 10th. (The game was also released for the Xbox, PlayStation Portable, PC, and Nintendo DS.)

In May, THQ announced that Cars would also be coming to two next-gen platforms--the Xbox 360 and Wii--this fall. The 360 version will be developed by the makers of the current-generation Cars, Rainbow Studios (MTX vs. ATV Unleashed). The Wii version, though, will be made by an all-new internal studio at THQ. Former 989 and Rockstar designers have teamed up with THQ to form a new internal studio, Incinerator Games, with the next-gen Cars as their first project.


2 Comments:

Blogger Whitney: 8:16 AM  
I did want to be an animator but now I'm going into graphic design. Graphic design can carry over into so many other art careers like fashion design,animation,and game design.

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I did want to be an animator but now I'm going into graphic design.
You might remember me from commenting in the past Graphic design can carry over into so many other art careers like fashion design,animation,and game design.


Blogger Whitney: 8:18 AM  
Please contact me by clicking the comments link on my blog. LOL my art is mostly anime/disney style/still life/portaits/random objects/characters type of art.

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