FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage dated

By Robert Purchese Published 14 June, 2007

Out next Friday.

Empire Interactive will be lining up copies of FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage on shelves near you next Friday.

We'd previously expected it this month, although it's the first time we've seen a specific date. The confirmation also coincides with it going gold - not to be confused with Going for Gold, a British quiz show hosted by Henry Kelly.

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage is developed by Bugbear exclusively for Xbox 360. It bears little regard for the rules, and is often described as Burnout's redneck cousin. The aim is simply to smash, crash, and thrash your way to the front.

"The game ticks the box marked 'fun' with a big, wavy, squealy line of burnt rubber," said our very own Rob Fahey, who went to see it in action earlier this month. Pop over to Eurogamer's first impressions of FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage to find out more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (13) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • souljacker2000 #1 5 years ago

    OMG ive pissed me pants

    and i cant w8 for this

  • homerramone #2 5 years ago

    The mini games better be online - and the things better work properly this time. The connectivity problems with the old xbox version were a disgrace.

  • kissthestick #3 5 years ago

    hope its better than the last 2, meh

  • Darren #4 5 years ago

    Crikey, all these racing games for the Xbox 360 all in the same month... Forza 2 last week, DiRT this and FlatOut UC next!!! LOL

    Shame that FlatOut UC isn't a completely new game though but a remake of FlatOut 2 with prettier visuals... at least the £30 (online) pricepoint makes it a bit easier to swallow.

  • PearOfAnguish #5 5 years ago

    It should be described as Burnout's superior redneck cousin.

  • BBIAJ #6 5 years ago

    I'm pretty sure that I've read elsewhere that the mini-games are online for this version.

    At the very least though, I'm sure that there'll be leaderboards.

    Oh, and I didn't have any online problems with the first FlatOut on the X-Box. I can't say that I've ever taken the second one online before though. I might just have to try that later, even if it's only to discover that there are no games available to play online!

  • repairmanjack #7 5 years ago

    First one was great. I held off buying the sequel in anticipation of this version.

  • asphaltcowboy #8 5 years ago

    The question is, is it good with the wheel?!

  • Universal_Hamster #9 5 years ago

    List of upcoming games that will work well with the wheel:

    Project Gotham 4

  • Darren #10 5 years ago

    It's out Friday 22nd June.

  • Gartt #11 5 years ago

    Gutted, I skim read the headline and thought it mightve been a remake/sequal to that bastard Hard retro classic Maximum Carnage. *sigh* Maybe next time.

  • BBIAJ #12 5 years ago

    @ asphaltcowboy:

    The first game works superbly with the official M$ wheel when being played via BC, although strangely, there is no rumble, even when plugged in and with a battery pack slotted in.

    Given that it wasn't intended for wheel use at the time, I'm guessing that there's a very good chance that this one will be just as well supported, if not better.

  • Pablo2k5 #13 5 years ago

    Darren said... "Crikey, all these racing games for the Xbox 360 all in the same month... Forza 2 last week, DiRT this and FlatOut UC next!!! LOL "

    Don't bother with DiRT, it's soooo awful I feel sick just thinking about it...
    Someone on here described it as a hovercraft sim! The perfect way to describe how bad the handling is on this sell out piece of crap.
    I cancelled my pre-order after enduring the demo.

    Now, Flat Out carnage, if it's anything like the PC versions (1 and 2) it'll be ace!