By Jim Rossignol on May 23rd, 2011 at 3:58 pm.
VG247 are reporting that the countdown timer at Carmageddon.com has nothing to do with former publishers Square-Enix (Eidos), and that it is possibly an independent project.
A source familiar with the matter said that Square Enix has nothing to do with the next in the Carmageddon series. All rights to the action IP have been negotiated away from Square, owner of original publisher Eidos. The Carmegeddon website is not owned by Square Enix, contrary to reports over the weekend.
Mysterious! I guess we’ll know more when the timer expires on June 1st. I wonder if it has anything to do with the previously reported open-source version.
23/05/2011 at 16:13 N says:
Carma rocks.
23/05/2011 at 16:17 Thule says:
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, GO!
23/05/2011 at 16:17 Teddy Leach says:
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Please?
23/05/2011 at 16:19 Oak says:
What he said.
23/05/2011 at 16:26 Vexing Vision says:
Yes!
Please?
23/05/2011 at 16:39 starclaws says:
Yeah I’d love to see this series picked back up. Carnage, destruction, chaos, upgrades and weapons galore. I would rather they go back to all the maiming and blood rather than cutting it out. Carmageddon 3 was terrible.
But more than likely it is just a countdown to a relaunch of the website lol
23/05/2011 at 16:40 ntw says:
/signed, but with more “Yes please”‘s.
Please don’t fuck this up and ruin many, many hours of my happy memories.
Also – Carma was one of *the best games ever* to play at a LAN party…
23/05/2011 at 17:25 Brian Rubin says:
I agree with this wholeheartedly. More Carmageddon! I still play the original (and best one) on DOSBox regularly.
23/05/2011 at 23:07 Monchberter says:
Tenthed, or whatever.
Keep it simple, straightforward and fun like Carma1! It’s really not a big deal. And if you can license the same engine Codies made GRiD and Dirt2 in, then please do!
23/05/2011 at 16:23 trjp says:
First 2 were amazing in their day – 3rd one was a bit shonky but still HUGELY enjoyable…
BRING IT ON
23/05/2011 at 16:25 Rei Onryou says:
I approve of this sick filth that others would attempt to ban.
23/05/2011 at 22:22 simoroth says:
Hopefully they will make it all-out offensive. I’m hoping for people and not zombies. :D
23/05/2011 at 16:31 TheIdlingSwan says:
A source familiar whois.sc followed the trail:
1) http://whois.domaintools.com/carmageddon.com
2) http://whois.domaintools.com/86.63.4.42
“3 websites use this address. (examples: 2fatladiesrecords.com carmageddon.com theohmz.com)”
4) theohmz.com
“for all enquiries Adam Radestock”
5) http://uk.linkedin.com/in/raddish
Systems Manager at Stainless Games
6) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainless_Games
“the company then went on to develop what later became Carmageddon”
Looks like the original developers are remaking Carmageddon.
23/05/2011 at 16:33 Eclipse says:
holy shit you’re right!!!
it’s Carmageddon 3!
23/05/2011 at 17:26 Brian Rubin says:
Holy crap, nice work Swan! That would rock if it were true!
23/05/2011 at 18:38 Bhazor says:
Stainless games have had some surprising success over the last few years. They made the rather lovely Magic: The Gathering game and they made the even lovelier Risk Factions. Perhaps more importantly Stainless Games still includes almost the entire original Carmageddon team.
23/05/2011 at 21:28 The_Great_Skratsby says:
GOLLY GOLLY GOLLY
24/05/2011 at 00:28 Spacewalk says:
I was a bit worried but reading this I’m a bit more relieved, excited even.
24/05/2011 at 11:29 Chirez says:
Soon as I saw it, I checked the domain.
It’s owned by Squenix.
So the site may come from the developer, but the domain is owned by the publisher.
23/05/2011 at 16:34 Fumarole says:
So many pedestrians, so little time.
24/05/2011 at 07:10 willy359 says:
But that’s the most beautiful part: the more pedestrians you splatter, the more time you get!
23/05/2011 at 16:35 evilbobthebob says:
Needs staring eyes tag.
23/05/2011 at 16:41 Ba5 says:
They need to make it more streetstyle, to appeal to a wider audience.
23/05/2011 at 17:27 Brian Rubin says:
You’re…kidding, right?
