The Wheelman veers into 2009

By Robert Purchese Published 28 July, 2008

Midway establishes quality road block.

Midway has steered The Wheelman into early 2009 in order to give its Newcastle studio more time to bring it up to scratch.

We had expected the mission-based driving game on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 this autumn, which was already later than the initial unveil-prediction of last Christmas.

"Midway is committed to developing and publishing high-quality games. It is important for us to support the development team with the resources and time needed to make Wheelman a great game experience," a spokesperson told GameSpot in a statement.

The Wheelman is a simultaneous film and game collaboration between Midway, MTV, and Paramount Pictures.

The movie will star muscular lump Vin Diesel, who just happens to own Tigon Studios, the development company overseeing the game.

We thought The Wheelman looked alright when we saw it back in April, although the on-foot sections were a little clumsy.

Skid into our hands-on impressions of The Wheelman 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. @Clert on Twitter.

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