Twisted Metal 2
Twisted Metal 2 (known as Twisted Metal: World Tour in Europe and Twisted Metal EX in Japan) is a vehicular combat video game developed by SingleTrac and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The second game in the Twisted Metal series, it was originally released in 1996 for PlayStation and Windows.
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| Developer(s) | Sony Interactive Studios America SingleTrac |
| Publisher(s) | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Writer(s) | David Jaffe |
| Composer(s) | Chuck E. Myers Lance Lenhart Tom Hopkins Pinnacle Group |
| Series | Twisted Metal |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation, Windows |
| Release | PlayStation
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| Genre(s) | Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
The Microsoft Windows version features slightly cut-down graphics compared to the PlayStation version but doesn't require a 3D accelerator video card. It also features multiplayer mode over a modem line or Internet.
Two years after its release, Twisted Metal 2 was re-released as a PlayStation Greatest Hits game, however under the developer 989 Studios instead of SingleTrac. It was also released for download on the PlayStation Network in Japan on July 26, 2007 and North America on November 1, 2007. On July 18, 2023, it was then made available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.