MotorStorm 2 officially named

The sequel to the hit offroad racer is now officially titled as MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. Although this had been speculated for quite some time over the last couple of months, there was never an official announcement from the guys over at Evolution Studios (it was rumored to be MotorStorm: Pacifica). The title isn't all that shocking considering the entire environment for the sequel is set on an island in the Pacific and will feature lush forest races.

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is scheduled for release later this year and has finally implemented the splitscreen capabilities for up to 4-players at a time. With the original title moving over three million copies worldwide, we expect the sequel to do just as well if not significantly better than its predecessor.

As more information is released around this down-and-dirty racer, we'll keep you up to date.

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  1. netherdragon | netherdragon

    • 11:25am BST - May 3rd, 2008

    this will be good, ofline miltiplayer was the one thing i really hated that the 1st didnt have

  2. cory46 | cory46

    • 11:37am BST - May 3rd, 2008

    ya 

  3. killers72888 | killers72888

    • 12:01pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    okay cory46 your post was totallly irrevellant and i played the demo for the first one and absolutely loved it but after i heard about the the final edition of the game i was a little thrown off to buy since it didnt seem to offer me that much for my money but heres hopping that this one is better in every aspect besides graphics since there fine to me :)

  4. AclayPS3

    • 12:26pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    Well, I've already seen that name for the new Motorstorm game on Gamestop's website since like, early this week but I guess it's good to get some confirmation on it.

  5. RuiyJR | Tseska_922

    • 1:02pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    heeh i'm waiting hee hee XD

  6. primalbreath | jdawg222

    • 1:12pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    ya i would o have bought the first one if it had split screen. i might get this one depending on gt5s release date.

  7. Emo-Mercenary | Clarky-132

    • 1:22pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    Motorstorm 2: Pacific Rift sounds better, and new comers wont get mixed up with what one is the first one. If you get me.

  8. RyuStrife

    • 2:02pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    what they need is that they should fill up 50gb of the BluRay too.  First one I heard was MGS4. Next one was Resistance 2. I sure hope they fill this one up too.

  9. hush404 | hush404

    • 2:17pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    Uhh wow, a little slow on that one eh PSU? I've known this since before the teaser trailer was released.

  10. Eric2929 | Eric2929

    • 2:40pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    Actually, the rumored name was MotorStorm: Pacifica. Pacific Rift is the official name.

  11. myke-myke | Myke-Myke

    • 3:25pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    Hopefully, it will have custom soundtrax!

  12. Alti | Alti

    • 3:36pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    it sold over 3 million, because it was bundled with the ps3 =P

    anyways, I think it woulda been cool to call it  Motorstorm: Pacific Hit/heights/Hiss/something that starts with an H.

     

    just so it's acronym can be MPH lol.

  13. zombieking36

    • 4:02pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    Awww... I like Pacifica more, but either way it looks wicked!

  14. Emo-Mercenary | Clarky-132

    • 4:20pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    Split screen will be brilliant in this game. Its a shame they didn't include it in Motorstorm (1)

  15. steck_67

    • 4:27pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    A pretty creative title compared to the dull "Motorstorm 2" title.

  16. Dr_tee18 | Drtee18

    • 6:05pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    great heads up PSU. this one's gonna be great. a racing game to compete with Midnight Club Los Angeles later this year.

     

  17. DemonOfRazgriz07 | DemonOfRazgriz07

    • 6:49pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    umm didnt PSU already have an article about this? old news.

  18. CHRISBOSH | tatti

    • 7:19pm BST - May 3rd, 2008

    Very nice.

  19. Bigsmoke94

    • 10:27am BST - May 4th, 2008

     pacific rift sounds weird as a game title.. like a flavor of caprisun or something..

  20. Cash94

    • 10:44am BST - May 4th, 2008

    this sucks, i have the original motorstorm, and now theres this with split screen multiplayer....the problem is, i never knew that motorstorm was single player!

     

  21. DaNiEL-- | DaNiEL--

    • 2:24pm BST - May 4th, 2008

    looks quite good

  22. SamTheSkater

    • 7:22pm BST - May 4th, 2008

    that's not a bad name.

  23. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 9:28pm BST - May 4th, 2008

    I had actually seen this about 4 days ago just surfing around.  I loved the first one myself, even with all its flaws, and I intend to pick this one up on the release day.

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    @RyuStrife:  50GB discs are BAD for your console.  The games are fine, but the read times are guaranteed a decent sized install on your hard drive.  I don't mind with my 250GB HDD but the people who don't upgrade are going to have a hard time dealing with all these installs.

  24. richkaos | richkaos

    • 6:55am BST - May 6th, 2008

    will get this on day numero uno......cant wait! especially with the addition of 4 way splitscreen.

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