Pete_LeGrant March 10, 2009 PC, Wii 16 views Comments Print This Post  Email This Post

You can see what Vertigo is here: Vertigo Trailer

Break out your Wii Balance Board!

Play V has announced that it will be releasing Vertigo, a novel
ball-rolling race and puzzle hybrid, for PC and the Nintendo Wii on the
3rd April 2009. Vertigo tasks players with controlling a rolling ball
though over 50 levels of fiendish, high-tension action.

Supporting
both traditional remote and Wii Balance Board control methods, Vertigo
harks back to rolling-ball games of old with 54 tracks across nine
environments. Three classes of ‘Xorb’ ball are available, each one with
their own set of unlockable upgrade options, as well as the ability to
customise and tune each ball according to the player’s preferred
balance of speed and manoeuvrability.

Additional game modes
extend to Arcade, Time Trial and Career modes for singleplayer, with
multiplayer functionality including combative versus modes in a
traditional deathmatch setting and more traditional ball-based pursuits
such as ten-pin bowling and football.

Brian Faller, marketing
manager, PlayV, comments “Vertigo’s unique design is a fantastic fit
for the Wii. Old classics such as Marble Madness and Spindizzy have
been in dire need of an update and Vertigo fits that space perfectly,
with motion control being the natural progression for this kind of game
concept. Vertigo captures all the frenetic energy and pace of those
classics, whilst introducing a fantastic array of multiplayer game
types to a much-missed genre.”

Vertigo will be released for PC and Nintendo Wii on the 3rd April 2009.