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Rat Race (video game)

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Rat Race
Developer(s)Super-Ego Games
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
EngineGamebryo
Platform(s)PS3
ReleaseCancelled[1]
Genre(s)Adventure game
Mode(s)Single player

Rat Race was to be a downloadable episodic video game on the PlayStation Store.[2] It was later cancelled by Sony.[1]

Gameplay

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Rat Race is a comedy/adventure game, that would have been available as individual episodes on the PlayStation Store. Rat Race was meant to be set in a dysfunctional office. The player's mission is simply to make it through the day as bombs go off all around him.

Development

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The game was in development by Super-Ego Games, a company based in New York and San Francisco.[3] In December 2006, Super-Ego Games announced the game would use the Gamebryo engine.[4] Victor Varnado was to be the head writer for the game,[5][6] as well as the Voice Director.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b Grant, Christopher (July 16, 2008). "Don't laugh now, PSN's Rat Race exterminated". Joystiq. Archived from the original on July 17, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "Coming Soon Exclusively to the PS3 - Rat Race". PlayStation Blog. October 16, 2007. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Super-Ego adds several industry veterans to its team". Super-Ego Games. February 19, 2007. Archived from the original on April 30, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  4. ^ "Super-Ego announces agreement with Emergent Game Technologies". Super-Ego Games. December 27, 2006. Archived from the original on May 1, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  5. ^ Kesten, Lou (December 6, 2007). "Nintend gobbles up holiday bucks: game industry booming". Bryan-College Station Eagle. p. 50. Retrieved December 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Totilo, Stephen (November 28, 2007). "Rat Race' Funnyman Hopes PlayStation 3's First Sitcom Video Game Fills Comedy Void". MTV News. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  7. ^ Miller, Greg (November 29, 2007). "Rat Race Q&A". IGN. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved December 16, 2024.