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]
