Things on Wheels

Things on Wheels
Cover art of Xbox 360 version
Developer(s)Load Inc.
Publisher(s)Focus Home Interactive
Platform(s)Xbox 360
ReleaseMay 12, 2010
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Things on Wheels[a] is a 2010 racing game developed by the indie developer Load Inc. and published by Focus Entertainment. The game was released on May 12, 2010, for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade and has been met with a negative reception for its gameplay and graphics.

A Downloadable contnet (DLC) of the game was released in August 8, and in January 2011, it was patched a problem in which players who downloaded content couldn't get achievements unlocked and added them to their gamerscore.

The game itself alongside the DLC was removed from the Xbox 360 Stores on July 29, 2024, along with over 220 digital titles on the Microsoft's system, making it no longer been purchasable. And wasn't included to be Backward compatible with Xbox Series X/S.

Gameplay

In Things on Wheels, players control remote control cars in racing competitions.[1] While racing, they may choose to collect power-ups, such as shields and a freezing ability.[1] Single-player mode tasks players to race against a CPU player. Outside the game, players may use a sandbox mode to freely learn tracks.[2]

Development and release

Following the completion and release of Load inc.'s Mad Tracks (2006) port for the Xbox Live Arcade, studio began development of the project.[3] With it's innovation in racing game genre been non-linear track design.[4][5][6] In addition to game's szie of 150 megabytes along with Track editor that wasn't featured in Xbox Live version of Mad Tracks, due to initial limitations of game size in XBLA at the time.[7]

In April 2008, a short teaser trailer was released. Acordding to Art Director of Load Inc. Herve Nedelec, said that the length of the trailer were short intentionally, but long enough to get a feeling of where it's races and the discovery of the huge house inside and outside.[8]

Microsoft Windows version of the game was cancelled, despite been planned.[3]

Release

Game was released on Xbox 360 at Xbox Live Arcade for 800 MS Points on May 12, 2010.[9][10][11][12] A Downloadable DLC of the game was released in August 8, and in January 2011, it was patched a problem in which players who downloaded content couldn't get achievements unlocked and add them to their gamerscore.[13]

Removal from Xbox Stores

The game and it's DLC was removed from the Xbox 360 Stores on July 29, 2024, along with over 220 digital titles on the Microsoft's system, making it no longer been purchasable.[14][15] And wasn't also included to be Backward compatible with Xbox Series X/S.[15][16][17]

Reception

On Metacritic, the game has a "generally unfavorable" rating of 41 based on 11 critics.[18] Jack DeVries of IGN criticized the game's CPU players' faultiness and stated the single-player campaign was "boring" with a "poorly written" story.[1]

Multiple reviewers felt negatively towards the game's graphics.[1][2]

Notes

  1. ^ Abbreviated as TOW

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e DeVries, Jack (June 1, 2010). "Things on Wheels Review". IGN. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Todd, Brett (May 20, 2010). "Things on Wheels Reviews". GameSpot. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Matos, Xav de (May 29, 2008). "X3F Interview: Load Inc.'s Denis Bourdain". Engadget. Archived from the original on June 10, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  4. ^ "Load Inc. creating another XBLA toy racer in Things On Wheels". Joystiq. January 31, 2008. Archived from the original on February 1, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  5. ^ de Matos, Xav (May 29, 2008). "Posts tagged Things on wheels at Xbox 360 Fanboy". xbox360fanboy. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  6. ^ Williamson, Steven (January 30, 2008). "Southpeak to publish Things on Wheels for XBLA". Hexus. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  7. ^ "Mad Tracks : interview Dennis Bourdain". Jeuxvideo (in French). June 19, 2007. Archived from the original on June 21, 2007. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  8. ^ GamesIndustry biz (April 18, 2008). "Things On Wheels - Brief video released of Load Inc.'s indoor RC car racer". GamesIndustry.biz. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  9. ^ "Things On Wheels - XBLA arrived upon". GamesIndustry.biz. May 6, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Things On Wheels - Rolling onto XBLA now, complete with a trailer". GamesIndustry.biz. May 12, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Rocket Knight, Things on Wheels now on Xbox LIVE Arcade". Gematsu. May 12, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2025.
  12. ^ Ireson, Jon (May 6, 2010). "Things on Wheels Released for Xbox 360 (w/ Screens)". DualShockers. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  13. ^ Smith, Rebecca (January 17, 2011). "Things on Wheels DLC Achievement Now Active". TrueAchievements. Archived from the original on June 2, 2025. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  14. ^ "Analysis: More than 220 digital games will disappear when the Xbox 360 Store closes". VGC. August 17, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
  15. ^ a b Herrero, Pedro (August 18, 2023). "These are the more than 200 digital games that will disappear when the Xbox 360 Marketplace closes". Meristation. Retrieved June 3, 2025.
  16. ^ n64ra (December 11, 2023). "Xbox 360 Marketplace Resources". Delisted Games. Retrieved June 3, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ Bailey, Dustin (December 15, 2023). "Here are the 47 games that'll be totally lost when the Xbox 360 store shuts down". GamesRadar+. Retrieved June 3, 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ a b "Things on Wheels". Metacritic. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  19. ^ "The Greatest Games of All Time: Gran Turismo". Features. GameSpot. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
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