Playrise announce 'Table Top Racing: World Tour' is in development for PlayStation 4!
21st October 2014: Award winning indie developer and publisher Playrise Digital today announced plans to develop a brand new game in the micro-combat racing universe of, ‘Table Top Racing'! ‘Table Top Racing: World Tour’ is now in the early stages of development for the new generation of consoles, PC and mobile, launching first on PlayStation. ‘TTR:World Tour’ is set to screech onto gamers TV's and devices Q4 2015.
"We’re extremely excited to bring an all-new Table Top Racing to this generation of consoles where we believe we can really stretch the concept of the micro-combat racer, especially by leading on PlayStation®4.” commented Nick Burcombe, CEO Playrise Digital. “With a long history of hit games for PlayStation over the decades , we feel that the PlayStation platform is our spiritual home and to make a return to console development, as an indie developer, feels like a dream come true."
“Playrise Digital has impressed us with their eye for gameplay, their technical expertise and their pursuit of multi-player fun, so we’re delighted to see Table Top Racing: World Tour launch first on PlayStation®4,” said Shahid Ahmad, Senior Business Development Manager, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE). “We can’t wait to see Playrise fully realize their vision and ambition using the power of the PS4.”
Table Top Racing: World Tour will re-invent the Table Top Racing franchise taking full advantage of the latest hardware and software technologies. Playrise will utilise the Unity 5 Engine to take gameplay, physics and graphics to the next level. Racing fans can expect a radical extension to the humour and frenetic gameplay that made the first Table Top Racing so popular, plus a whole new world of multi-player madness, table-top race tracks, super-cool micro-cars, secret shortcuts and of course, incredible new power-ups!
One of the team’s main ambitions is to bring back 'real social gaming' with 4 player split-screen as well as network multiplayer gaming. The team know from first-hand experience, there's nothing better than gaming with friends you're sat right next to! There’s going to be plenty of witty banter, dead-arms and hopefully not so many insults about your parentage!
Table Top Racing: World Tour will be all-new, full-on, next-generation gaming experience starting with PlayStation 4. Check out the very first early tech-test screenshots of Table Top Racing: World Tour here - https://www.dropbox.com/sh/53put4l6pztud4w/AABaU3YxfRsHDFizx-JiG_2ia?dl=0
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PRESS CONTACT:
Sam Brace
PR Manager – Playrise Digital
About Playrise Digital Ltd.
Playrise Digital Ltd, is an independent game development studio based in Liverpool, UK. Founded in 2012 by the co-creator of PlayStation's blockbuster 'WipEout' franchise and former Sony Liverpool game designer, Nick Burcombe, the company develops console-quality games for multiple platforms. The company’s first two games, Table Top Racing, a AAA miniaturised combat-racer, with over 5.8 million downloads, and Baby Nom Nom, which raised over $5,000 for a children's charity, launched to critical acclaim in 2013. The company was voted “Start-up of the Year 2013” by TIGA, the trade body for the UK Games industry, developers and digital publishers.
