LONG BEACH, Calif.-( )-, a successful social game developer and creator of the leadingautomotive-based Facebook game, Car Town, today announced theglobal launch of, now available for free on the App Store foriPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. In Car Town Streets, players canfind, build and cruise with all their favorite cars in a fullycustomizable town. The game is built on the legacy of Cie Games’flagship title, Car Town, which has attracted more than 46million players and is the first Facebook game built around real-worldbrands with more than 35 partners.As part of launch, new partners and the world’s most recognizable brandsincluding Sony’s “Ghostbusters” and Nitto Tire will be featured in CarTown Streets.
Car Town was a social network game developed by Cie Games. It allowed users to collect and modify virtual vehicles. The main objective of the game was to win races and build a collection of vehicles. Car Town had many licenses for different brands, including the Indy Racing League, which allowed users to collect selected Indy cars, Universal Studios, which gave the game a license to include the DeLorean. Forget Farmville. All the cool kids will be out and about on Facebook using the all-new Car Town game. Facebook’s Car Town is all about collecting cars. Once you join the game, you’re given a.
Highlights include:. Ghostbusters: Feeling like there’s something strange in theneighborhood? Who you gonna call? Take a ride in theiconic Ecto-1 vehicle and visit the Ghostbusters headquarters.
Nitto Tire: Construct Nitto Tire shops around town. Headed fora road trip? Equip cars with Nitto-branded all-season street,off-road, and race tires.“We are excited to partner with Cie Games, known for pioneeringauthentic in-game brand integrations, to offer players a chance tointeract and engage with Ghostbusters-branded content across theirmobile and social games,” said Mark Caplan, vice president of consumerproducts, Sony Pictures Entertainment. “To start, fans will have theopportunity to build the Ghostbusters fire station and own a virtualEcto-1 in Car Town Streets.”'What is core to Nitto Tire is innovation in everything that we do andthat includes marketing,” said Tomo Mizutani, president of Nitto TireUSA. “Being the first tire company involved in social gaming and now,mobile gaming in the way that we've done with Car Town is justpart of our DNA: being on the leading edge. We know that consumerengagement is shifting to mobile devices and particularly games, sopartnering with Cie Games on Car Town Streets is not onlyinnovative, it's smart business.' Car Town Streets is a brand new game designed specifically formobile gamers and offers a different type of game play mechanic from itsFacebook predecessor.
Players can join Roxy in her quest to restore thetown to its former glory when cars ruled the streets. As players find,build, and race with all their favorite cars, new locations and missionswill unlock. Other game features include:. Build a car utopia: Create a town from the ground up with newroads, businesses, and shops.
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The main objective of the game was to win races and build a collection of vehicles. Car Town had many licenses for different brands, including the, which allowed users to collect selected Indy cars, which gave the game a license to include the from the, and fully customized cars from. And the gave the game licenses to include their racing cars such as. Also gave a license to include their shows and videos, as well as a few exclusive vehicles.Aside from the aforementioned brands, the game also featured cars from famous motorsports around the world including, as well as one-make races such as.Cie Games announced on July 29, 2014 that it would close the game on August 29, 2014.As of August 29, 2014, Car Town was discontinued. Contents.Related versions Ini September 2011, exclusively to Japan, a version named Car Town Japan was released for mobile phones. Its gameplay was similar to the Adventures section of the Facebook version, even though the latter was added one year later.On July 26, 2012, two years after the original's release, Cie released another version of the game named Car Town EX to appeal to Asian users. It added new features that were not seen in the original release of the game.
As of February 28, 2014, Car Town EX has been discontinued.Also in 2012, a version of Car Town for, called Car Town Streets, was released. The game's graphics are similar to that of Car Town, but its gameplay is much different. In 2014, an port came out on thereleased. On December 23, 2015, Car Town Streets closed down.Reception Car Town received moderate critical praise.
One reviewer from said that the game made 'non-car people become car people', calling it inviting and accessible to newcomers. Gave the game a rating of 3/5. Car Town was likened to the in terms of customizing vehicles and liveries. Both and, well known automotive magazines, were sponsors of the game, often releasing promo codes and running contests.Differences Although they are similar, they have some differences in certain points. For example, the is exclusively available only in Brazilian Portuguese version, and a is exclusively available only in Car Town EX versions.References.