Vancouver 2010 (video game)

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Vancouver 2010
Van 2010 Game.jpg
European cover art
Developer(s) Eurocom
GameHouse (iOS)
Publisher(s) Sega
GameHouse (iOS)
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iOS
ReleasePlayStation 3, Xbox 360
  • NA: January 12, 2010
  • EU: January 15, 2010
  • AU: February 4, 2010
Microsoft Windows
  • AU: January 2010
  • NA: January 15, 2010
  • EU: January 15, 2010
iOS
February 16, 2010
Genre(s) Sports (Olympic)
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Vancouver 2010 is the official Olympic video game of the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was developed by Eurocom (who had worked on previous Olympic games in 2004 and 2008), and published by Sega.

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Gameplay

Vancouver 2010 is a video game based on the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Many of the events in the real-world Olympics are playable.

Disciplines

The following events are in the game:

In addition, the game includes 30 different challenges spread over all the events which can be unlocked on a one-by-one basis as the user completes the tasks (For example, the 'Landing Zone' challenge forces the individual to land a ski jump with 10m of 90m and another successive jump within 10m of 120m). [1]

Playable nations

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Playable countries

There is a total of 24 playable countries in the game. They are:

Reception

Vancouver 2010 received "mixed" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [6] [7] [8] IGN said of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions: "If only this game had some semblance of a career mode or anything that felt slightly like the real Olympics, then perhaps SEGA would have had a real winner on its hands". [15] GameSpot said of the same console versions: "The limited selection of events leaves these Olympic Games out in the cold". [12]

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