OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood

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OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood
OlliOlli2 logo.jpg
Developer(s) Roll7
Publisher(s)
Engine PhyreEngine
Platform(s)
Release
  • PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita
    • NA: 3 March 2015
    • PAL: 4 March 2015
  • Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
  • 11 August 2015
  • Android
  • 2 October 2015
  • Xbox One
  • 24 May 2016
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood is a skateboarding video game developed and published by Roll7 for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The game was announced on 25 September 2014 as the sequel to the critically acclaimed OlliOlli , [1] and was released on 3 March 2015 in North America and on 4 March 2015 in the PAL region. [2] OlliOlli2 was released free to PlayStation Plus members. [3] The game was ported to PC by BlitWorks and published by Devolver Digital, releasing it for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux on 11 August 2015. [4]

Contents

On 22 February 2016, OlliOlli2 was released for Android on the Google Play Store. [5] On 9 April 2016, it was announced that Roll7 cooperated with Spanish publisher and distributor Badland Games to bring OlliOlli and OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood to retail stores, delivered as OlliOlli: Epic Combo Edition for PlayStation 4. [6] The game was later ported to Xbox One under the title OlliOlli2: XL Edition on 24 May 2016. A sequel, OlliOlli World , was released in 2022.

Reception

The game received "favourable" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [7] [8] [9] [10]

Over 1 million people have downloaded the game as of 27 March 2015. [28]

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