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Get An Inside Look At Shaun White Snowboarding

June 03, 2008

shaunwhitesnowboarding_tailpress Get An Inside Look At Shaun White Snowboarding
After racking up X-Game and Olympic gold and one terrible American Express card commercial, the Flying Tomato will get his own videogame courtesy of Ubisoft Montreal this holiday season. Two teams are cranking out dual versions of Shaun White Snowboarding–one focused on the next gen title and a second dedicated to the Wii (and Nintendo’s new Wii Fit balance board).

“Shaun was a huge fan of the Prince of Persia games, which is how we became involved in this project,” explained lead designer for the next-gen version Thomas Simon in our interview during Ubidays ‘08 in Paris. “He’s been involved in every aspect of this game over the past two years from choosing the soundtrack to co-writing the script to providing voice over for the game.” Read the rest of this entry »