If you're unfamiliar with Wheelman, it's a sandbox action game with heavy driving elements. It takes place along the streets of Barcelona. Inevitably, comparisons with the Driver series will pop up, but various elements are handled much better here. Of course, Vin Diesel is the star, so his fingerprints are all over the presentation; even the loading and title screens look like a movie poster and a DVD menu. He plays the role of Milo, a getaway driver who will deliver anyone for the right price.
MenStuff: "OK, it’s hard to actually recommend many celebrity-endorsed games. They don’t exactly live up to the triple-A standard as some of the big blockbuster movies the actors star in, but there are a few that made for a fun adventure and deserve a shout-out."
OXM UK writes: "Madagascar Kartz. Up. Cars. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs.
There are plenty of kids games on Xbox 360 where the challenge barely bothers to raise itself beyond pressing A to skip the tutorial text, as you dilly-dally through the game while achievements pop all around you."
Gamereactor sat down with Tigon Studios' head of game production Ian Stevens to talk about Riddick, the "burden" of Vin Diesel's image, and game development in general.
