Wheelman pumps brakes, delayed until Q1 2009

by Griffin McElroy { Jul 26th 2008 at 5:00PM }

Midway recently announced that their Vin Diesel-infused Driver-esque title Wheelman has hit some traffic whilst traveling down the release date turnpike, pushing its initial release window of Fall 2008 to the first quarter of 2009. While we're sure that there will be a number of Vinthusiasts out there who will be disappointed by this announcement, we fully understand the postponement -- based on our brief time with the game, we could tell it needed quite a bit of polish. Judging by the waxy sheen of the beefy actor's rippling head, we assume Diesel has plenty of polish that Midway could borrow, should they muster up the courage to ask.

Tags: delay, diesel, driving, midway, vin-diesel, wheelman

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

j.howlett @ Jul 26th 2008 5:13PM

i liked the little bit of the game i saw. the special moves you can pull off like a fighting game intrigue me, i need to see more, and remind me of some of the driving moves from true crime.

juju187 @ Jul 26th 2008 6:01PM

Vin who?

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jul 26th 2008 6:27PM

That's...that's a joke right?

juju187 @ Jul 26th 2008 7:00PM

i only know of chuck norris.

aristokrat @ Jul 26th 2008 6:08PM

Does this effect the movie release date as well? Is there even a movie? Am I just high? Where am I?

Residentevil72501 @ Jul 26th 2008 6:14PM

I hope this game rocks, hope...

Bellerophon @ Jul 26th 2008 6:25PM

Who geniunely gives a crap about this game?

Yeah, thought so.

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jul 26th 2008 6:28PM

I do.

So you're wrong?

Bellerophon @ Jul 26th 2008 7:17PM

Seriously?

Residentevil72501 @ Jul 26th 2008 6:56PM

cant be as bad as Mirrors Edge is going to be lol (Run Along the Shinny Red Line!)

The_Punisher @ Jul 26th 2008 8:23PM

+1

Hope you're wrong tho :)

Alex @ Jul 26th 2008 7:44PM

"Wheelman pumps brakes..."

what? no ABS? it's the 21st century. ;p

Bones3D @ Jul 26th 2008 10:35PM

I'm really hoping this game will be good when it finally comes out. There hasn't been a truly great car chase since the original "Driver" first came out. GTA4 does make a few good attempts, but it could really use an improved path-finding AI to keep it from being so predictable.

In the meanwhile, I noticed there is a new Death Race movie coming out. I wonder if we'll get a next-gen follow-up to the "Carmageddon" series out of it...