Leak suggests that Rockstar is rebooting a forgotten franchise

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Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption are obviously not Rockstar’s only series, though it might be easy to forget that since we haven’t heard about many others since Grand Theft Auto Online started making the company a boatload of easy cash. Besides the odd rumor surrounding Bully 2 here and there, it’s easy to forget that Rockstar has another franchise that’s just waiting to be revisited.

Midnight Club is an arcade racing series whose last entry was released almost a decade ago, but according to a recent post on Reddit, Rockstar might have a new Midnight Club game in the works.

A screenshot reportedly taken from a Rockstar developer’s Xbox Live profile shows a start screen with the Midnight Club logo and an overlay of the Xbox One’s start button.



A second screenshot shows the model of a Nissan Skyline GTR.



The account linked to the images has a gamerscore of zero and has since been scrubbed of any and all information except for a profile picture showing Lara Croft, which can be seen in the images. It’s not like this would be difficult to fake, but we’re going to think optimistically and believe that a new Midnight Club is in the works.

What kind of game it would be is a totally different story. Considering the only games in the series with licensed cars are Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition and Midnight Club: Los Angeles, a remaster of the original Midnight Club is unlikely. What seems more likely, if these screens are legitimate, is that Rockstar is working on a complete reboot of the series.

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Source: http://www.egmnow.com/all/leak-suggests-that-rockstar-is-rebooting-a-forgotten-franchise/

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JPBPosted:

Would be really awesome to see this remastered!!

MajPosted:

KyIie BULLY 2?!??!? YES! This was my favorite game as a kid.


Did you bother reading the post?

-- I would love it to be bully 2, that's what I was thinking. Sadly, not :(

KyIiePosted:

BULLY 2?!??!? YES! This was my favorite game as a kid.

GMEPosted:

This game is fa-fire

Miss playing it as a kid

RoopPosted:

Played Midnight Club almost daily as a child. Really hope they bring it back.

uwuPosted:

If this leak's information is true, I am definitely going to pee my pants in excitement. Midnight Club LA was one of my favorite childhood games and will always be one of my favorites. Let's see how this rumor plays out.

9ntyPosted:

Midnight Club LA was my favourite car drifting car to play on the Xbox 360, the memories I do miss them very much. I would like to see the series coming back for sure. Make it happen!

AdamPosted:

Ahh, Midnight Club Dub Edition 3 Remix was my childhood. I spent so many hours / days playing that game on the PS2. Looking forward to see what R* does with this.

Activez-Posted:

I loved playing Midnight Club LA when I was younger. Would love for the series to make a return. Hopefully this turns out to be true and not a hoax.

DecyPosted:

Would be amazing!!! such a great game back on the 360 would be pretty cool and would be a good franchise to make a return to the Racing Game Genre.. got great competition with TDU Making a return also.