Salt shaker at the ready, file this strictly under rumour and gossip but there has been mention of the BBC show ‘Top Gear’ on consoles.
An interview at MCV with BBC Worldwide’s vice president for digital entertainment, Robert Nashak, states that the BBC hired him because ‘BBC Worldwide needed a games specialist, one that not only knows consoles, but PC, online, casual, mobile.’
The interview continues with the following text;
“Nashak was the ideal candidate for the BBC. As well as EA, he held roles at Glu, Acclaim, Disney, Yahoo and Vivendi. But before he could begin taking Top Gear to consoles he had to build a team to build out the BBC Worldwide games offer.”
And then a little later,
“…developing games for the likes of Top Gear…”
So we put two and two together – the BBC are definitely working on a Top Gear game and if that little slip of keyboard is correct, it’s coming to consoles. Now before you get all excited it could just be the writer of the article casually throwing the word console about, however MCV do have a habit of ‘accidently’ dropping bombshells in the middle of routine news items.
Or course ‘consoles’ could include Wii and DS rather than the Xbox and PS3 but it seems sensible to have all that manly motoring stuff (rawr!) on the more ‘butch’ consoles.
Source: MCV
Kennykazey
this won’t be good. I love top gear and i’ve seen every episode of “new” top gear, but I don’t want them to do this, it’s gonna be aweful and be a dark stain on the tux that is top gear.
YOURMUMANDME
I have Top Gear on my PS3 already, BBC iPlayer :D
Also, I’m sure there were Top Gear mini episodes and things on the Jap store ?
Radiitz
Now that this has just been announced, the BBC will be fired XD (Stig, anyone?) Anyways, who cares? We are getting GT 5 (eventually…)
hazelam
do a deal with sony, make gt5 the official top gear game, that’s what i’d suggest.
freezebug2
Clarkson has used GT4 a few times to get a lap time before trying the track out for real, Laguna Seca springs to mind as one of the tracks that he raced….needless to say that he was faster in the game lol.
Foxhound_Solid
Cant see how this would work unless it was a series of challenges top gear style?
I do think it would be shite, the incorporation of my favourite show on TV is best used as they plan to in GT5….and thats it.
kevatron400
Has a BBC game been good, ever?
big-stench
im hoping this game involves plenty of caravans and taking part in the numorous challeges they participate in on the programme
Grey_Ghost13
I heard a dreadful rumour that Top Gear was going to end after this final season! But I’ve heard rumours like that before. If I remember right there was some old games that had the Top Gear name, I think they may have been on the PSX or N64???
3shirts
Unrelated though. If you actually think about it, ‘Top Gear’ is a fairly generic term which would sensibly apply to many racing games (and drug dealer simulators?)
Ricknederland
I’ve always wanted to drive on Gambon and the Hammerhead!!!
3shirts
Get GT5 then, the track will be in that