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Split/Second puts a unique twist on racing games. As stunt drivers on an action TV show, players can activate power plays, which are events placed all over the studio lot set to go off. These events can range from exploding objects to dropping gigantic structures on opponents, and they're key to winning. So it's not enough to race well and memorize tracks... drivers will also have to keep an eye out for potential power plays and try to evade them as they go off. This all builds up to some very intense racing, where a player can be knocked from first to last place in a blink of an eye. We just wish a little more thought went into the PC port.

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Black Rock Studio provides an in-depth behind the scenes look at the development of Split/Second, the racing game where players drive on the set of a stunt movie and can trigger explosive events to slow down the competition. This developer video focuses specifically on design decisions in creating the special effects and cars. The game is available now for consoles and the PC.

Download HD The Making of Split/Second Part 5 (134 MB)
Download HD The Making of Split/Second, Part 4 (97 MB)
Download HD The Making of Split/Second, Part 3 (104 MB)
Download HD The Making of Split/Second, Part 2 (89 MB)
Download HD The Making of Split/Second, Part 1 (244 MB)
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In Split/Second, player race around an elaborate stunt movie set rigged with explosives. By racing well, players can trigger these explosives and cause events, like dropping towers and objects, to set opponents back. The Power Plant track featured in this video looks like it will be one of the biggest the game has to offer, with ability to detonate and entire nuclear reactor plant onto opponents as they pass beneath it. Just be careful not to get trapped in it yourself. The destruction begins when the game releases on May 18th.

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The first in a series of Split/Second developer videos details how the developers at Black Rock Studio adjusted from making straightforward racing games to more of an action based racing game. In Split/Second, players race across a large scale movie set. Skilled driving fills up a power meter that can be used to trigger massive disasters to knock out opponents and get ahead. The game is scheduled to release on May 18th for PC and consoles.

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It was revealed in the latest GameTrailers.TV episode but today Disney Interactive officially announced their plans for Split/Second (that's how they are handling the title) the new arcade racing game from developer Black Rock Studio. The game will be released for the PC and other platforms in early 2010.

As we speculated when Gametrailers.TV showed the teaser trailer, the game lets you race and collide with other cars and lets the drivers trigger environmental events and traps that can also take out their opponents and create new paths to take in the race. The race itself is being filmed for a "hyper-competitive reality television show". The big question: Can Split/Second compete with the speed and destruction of Criterion's Burnout series?