23/05/2011 at 18:29 Matzerath says:
Carmageddon: Tokyo Drift.
23/05/2011 at 23:09 Monchberter says:
Begone troll!
For you attempt to converse with men!
23/05/2011 at 17:09 skyturnedred says:
Carmageddon, the only racing game besides the Flatout series that I actually liked. Not that you get any real racing done in Carma… which is my only gripe with the Flatout games, too much racing getting in the way of total mayhem!
23/05/2011 at 17:18 Songbearer says:
Just make a high res version of the first and second with Windows 7 compatibility and Europhira ragdolls and I’ll give you all my money. All of it.
I also enjoyed TDR, but don’t judge me forit.
23/05/2011 at 17:29 mwoody says:
Doesn’t Rockstar own the Euphoria engine now? It’s a shame, because I’d love to see more games use it. :(
23/05/2011 at 18:21 DrGonzo says:
They definitely licensed it, but I don’t think they own it. At least I hope they don’t own it.
23/05/2011 at 20:50 LionsPhil says:
Obligatory Euphoria-is-quite-cool-indeed link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u–7pBf8ao&hd=1
23/05/2011 at 22:21 simoroth says:
Funnily enough, when I interned at natural motion one of the guys we sat with was an ex Carma dev. They did some utterly insane shit making that game. :D
23/05/2011 at 17:30 Axyl says:
Fox News is gonna shit a brick!
I can’t wait!
Threw more hours of my life at Carmageddon 1 & 2 than I dare tell other people for fear of being locked up somewhere. lol :)
23/05/2011 at 18:01 PatrickSwayze says:
I hope they roll with some dystopian cyber metal instead of screechy iron maiden this time.
But whatevz!
CARAMAGEDDON WOOOOOOOO!
Defined my adolescence!
24/05/2011 at 00:26 Spacewalk says:
I’d like them to consider a soundtrack full of power electronics bands but if that’s not going to happen I’ll just turn off whatever music is in there and do it myself.
23/05/2011 at 18:41 Lakshmi says:
The only racing game I ever liked. Bring on the cunning stunts!
23/05/2011 at 18:51 Drake Sigar says:
What a coincidence, I was just playing the original earlier! And no, not the censored zombie version.
23/05/2011 at 19:27 PoulWrist says:
I want it so that I can play MP at LANs again in a version that works on modern PCs. I would even donate to an indieproject.
23/05/2011 at 19:48 Navagon says:
This is good news. It means no boardroom meetings by people who have never played the originals deciding on what the latest edition to the series should be like.
I loved the original game. If something can capture the feel of that rather than just being an open world racer that lets you run people over then it will be an instabuy.
23/05/2011 at 21:08 Gunsmith says:
THOSE OF US WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE! WE SALUTE YOU!
23/05/2011 at 21:34 scharmers says:
Carmageddon 1 was possibly one of the Greatest Games Ever simply because it took the limiters off of everything. It was completely out of control and LOL-inducing “emergent gameplay” occured all the damn time.
I’m not expecting the same reaction with whatever Stainless is coming out with, but as long as it is better than the reined-in Carma 2 and absolutely nothing like the dreadful Carma TDR then I’ll be OK.
23/05/2011 at 23:26 Gothnak says:
I love 1 & 2. I suggest they release it on PC with little blood to pass the censors, then allow people to mod it back in… W00t!
24/05/2011 at 00:28 Lagwolf says:
Woah, that would be rather good. I too spent many hours on LAN with friends with the original. I even remember the hack that enabled Mac users to use the Splat pack on Carma 1 on the Mac. It was all a lot of modern games lack… simple, stupid and oh so much fun.
24/05/2011 at 01:55 Glycerine says:
Shitting shitfuck crikey. This is probably about the best gaming news anybody could announce, and it’s not even news yet.
It could also destroy my life, my job, everything i’ve worked to build up over the last ~15 years…but really, so long as they add to my multiplier, that’d be fine.
24/05/2011 at 06:47 televizor says:
I’ll be playing Twisted Metal until a proper Carma title, thank you!
24/05/2011 at 16:05 int says:
WHAT THE FUCK. I have waited for a Carmageddon game since Carpocalypse. TRD, not horrible, but not good.
A new installment of the best racing game ever made? Joy!