Twisted Metal 2

Twisted Metal 2
North American PlayStation cover art
Developer(s)Sony Interactive Studios America
SingleTrac
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Writer(s)David Jaffe
Composer(s)Chuck E. Myers
Lance Lenhart
Tom Hopkins
Pinnacle Group[5]
SeriesTwisted Metal
Platform(s)PlayStation, Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 8, 1996[1]
  • EU: February 1997
Microsoft Windows
Genre(s)Vehicular combat
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Twisted Metal 2 (known as Twisted Metal: World Tour in Europe and Twisted Metal EX in Japan) is a vehicular combat video game developed by SingleTrac and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The second game in the Twisted Metal series, it was originally released in 1996 for PlayStation and Windows.

The Microsoft Windows version features slightly cut-down graphics compared to the PlayStation version but doesn't require a 3D accelerator video card. It also features multiplayer mode over a modem line or Internet.

Two years after its release, Twisted Metal 2 was re-released as a PlayStation Greatest Hits game, however under the developer 989 Studios instead of SingleTrac. It was also released for download on the PlayStation Network in Japan on July 26, 2007[6] and North America on November 1, 2007.[7] On July 18, 2023, it was then made available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.[8]

  1. ^ "Sony PlayStation: Twisted Metal 2 Press Release". Archived from the original on December 23, 1996. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  2. ^ Famitsū staff (September 5, 1997). "新作ゲームクロスレビュー" [New Game Cross Review]. Weekly Famitsū (in Japanese). No. 455. ASCII Corporation. Archived from the original on July 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Staff (November 13, 1997). "Now Shipping". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on February 18, 1998. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
    "Sony Interactive has released Jet Moto and Twisted Metal 2 for the PC. Both are ports of popular PlayStation games."
  4. ^ Sony staff (November 13, 1997). "Sony Interactive Studios America Unleashes Jet Moto And Twisted Metal 2 For The PC". TheFreeLibrary.com (Press release). Farlex, Inc. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  5. ^ Twisted Metal 2 on Discogs. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  6. ^ Spencer (July 26, 2007). "Wild ARMs on Japan's Playstation Store". Siliconera. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  7. ^ McWhertor, Michael (November 1, 2007). "PlayStation Store Update: Twisted Metal 2, Y'All". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  8. ^ "Classic Twisted Metal Games Return on PS5 and PS4 Before TV Series Release".