Vigilante 8 Arcade - New level and character announced!

in this weeks update for Vigilante 8 Arcade comes a new level - Ski Resort! Making its regular appearance in the series (with Ski Lodge & Winter Games being in the previous games), Ski Resort...

... features authentic ’70s architecture, two lifts, a teleporting lodge, a very slippery ice-skating rink, ski jump tower, and the now legendary avalanches.

The Ski levels were always a blast back in Vigilante 8 - they've been very vertical levels and this one looks no different. Fly off those jumps and crushing your pals.

Click here to see images of Ski Resort!

Along with the level is another player - Dave and his Groovan!

Meet Dave - an adventurous hippie who also happens to be enamored with UFOs. In fact, Dave claims to have been recruited by an extraterrestrial to help locate his ship hijacked from Area-51 by the Coyotes. Until the craft is found, peace will have to wait…

UFOs? Maybe we'll see the return of "Y" and "Secret Base" too...

Click here for more about Dave!

V8 Arcade update - The Bus is back!

The latest update on the Vigilante 8 Arcade website has shown off another character - Molo, and the Vigilante 8 icon, the Bus!

A repeat juvenile offender, Molo hails from Brooklyn, New York. While doing community service, he hijacked a prison transport and headed west to meet his role model - the infamous Sid Burn. Molo is certain he can impress Sid enough to let him join the Coyote gang…

Interesting note - They've gone with the Prison Bus idea from 2nd Offense, and not the School Bus from the first Vigilante 8. I wonder if it'll be unlockable (or DLC...)

Source: V8Arcade.com - Revealed: Incarcerator / Molo

Vigilate 8 Arcade nearing completion!

Vigilante 8 Arcade is nearing completion, so says the official website. Though with a slight delay, as they explain below:

We were gunning for April and the game is is pretty much finished — we’re currently tuning, working out bugs, and making sure the game runs well online and complies with a zillion little Microsoft requirements.

Though it’s an extremely painstaking and frustrating process at times, it ultimately ensures that the game runs well and takes advantage of all the cool Xbox 360 functionality, like friend invites, rich presence, and so on. With V8 being a full-on multiplayer title, this process gets even more involved, due to all the online-related functionality. (But the game sure rocks online!)

We’ve just finished our pre-certification version for Microsoft, so we’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! Should be no more than 2-4 weeks now. Then, it’s up to Activision & Microsoft to find us a release slot. Our best guess is early June, but we’ll keep you all updated.

They've also just done a bunch of HD captures of the game, so hopefully we'll see some videos very soon. Though the game may be done in 4 weeks, that doesn't mean it'll be released within that time. There are plenty of games that are filling up the pipe line, plus if the N+ developers have anything to go by, games can get bumped around on a regular basis.

Still, it needs to come out sooner than later! Release those videos ASAP!

Source: V8Arcade.com - Dev Update #1

Vigilate 8 Arcade update - "Meteor Crater" level shown, Artist Interview

V8Arcade.com has updated with a new levels shown - Meteor Crater!

Meteor Crater is a level in the Vigilate 8 sequel Second Offense, however they've tweaked things up a bit, bringing in bits and pieces from not just that level, but from Ghost Town and Canyonlands from the original game.

We’ve got canyons, dust devils, tunnel teleports, meteor showers… No giant space ant this time, but there’s still something way cool inside that giant rock!

You can check out all the new images here or the whole lot here.

Along with the new images is an interview with Jared Nickerson, creator of the character and car portraits, which you can view here.

Source: Vigilante 8 Arcade Website

Vigilate 8 Arcade website update - The Farm Level!

Over the Easter Weekend the Vigilante 8 page updated, along with a look at a new level - The Farm!

They've also added information about another returning character - John Torque. Check out the page here or get the images from here.

Source: Vigilante 8 Arcade website.

New images of Vigilante 8 Arcade

The Vigilante 8 Arcade site has updated with some new images and a character reveal: Sid Burn and his '69 Manta.

From what I can tell this character originally appeared as a boss character in the first Vigilante 8 and didn't make it into 2nd Offense. Apparently died in the first game - not like we're keeping count in a Car Combat game anyhow! I'm sure Sweet Tooth died several times.

Anyhow, you can check the new images up here, or check out the new Biogoraph below.

Source: V8arcade.com