''Speedball 2 Tournament'' is a sequel to the Amiga futuristic

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'' Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe'' originally created by

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. It was developed by

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for Microsoft Windows and published by Frogster Interactive Pictures in 2007.

Features

The game features fully customizable male, female and droid players, and a virtual marketplace for unlockable in-game content. It also features live streaming of ranked matches, as well as live sports commentary and developer interviews. The game also features a subscriber-based "Gold" mode in which players are granted access to worldwide officially ranked leagues.

Development

Public interest in a modern remake of Speedball 2 was rekindled by a high-profile

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modification, SourceBall. The SourceBall project began development in November 2004, and garnered interest from both

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(many of whom claimed to be fans of the original Speedball 2), and from Mike Montgomery of

. SourceBall was featured in a Steam News article broadcast to the Steam community, and was used by Valve in their 2005 presentation at The Gathering in Norway. Following a change of leadership in early 2006, development on the SourceBall project ended, but public demand for a new version of Speedball 2 remained high. In October 2006, Frogster Interactive announced that it had secured the rights to remake ''Speedball 2''. Frogster has slated for release in Autumn 2007, and on April 27, 2007, released
trailer
for ''Speedball 2''. For the production of ''Speedball 2'', Kylotonn assembled a new team of game designers and programmers. As eminent advisor and lead producer, Mike Montgomery from Bitmap Brothers is supervising all steps in the development of the game. The title was changed to ''Speedball 2 Tournament'' in November 2007.

Distribution

On 5 November 2007,

and

released information that they would distribute the game via Steam and the end of November, 2007. The game has since been delisted from Steam,http://timekillerz.eu/removed/games.php though no official announcement or justification for this seems to have been published.

References

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