 According to the Italian website multiplayer.it, Halifax, the Italian distributor of Pro Cycling Manager, will release a special Giro d'Italia 2011 version of Pro Cycling Manager 2010. It's set to be released at the beginning of this year's Giro d'Italia that takes place in May.
With the version, you will get a 2011 database along with the 2011 Giro d'Italia stages. And perhaps more interesting (for the Italian customers), a pair of Italian commentators will make its way to PCM, voiced by Andrea de Luca and the more familiar Paolo Savoldelli.
Obviously, the screenshots aren't really new, neither is the trailer, but hey - it's worth taking a look anyway.
Whether it's enough to persuade the Italians to buy PCM10 - well, that will be interesting.
(Originally, this article confused this announcement with Pro Cycling Manager 2011. You can read the original article by clicking Read More)
Thanks to Emmea for the tip.
Original article:
For as far as I can remember, Pro Cycling Manager has been released around the end of June, often on the 20th.
However, that may now change, according to the Italian website multiplayer.it. The site states that the game (or at least the Italian version of it) will be renamed to "Pro Cycling Manager - Tour of Italy 2011" and is set to be released "at the start of the Giro d'Italia".
Does that sound crazy to you? Perhaps, but the information is backed up byanother website.
The two sites also reveal that Italian commentators will be included, voiced by Andrea de Luca and the more familiar Paolo Savoldelli.
And lastly, but perhaps just as important, the websites also present a bunch of screenshots and a trailer, the first for Pro Cycling Manager 2011 (or, well, Pro Cycling Manager - Giro d'Italia 2011).
We're still unsure whether this is a special Italian version of the game. In theory, it could be a limited version, sort of like the Gran Turismo: Prologue for Playstation 3. It could also be PCM10, but with a 2011 DB, the 2011 Giro-stages and Italian commentators - we don't know yet, but we'll be trying to get in contact with Cyanide and get a proper response.
Update: To Cycling-Manager.eu, Clément Pinget, who's the Project Manager of PCM, says that he do not wish to comment right now, but that "it's not Pro Cycling Manager 2011". Oh well - anything else would have been quite sensational.
Thanks to Emmea for the tip. |
