GripShift
{{Short description|2005 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title = GripShift
| image = PSP-GripShift-FrontCover.jpg
| developer = Sidhe
| publisher = {{vgrelease|NA|Platform Publishing|PAL|Ubisoft}}Sidhe (Xbox 360)
| designer = Andy Satterthwaite
| engine = PhyreEngine
| released = PlayStation Portable
{{vgrelease|NA|September 13, 2005{{Cite web |last=Castro |first=Juan |date=2005-09-12 |title=What's Left for 2005? |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/09/12/whats-left-for-2005 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=IGN |language=en}}|EU|November 18, 2005}}PlayStation Network
{{vgrelease|NA|January 4, 2007|EU|March 23, 2007|AUS|March 23, 2007}}Xbox Live Arcade
{{vgrelease|NA|December 12, 2007|EU|December 12, 2007}}
| genre = Puzzle-platform, driving
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
| platforms = PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
}}
GripShift is a racing video game developed by Sidhe for the PlayStation Portable. It was released in 2005 by Platform Publishing{{Cite web |title=Platform Publishing |url=http://platformpublishing.station.sony.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725085908/http://platformpublishing.station.sony.com/ |archive-date=2011-07-25 |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Platform Publishing}} in North America and Ubisoft in PAL territories. The game was later released to download on PlayStation 3 in 2007 via the PlayStation Store (and is no longer available to purchase since 2014), and for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. GripShift is a cross between a puzzle-platform game like Super Monkey Ball and a driving game like Stunt Car Racer.{{cite web | last=Eberspecher | first=Tom | date=December 10, 2007 | url=http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/12/10/555280.aspx | title=Arkadian Warriors and Gripshift Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade | publisher=Gamerscore | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212190846/http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/12/10/555280.aspx | archive-date=December 12, 2007 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 17, 2015}}
Gameplay
GripShift is a racing video game. The PSP version features official downloadable tracks at the official website. The "Turbo Expansion Pack" downloadable content was released on February 13, 2008, exclusively for the Xbox 360 version. The content adds new single-player and multiplayer modes, eight Race Tracks, eight Deathmatch Arenas, and eighteen new music tracks.{{cite web | last=Berardini | first=César A. | date=February 13, 2008 | url=http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/15703/GripShift-Gets-Turbo-Expansion-Pack-New-Screens-Inside/ | title=GripShift Gets Turbo Expansion Pack. New Screens Inside | publisher=TeamXbox | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720053231/http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/15703/GripShift-Gets-Turbo-Expansion-Pack-New-Screens-Inside/ | archive-date=July 20, 2013 | url-status=dead | access-date=August 17, 2015}}
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
| PS3 = true
| PSP = true
| X360 = true
| na = true
| Edge_PSP = 7/10{{cite magazine | author=Edge staff | title=GripShift (PSP) | magazine=Edge | issue=156 | date=December 2005 | page=110}}
| EGM_PSP = 5.5/10{{cite magazine | author=EGM staff | title=GripShift (PSP) | magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly | issue=196 | date=October 2005 | page=122}}
| EuroG_PSP = 7/10{{cite web | last=Bramwell | first=Tom | date=December 12, 2005 | url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_gripshift_psp | title=Gripshift (PSP) | publisher=Eurogamer | access-date=August 18, 2015}}
| Fam_PSP = 27/40{{cite web | last=Gantayat | first=Anoop | date=March 1, 2006 | url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/03/01/now-playing-in-japan-159?page=2 | title=Now Playing in Japan (Page 2) | publisher=IGN | access-date=October 20, 2016}}
| GI_PSP = 8.25/10{{cite magazine | title=GripShift (PSP) | magazine=Game Informer | issue=150 | date=October 2005 | page=150}}
| GSpot_PS3 = 6.5/10{{cite web | last=Thomas | first=Aaron | date=January 8, 2007 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/gripshift-review/1900-6163890/ | title=GripShift Review (PS3) | publisher=GameSpot | access-date=August 17, 2015}}
| GSpy_PSP = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | last=Steinberg | first=Steve | date=October 4, 2005 | url=http://psp.gamespy.com/playstation-portable/sidhe-interactive-psp-title/655658p1.html | title=GameSpy: GripShift (PSP) | publisher=GameSpy | access-date=August 18, 2015}}
| OPM_PSP = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine | title=GripShift (PSP) | magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine | date=October 2005 | page=108}}
| OXM_X360 = 5.5/10{{cite magazine | title=GripShift | magazine=Official Xbox Magazine | date=January 2008 | page=65}}
| rev1 = The Sydney Morning Herald
| rev1_PSP = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news | last=Hill | first=Jason | date=January 19, 2006 | url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/games/gripshift/2006/01/17/1137466994600.html | title=Gripshift (PSP) | newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald | access-date=August 18, 2015 | archive-date=September 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924200642/http://www.smh.com.au/news/games/gripshift/2006/01/17/1137466994600.html | url-status=live }}
| MC_PS3 = 67/100{{cite web | url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/gripshift/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3 | title=GripShift for PlayStation 3 Reviews | publisher=Metacritic | access-date=August 17, 2015}}
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The game received "average" reviews on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave the PSP version a score of three sevens and one six for a total of 27 out of 40.
At the 2005 Australian Game Developers Conference GripShift won "Best Handheld Game", "Best Level Design" and "Best Game Design".{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} In late 2005 IGN awarded GripShift runner-up to Lumines for the most innovative design for a handheld game in their annual Game of the Year Awards.{{Citation needed|date=June 2008}} GripShift also won "Best Handheld Game" in the 2005 Sumea awards.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}
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See also
- Racing Destruction Set
- Stunts, a similar game
- Trackmania, a similar game
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.gripshiftgame.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080608174106/http://gripshift.station.sony.com/index.vm GripShift at SOE]
- {{moby game|id=/gripshift}}
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Multiplayer online games
Category:PlayStation Network games
Category:PlayStation Portable games
Category:Sidhe (company) games
Category:Video games developed in New Zealand