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Colin McRae: DiRT 2 DS now in Stores!

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 DS has now been released in Europe and North America published by Codemasters. The game marks our third collaboration with Codemasters, following the award winning DS titles,  Race Driver: Create and Race, and  Race Driver: GRID.

Featuring off road racing and rallying from around the world and a brand new 3D Track Designer, DiRT 2 DS is already garnering postive reviews!

Read more about the game.

Need for Speed Nitro DS coming soon!

Need for Speed Nitro DS is the brand new title in Electronic Arts' massively successful Need for Speed series.

Exclusive to Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS, Firebrand Games have worked closely with EA Montreal to develop the DS version from the ground up.

Read a preview of the game on   Pocket Gamer

More details coming soon!

Planet 51 DS in development.

Firebrand Games can now confirm they are developing the Nintendo DS version of  Planet 51, to be published by SEGA in conjunction with the film from November 2009.

With a US theatrical release through Sony on Thanksgiving, Planet 51 is the tale of US astronaut Captain Charles “Chuck” Baker (Dwayne Johnson, The Scorpion King, Be Cool) who lands on Planet 51 thinking he’s the first person to step foot on it. To his surprise, it’s already inhabited by little green people who are happily living in a world reminiscent of a cheerfully innocent 1950’s American. The film also features the voices of John Cleese, Gary Oldman and Seann William Scott.

Firebrand Games CEO, Mark Greenshields said of the news:

"We have a track history of creating incredibly successful handheld titles and now, with the opportunity to work on a huge film tie-in like Planet 51, Firebrand is taking our core skill of producing triple-A driving titles into a wider arena."

TrackMania DS in North America

TrackMania DS has now shipped to stores in North America published by Atlus. Reviews have been extremely positive.

Official Nintendo Magazine UK awarded the game 86% and said:
“Ignore this at your peril: in terms of pure arcadey fun, it’s second only to Mario Kart DS”


EDGE Magazine has awarded the game 8/10 saying:

"The most remarkable thing is how smoothly it runs: a flawless 60 frames a second..." and
"For racing on DS, there's nothing to compare, in either depth or style."

Eurogamer Website also awarded the game 8/10 saying:

"...whether you're a fan of the series or a total novice, the slick, compulsive fight to gather all the game's golds will have you plugging away until you've exhausted its content."

"What's more, it's that rarest of things: a DS game with amazing graphics."

IGN Best of 2008 Award

Race Driver: GRID has won the  IGN Award for Best DS Racing/Driving Game of 2008. This is the second year in a row, Firebrand Games have scooped this award following the success of  Race Driver: Create and Race in 2007.

Pocket Gamer Plaudits

Excellent games website Pocket Gamer have been signing our praises recently.

First they placed Race Driver: GRID at number 7 in their Top 10 DS games of 2008 list.

Then they ran a feature on... Five Developers they'd like to see working on N-Gage.

Before requesting a Firebrand Racing Game in their feature about...10 games we'd like to see made for DSi.

We may have more news on that one soon!

Gamasutra Interview

Firebrand Games were recently interviewed by renowned Development website, Gamasutra. As well as asking about TrackMania DS, the interview touches on our Wii development and our plans for the future.

Read the whole interview here!