Line Rider coming to PC, Wii, DS this summer

by Scott Jon Siegel { Mar 11th 2008 at 9:00AM }

It's been a while since we talked about the cult flash physics game Line Rider. Last we heard, developer InXile Entertainment snatched up the rights to the project, with the intent to release it on DS and Wii. Now, industry newbie Genius Products has announced intentions to publish the game on the DS, Wii, and PC, with all three versions due out this summer.

Genius Products has up to now specialized in the distribution of home entertainment products like DVDs. With Line Rider, the Weinstein Holdings company is moving into the game publishing market, hopefully with a hit product. The retail versions of Line Rider will include a level creator mode with the ability to share creations online, but will also feature a single player puzzle mode with, inconceivably enough, a storyline.

As Bosh -- the "clever and cunning" protagonist -- players must traverse over forty sled-riding puzzles to reclaim their true love Bailey from the hands of the "sled-stealing scumbag" Chaz (seriously). The pre-made Line Rider levels were notably designed by TechDawg, the #1 Line Rider player in the world. Let's hope this big(ger)-budget, plot-driven version of the freeware classic is still, above all else, fun.

[Via DS Fanboy]

Tags: flash, genius-products, inxile, inxile-entertainment, line-rider, linerider

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 11th 2008 9:33AM

"Now, industry newbie Genius Products has announced intentions to publish the game on the DS, Wii, and PC, with all three versions due out this summer."

... wait, what? They want to SELL the Flash game Linerider for PC?

Luka M. @ Mar 11th 2008 9:50AM

-_-' here we go again. It's not the same game they'll be selling. It's a completely redesigned game with lots of new level building tools, actual levels, storyline, community etc, etc...

The gameplay videos I saw look really fun. I hope they release it on Steam too.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Mar 11th 2008 10:44AM

.... wait, did you say storyline? (yay for puns)

Jeffff @ Mar 11th 2008 9:45AM

This was on the 1up show last week. Thye showed the PC and DS versions, so why is it being announced a week later?

JonFitt @ Mar 11th 2008 10:17AM

I cannot conceive a story mode game. If someone has designed the level don't you just hit play?
Maybe they're introducing some sort of braking mechanism so that the user has control over the ride itself?
Or perhaps you just have to make adjustments to an existing ride to make it completable?