Bigben Interactive has just announced that it has acquired an official license for FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) and that WRC 4 will be the first game to be released under the new licensing agreement. The WRC franchise has sold over seven-million copies since 2002 with 95 percent of those sales in Europe. The newest entry to the franchise will be developed by Milestone, creator of the last three versions of the game.
WRC 4 will be available for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, and Windows PC in October, with the launch bring celebrated at Paris Games Week which runs from October 30 to November 3, 2013. A presentation of the game will happen at Gamescom in Germany from August 21 to August 25, 2013.
“We are extremely happy to have acquired this license. Having already successfully proven our capacities as a distributor with the WRC 3 video game in France and Benelux in 2012, we now find ourselves in the driving seat to publish and distribute the next three versions of the game worldwide,” said Alain Falc, Chief Executive Officer of Bigben Interactive. “Whilst this agreement allows us to add to our catalog with an extremely popular video game, it also represents recognition from our peers for our know-how and leading position in Europe.”
Source: Bigben Interactive
