Shaun White Stoked On The Competition
August 28, 2008 – 10:10 pm PT by MikeTags: Annie Boulanger, Nicolas Mueller, Shaun White, Travis Rice, Wolle Nyvelt —
Just when it looked like Shaun White was about to dominate the video game world with his snowboarding videogame, Destineer in conjunction with Absinthe Films is creating their own snowboard adventure game. And I think Shaun White is pissed! Actually no he’s probably not, I’m just trying to stir up some drama. But the new video game is called “Stoked” and involves an open world backcountry setting with five huge open world mountain backdrops with different weather patterns to cope with. Sounds scary!
The video game will be exclusive to X-Box. Sorry Wii’ers. “It’s all about defining your riding style and crafting the line that suits you,” said Peter Anthony Chiodo (“Tony”), Destineer’s Director of Product Development. “Stoked leaves well-worn resorts behind and gives players absolute freedom to ride wherever they want and trick off of anything they can find in some of the most famous backcountry locations the world has to offer. Gameplay is focused on style and finesse, not button mashing; Destineer and Bongfish have created a game that looks and plays like a snowboarding movie.”
Adds Patrick “Brusti” Armbruster, co-founder of Absinthe Films: “Developing a snowboard video game has always been a dream of mine. There are endless synergies between a snowboard film production and a game developer that were just waiting to be activated. Bongfish and Destineer have realized this potential, and have shown a real passion for snowboarding, and together we’ve worked to bring snowboarding luminaries from across the planet together for this project.”
Stoked features some of the most influential professional riders in the world: Travis Rice, Nicolas Mueller, Wolle Nyvelt, Annie Boulanger, Romain de Marchi, Tadashi Fuse, Gigi Ruef, and Bjorn Leines. An impressive line up of 30 authentic sponsors also appear in Stoked including but not limited to: Burton, Dragon, Arcus, Von Zipper, Eleven, 686, Billabong, DaKine, Electric, LibTech, Nitro, Northwave, Oakley, Quiksilver, Ride, Hart, Rome, Salomon, TechNine, Vans, Volcom, and more!
Expect a limited edition video game version of Project Runway set to come out later next year as you play a determined Shaun White attempting to take over the fashion world. Or maybe not if he’s too busy.