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Twisted Metal is a series of vehicular combat video games made for the Sony PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and PSP. The series is published by Sony and developed by the game studio Incognito Entertainment It is the longest-running PlayStation-exclusive franchise. A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ...
Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (NYSE: SNE) is a consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ...
The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. ...
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, after the PlayStation. ...
The finished PlayStation Portable, and a variety of accessories. ...
Sony Computer Entertainment is a division of Sony Corporation which produces PlayStation, Playstation 2 and PlayStation 3 hardware and games including online games. ...
The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. ...
Overview In basic concept, the Twisted Metal games are little more than a demolition derby with weapons. The player selects a vehicle and an arena (or plays through a series of arenas in the story mode) and battles opponents with weapons obtained by gathering pick-ups.
Although each individual game features its own storyline, they all revolve around the same basic idea of a man named Calypso holding a vehicular combat competition called Twisted Metal with the promise of granting the winner whatever they ask for. There is a general "careful what you wish for" theme, as many of the contestants wind up with not-so-happy endings. The games in the series usually contain a healthy dose of black humor. Black comedy, also known as black humor, is a subgenre of comedy and satire that deals with serious subjects – death, divorce, drug abuse, et cetera in a humorous manner. ...
Twisted Metal and Twisted Metal 2: World Tour (1995/1996) Format: PlayStation 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. ...
The first two Twisted Metal games were developed by SingleTrac, and Twisted Metal 2 is regarded by most fans as the best game in the series and a PlayStation classic in general. After developing these two games, along with WarHawk and the first two games in the Jet Moto series, SingleTrac left Sony and signed with GT Interactive, using their Twisted Metal game engine to develop other vehicular combat games such as Critical Depth and Rogue Trip. Sony Computer Entertainment is a division of Sony Corporation which produces PlayStation, Playstation 2 and PlayStation 3 hardware and games including online games. ...
GT Interactive was a video game developer founded in 1993 and bought by Infogrames in 1999. ...
Twisted Metal 3 and Twisted Metal 4 (1998/1999) Format: PlayStation 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. ...
After SingleTrac left Sony, Twisted Metal development duties were handed over to Sony's in-house development team, 989 Studios. Most fans regard the period in which these two games were released as the low point of the series; neither game scored well with critics or fans. They are no longer considered part of the official Twisted Metal canon and their storylines are disregarded in newer games in the series. 989 Studios is a division of Sony Computer Entertainment America that develops games for the PlayStation consoles and the PC. Their titles include Twisted Metal 3 and 4, Syphon Filter and Syphon Filter 2, Jet Moto 3, Bust a Groove, and the sports titles released under the 989 Sports label. ...
In the context of fiction, the canon of a fictional universe comprises those novels, stories, films, etc. ...
Twisted Metal: Black (2001) Format: PlayStation 2 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, after the PlayStation. ...
After developing several non-Twisted Metal vehicular combat games for GT Interactive, a large number of SingleTrac employees left the company to form the gaming studio Incognito Entertainment and signed with Sony. Naturally, Sony offered them the opportunity to develop a new Twisted Metal title and their first game was Twisted Metal: Black for PS2. GT Interactive was a video game developer founded in 1993 and bought by Infogrames in 1999. ...
The game is much darker in atmosphere and style than previous games, and is the first (and to date, only) game in the series to receive a Mature rating due to its content. The designers have stated that the two main sources of inspiration for the atmosphere and storylines were Se7en and The Silence of the Lambs. Although Black takes place in an alternate universe and therefore is not a true sequel to Twisted Metal 2, it nevertheless won over critics and fans alike. The movie Seven or Se7en (Promotional spelling) (1995) is about a serial killer obsessed with the seven deadly sins. ...
Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in the film version The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. ...
Twisted Metal: Small Brawl (2001) Format: PlayStation The original PlayStation was produced in a light grey colour; the more recent PSOne redesign sports a smaller more rounded case. ...
Instead of delivering a PS2 follow-up to Twisted Metal: Black, Incognito took an unexpected turn and developed Twisted Metal: Small Brawl for the original PlayStation, a Twisted Metal aimed at a younger audience that featured radio-controlled toy cars instead of actual vehicles. Despite being developed by the same team responsible for the much-beloved Twisted Metal 2 and Twisted Metal: Black, Small Brawl was not well-received by fans. Most believe the game's development was rushed, as is evidenced by the poor frame rate, sloppy control, and sub-par graphics.
Twisted Metal: Black Online (2002) Format: PlayStation 2 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, after the PlayStation. ...
Simply an online version of Twisted Metal: Black, a free copy could be obtained by mailing in a card that came packaged with the PS2 online Network Adapter. It has since been added to the re-release of Twisted Metal: Black.
Twisted Metal: Head-On (2005) Format: PlayStation Portable 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The finished PlayStation Portable, and a variety of accessories. ...
Despite the return of SingleTrac/Incognito with 2001's Twisted Metal: Black, they still had yet to deliver a true sequel to Twisted Metal 2. With the PSP, Incognito created a game that picks up where Twisted Metal 2 left off. Twisted Metal: Head-On is, for all intents and purposes, the "real" Twisted Metal 3. Utilizing the Twisted Metal: Black game engine but taking place in Twisted Metal 2's universe, Head-On combines aspects of the two most highly-regarded games in the series. It's the first game in the series to ship fully online-enabled.
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