GripShift heading to XBLA

By Tom Bramwell Published 28 November, 2007

Next month.

PSP and PlayStation 3 title GripShift is heading to Xbox Live Arcade next month.

Developed by Sidhe Interactive, GripShift is a mixture of racing and puzzling somewhat akin to TrackMania except floatier.

Players zoom around levels suspended in the sky, collecting stars and hidden "GS" logos while trying to beat a target time. Wacky physics and track design mean there are lots of shortcuts to be uncovered, and per-track leaderboards mean there's a lot of ground to be fought over.

It's already available as a downloadable title for PS3 owners, and the Xbox Live Arcade version will offer 120 challenge mode levels, updated graphics, leaderboards, four-player online modes and the usual unlockable Achievements.

No price has been set just at the moment, but we're told to expect it in December, which - given that Sensible World of Soccer is due out on 19th December, presumably means either 5th or 12th, since it's probably not coming out on Boxing Day.

Xbox 360 owners who want to know more can always hold their noses while they check out our GripShift PS3 review, and can expect to find out more for sure soon.

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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 (10) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Artemis_Matsas #1 4 years ago

    "Hold their noses" lol

    Anyway, this is a surprisingly good game. Lots of fun.

  • BBIAJ #2 4 years ago

    Loved this on the PSP, looking forward to the XBLA release!

  • Royal Fool #3 4 years ago

    I tried this for the PSP, I liked the similarities to Trackmania. If it's as big as the PSP/PS3 versions then it's probably gonna be a good value for money.

    My only complaint would be the controls, but I think that's something to blame on the PSP's poor analog pad.

  • Darren #4 4 years ago

    I thought the game was great on the PS3, spent many hours playing it. The handling is a bit iffy and the cars feel too light but the track design (of which there are hundreds!) is superb and it's a lot of fun to play. Kind of like Trackmania-lite really.

  • TedMoseby #5 4 years ago

    It was quite a nice fun thing on the PSP, although the controls were a bit unwieldy. The 360 controller should be up to the task quite nicely though.

  • Liam64 #6 4 years ago

    Remember that the PS3 version was hundreds of megabytes guys, unless Microsoft allow a relatively huge download I can't see this being the same game.

  • Darren #7 4 years ago

    I'm sure the game is only 150 MB or so on the PS3, perfectly within Microsoft's imposed XBLA size limit. Anyway, it may even be released in "chunks" a la Lumines Live, a game which is now well over the 150 MB limit if you've downloaded all the extras and stuff.

  • miiiguel #8 4 years ago

    Liam64: GripShift @ PS3 - 268 Mb, Luminies @ XBLA (full) Size ~ 400Mb...

    It maybe even be the "definitive version".
    Edited by 1 at 28/11/07 @ 15:05

  • Tiel #9 4 years ago

    Great on ps3. played for hours, so I recommend it. Of course, being xbla you can try it for free.

    Come on Sony. I prefer almost everything about your hardware, but demo's of all games is something MS has over you.

  • morriss #10 4 years ago

    Updated graphics?! And it didn't start a war?

    How boring.