Ride To Hell
Encyclopedia
Ride to Hell is an Action-adventure
video game. Published by Deep Silver, the game is set in the 1960s biker culture in the Western USA and will be available for Microsoft Windows
, PlayStation 3
and Xbox 360
.
and has trouble reintegrating into society. The conservative 1950s are over, the hippie
revolution has launched, and the horrors of war are still everywhere in his mind.
Ride to Hell is promoted as not being for the faint hearted. The game is set in the last years of the roaring 1960's, a time of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N Roll.
The biker movement, rock music and the hippie counterculture all add to the fascinating atmosphere and aimed heavily at the player who wants to become fully involved in the original West Coast biker culture, with its hard drinking, bare knuckle environment and some other kind of fun.
, a Gateshead
based independent games studio, as well as several other contributors.
Through Eutechnyx
, the story screenplay was written by Tom Smetham and cut scenes directed by Todd Eckert at Universal Studios
, California. It was the first video game to be made on the lot and the first video game to be made on the world's first an only virtual stage , UVS1. The mocap team used in California had spent two years working on Avatar (2009 film) and other CGI projects.
Action-adventure game
An action-adventure game is a video game that combines elements of the adventure game genre with various action game elements. It is perhaps the broadest and most diverse genre in gaming, and can include many games which might better be categorized under narrow genres...
video game. Published by Deep Silver, the game is set in the 1960s biker culture in the Western USA and will be available for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
, PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
and Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
.
Premise
Ride to Hell set in 1969 follows the adventures of a man who returns from VietnamVietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
and has trouble reintegrating into society. The conservative 1950s are over, the hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
revolution has launched, and the horrors of war are still everywhere in his mind.
Ride to Hell is promoted as not being for the faint hearted. The game is set in the last years of the roaring 1960's, a time of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N Roll.
The biker movement, rock music and the hippie counterculture all add to the fascinating atmosphere and aimed heavily at the player who wants to become fully involved in the original West Coast biker culture, with its hard drinking, bare knuckle environment and some other kind of fun.
Production
Deep Silver Munich uses a movie style production model to develop this game together with EutechnyxEutechnyx
Eutechnyx is a computer and video games developer, founded in 1987 as Zeppelin Games and also briefly known as Merit Studios Europe. They are based in Dunston, Gateshead in the United Kingdom...
, a Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...
based independent games studio, as well as several other contributors.
Through Eutechnyx
Eutechnyx
Eutechnyx is a computer and video games developer, founded in 1987 as Zeppelin Games and also briefly known as Merit Studios Europe. They are based in Dunston, Gateshead in the United Kingdom...
, the story screenplay was written by Tom Smetham and cut scenes directed by Todd Eckert at Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
, California. It was the first video game to be made on the lot and the first video game to be made on the world's first an only virtual stage , UVS1. The mocap team used in California had spent two years working on Avatar (2009 film) and other CGI projects.