An unfinished copy of Trials Evolution has shown up on torrent sites this weekend, but given its past record, RedLynx is adamant it had nothing to do with the leak this time.
Studio CEO Tero Virtala had previously made the shocking confession of leaking Trials 2 SE to leading P2P sites themselves as a publicity ploy.
However, he's told Develop that he doesn't know where the leak for Evolution came from and has no intention of repeating old tricks.
He has since explained that Trials 2 SE was "a different project for a different market and in a different time," and wants to emphasise that those who pirate Trials Evolution will be missing out on the key experiences of the game.
"Trials Evolution is a game that makes full use of being continuously connected. Leader boards, friend challenges, online multiplayer and global track sharing are all integral parts of the game that cannot be experienced before launch"
He added: "We're continuing to polish and finish up the game, and we'll have a new trailer coming soon."
Expected this summer for XBLA, Trials Evolution is the first game produced since being bought by Ubisoft last November.
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6 comments so far...
Dannyb0yUK on 31 Jan '12 said:
This Summer? I was not aware it had slipped back that far...
benedictm on 31 Jan '12 said:
man, was playing trials HD again this weekend. So hard!
I cannot get past the fourth set of levels!
Conkers on 31 Jan '12 said:
Practice, practice, practice. That's the only way to get better at Trials, learn to bunny hop properly and the tracks become a lot easier.
I hadn't thought a release date had been announced, they've said in response to this that a trailer will be coming soon that will shed light on when we can expect it, so until that comes along everything else about when it's due to be relelased is pure speculation!
kmcroc on 31 Jan '12 said:
I smell a breach of contract & a suit where they have to turn over the ip to MS.
dookiephonic on 31 Jan '12 said:
Don't worry RedLynx i've had to deny a leak before...but I had eaten asparagus prior to it so everyone knew it was me
bully2 on 3 Feb '12 said:
There could well be a few haters doing things like this now. Wonder why???
Anyways in the article it also states.
” Expected this summer for XBLA, Trials Evolution is the first game produced since being bought by Ubisoft last November. ”
May i add that the game was mentioned lots of times before the Ubisoft take over in November of 2011…… Another False statement???
Why couldn’t they just tell the truth, were not thick. They could have said….
” sorry to all tho’s patient people waiting for the release of Evo, but we have to merge with Ubisoft so we can expand…. The game will be released when this is done and we are sorry for the delay/inconvenience…. ”
So again another push back until summer now?????? this is soooooooo frustrating. They should have kept things low-key and not announced the game until they had things sorted …… I hope lessons will be learn in the future…….
Peace out!!!!!