Speedball 2 Tournament

Speedball 2 Tournament is a sequel to the Amiga futuristic sports video game Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe originally created by The Bitmap Brothers. It was developed by Kylotonn for Microsoft Windows and published by Frogster Interactive Pictures in 2007.

Speedball 2 Tournament
Developer(s)Kylotonn
Publisher(s)Frogster Interactive Pictures
Platform(s)Windows
Release
  • NA: November 27, 2007
  • EU: February 8, 2008
  • AU: March 2008
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Features

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The game features fully customizable male, female and droid players, and a virtual marketplace for unlockable in-game content. It also features live streaming of ranked matches, as well as live sports commentary and developer interviews.

The game also features a subscriber-based "Gold" mode in which players are granted access to worldwide officially ranked leagues.

Development

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Typical gameplay screenshot

Public interest in a modern remake of Speedball 2 was rekindled by a high-profile Half-Life 2 modification, SourceBall.[1] The SourceBall project began development in November 2004,[2] and garnered interest from both Valve (many of whom claimed to be fans of the original Speedball 2), and from Mike Montgomery of The Bitmap Brothers. SourceBall was featured in a Steam News article broadcast to the Steam community, and was used by Valve in their 2005 presentation at The Gathering in Norway. Following a change of leadership in early 2006, development on the SourceBall project ended, but public demand for a new version of Speedball 2 remained high.

In October 2006, Frogster Interactive secured the rights to remake Speedball 2. For the production of Speedball 2, Kylotonn assembled a new team of game designers and programmers. As eminent advisor and lead producer, Mike Montgomery from Bitmap Brothers was a supervisor in the development of the game. The title was later changed to Speedball 2 Tournament.[3]

Distribution

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Frogster Interactive Pictures released the game via Steam in November 2007.[4] The game has since been delisted from Steam,[5] though no official announcement or justification for this seems to have been published.

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