Carve (video game)

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Carve
Carve Video Game.jpg
Cover art of North American version
Developer(s) Argonaut Games
Publisher(s) Global Star Software
Producer(s) Caspar Field
Designer(s) Caspar Field
Steven Taylor
Programmer(s) Simon Hargrave
Artist(s) Stuart Scott
Writer(s) Nic Cusworth
Platform(s) Xbox
Release
  • NA: February 24, 2004
  • EU: March 19, 2004
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Carve is a racing video game developed by Argonaut Games. Published by Global Star Software in 2004, The game released as an Xbox. [1] [2] exclusive.

Contents

Two people play the game simultaneously in which the team travels the world to battle other racing teams on watercraft. The goal is to reach the top rank position. Challenges to players include weather, location and waves. There are eight individual racing styles available with tricks to perform. Carve has split screen options for multiplayer mode, which includes 8 online or system link players and 4 offline players. It is a 480p resolution game with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. [1] Multiplayer on Xbox Live was available to players until 15 April 2010. Carve is now playable online again on the replacement Xbox Live servers called Insignia. [3] [4]

Reception

The game received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ In Electronic Gaming Monthly 's review of the game, one critic gave it 5/10, and the rest gave it each a score of 6.5/10.

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