Midnight Club: Los Angeles Announced For PS3 ...

Midnight Club: Los Angeles Announced For PS3 And Xbox 360

Back in 2003, in a time when EA's Need for Speed series had already begun to piss off a lot of fans, Rockstar's Midnight Club II was there to take them into a vast open world of urban racing. Unlike NFS: Underground, released later that year, MC2 gave players a lot more freedom of "exploration", a more diverse racing experience (think motorcycles), and arguably more fun challanges. More "GTA", in a way. But with all that, unfortunately, also came a lot of frustration, and the game ultimately felt like it could have been so much more!

Could the fourth Midnight Club installment be "it"? We sure hope so. And thanks to Rockstar's latest announcement, as of today we have a name to stick our hopes onto: Midnight Club: Los Angeles. It's headed for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and it's coming in early 2008 they say.

The name alone might instil some concern regarding the size of the game, seeing how Los Angeles was but one of the three cities in Midnight Club II, alongside Paris and Tokyo. However we hope that the series' devs from Rockstar San Diego will compensate with a lot more polish, should they shrink the game world.

Of course, we're only guessing here, but that's all we can do for now, in lack of solid details about Midnight Club: Los Angeles. The best we could find in Rockstar's communique is that the game promises to deliver "a truly immersive next-generation racing experience that is second to none". I don't know about you, but that doesn't say squat to me. And neither does the following statement given by Sam Houser, founder and executive producer of Rockstar Games:

"With Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Rockstar San Diego looks to once again push the boundaries and expectations of what a racing game can be. Rockstar San Diego has always been the technology leader in delivering the ultimate racing experience, and with this game, they are looking to re-define the idea of a completely immersive racing game experience, both offline and online."

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