FlatOut Ultimate Carnage PC date

By Tom Bramwell Published 4 February, 2008

June this year. No word on changes.

Empire and Bugbear have announced plans to release FlatOut Ultimate Carnage worldwide for PC in June.

Yes, that does mean that it will be arriving almost exactly one year after its well-regarded Xbox 360 counterpart. But I know you are so what am I?

Sadly the publisher's representatives couldn't be more specific than that when we rang up to pester them for more information.

We were also told that while the game would be "high spec" visually, it would struggle to match the 360 version's HD output frame for frame, so we'll have to wait and see on that front.

(Update: The publisher's rep has since been in touch to retract this. "I have double checked with Empire and they have confirmed that FlatOut Ultimate Carnage will be visually comparable to Xbox 360 HD," he said.)

Other differences, if any, are still shrouded in mystery. Which is to say we've asked and hopefully we'll hear more soon.

Empire CEO Ian Higgins lasted two paragraphs of the press release before shouting about how "very excited" he was at some nearby quote marks.

"Research suggests that arcade racers are becoming ever more popular on the PC, with the Xbox 360 controller providing the perfect way to enjoy the genre," he said, cryptically.

Nothing whatsoever to do with people shoving said pad lazily down PC gamers' throats, obviously. Save our keyboards!

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Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Retroid #1 4 years ago

    HURRAH

    It's a gem!

  • Arrit #2 4 years ago

    Wasn't Flatout on the 360 just an update of Flatout 2? It had some of the same tracks at least. Don't see how they can justify releasing it on the PC again

  • Darren #3 4 years ago

    Well they can and they will. It'll be just a cheap, quick port to the PC with no extras.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #4 4 years ago

    After the rather disappointing crash day this is good news for PC owners. Loved it on the 360 - also quite relaxing online because noone is acting like a childish bastard as everyone is having a lot of fun even if they lose.

  • Darren #5 4 years ago

    That the developers say the PC version won't look as good as the 360 version is quite frankly shocking given the specs of a high-end PC compared with a 360; I mean you'd expect such a machine to run a 30 fps console racing game with ease... :?

  • smoison #6 4 years ago

    But this is basically Flatout 2 which is a years old now?

  • Mugwum Verified Operations Director, Eurogamer Network #7 4 years ago

    "That the developers say the PC version won't look as good as the 360 version is quite frankly shocking given the specs of a high-end PC compared with a 360"

    The rep has since been in touch again to change their story about this. I've posted a small update.

  • Davemanz #8 4 years ago

    Flatout 2 was absolutely gorgeous and ran like a dream. Too bad I lost my 360 controller :(

    By the way, why the hate for the 360 controller on PCs? Sure, keyboards serve their function but there's no denying that a good gamepad is more precise than a keyboard for racing games and some third-person action games (GTA, etc.). I'm a PC gaming purist but part of the PC that I love is having the OPTION to choose between mouse and keyboard and a gamepad rather than being forced into one or the other.

    Also: yeah it was probably just a meaningless joke. BUT IT MATTERS TO ME

  • MrChuckles #9 4 years ago

    I'm still playing this on my 360, and at 15 quid in GAME at the moment, it's a bargain!

  • sharpfish #10 4 years ago

    So now they say it will be merely 'comparable'.. I can smell a quick dirty port.

    My 8800gtx + 4gbram + 3.6ghz C2D says that it could look lots better on the PC if they wanted it to be, at least I use my 360 controller on the PC as I'd hate to play without it. No use on my 360 as that's dead in bits in the cupboard.

  • Pablo2k5 #11 4 years ago

    What a confusing state of affairs...

    So, to summarise... the original creators of an excecptionally well optimised PC original is now releasing a re-hash of an old PC game, also stating it won't be as good as the 360 version even though the original two year old game was!

    Stupid c*nts!

  • Daymare #12 4 years ago

    Erm, yes, as has been pointed out, FlatOut UC is "just" an Xbox 360 version of FlatOut 2 with the same tracks and cars and everything but with better graphics, physics and expanded multiplayer. So what they're doing is a porting a port back to the original platform. Dorks.

    Do we want a sequel? Do Bugbears shit in the woods?
    Edited by 1 at 04/02/08 @ 17:26