Rockstar San Diego's next installement of their popular racing franchise, Midnight Club, made it's first public debut today at the Games Convention currently underway in Leipzig, Germany. Rockstar boasts it as the teams 'most ambitious offering yet', saying:
"Rockstar San Diego's most ambitious offering yet, Midnight Club:
Los Angeles is the next major installment in the storied franchise and
will be unveiled to the public for the first time in Leipzig. Featuring
a stunning recreation of Los Angeles, Midnight Club: Los Angeles boasts
a living, breathing rendition of "The City of Angels" for game fans to
explore. Shattering genre conventions through progressive design has
always driven the Midnight Club series; Midnight Club: Los Angeles will be no different"
Along with the official site launch at www.rockstargames.com/midnightclubla there are six new screenshots and a debut trailer. An important note for Grand Theft Auto IV fans waiting for new information and screens, Midnight Club: Los Angeles uses the RAGE engine as will IV. We will have a dissection of the trailer within the next two days, keep an eye out!
In a recent article posted by Eurogamer we found out that Rockstar is only bringing two games to Leipzig, the games are Midnight Club (PS3, Xbox 360) and Table Tennis (Wii). Should we be upset that there's no GTA IV? No. Rockstar could be saving the big news for the Tokyo Game Show which is also happening very soon. Maybe that GTA IV advertisement was really an advertisement and not the start of a big wave of GTA IV news. Maybe we could hear more about their new franchise for the PS3 at the Tokyo Game Show. Rockstar could even surprise us with something completely different. We just don't know anymore.
But rest assured that RockstarWatch will be keeping you up to date with everything Rockstar related at Leipzig, which starts this Thursday!
Apparently the Sony Conference at E3 today revealed nothing about Grand Theft Auto IV, which is a shame. But don't fret, tomorrow is Take-Two's conference, which will hopefully hold some new information, maybe a demo or some new media even on Grand Theft Auto IV. Rumored is the possible showing of Manhunt 2, Red Dead Revolver 2, L.A. Noire and Midnight Club: Los Angeles. Be sure to stay tuned for any updates here.