Today the Twisted Metal panel offered a glimpse of what when the series gets a reboot next year. For starters, David Jaffe, the founder of developer Eat Sleep Play revealed to the crowd that they would be using live actors for the cut scenes and story-telling elements within the game.  This time, they are primarily focusing on three main characters for the campaign – Sweet Tooth, Dollface, and Mr. Grimm – with three separate endings for each character.  The Preacher would also be involved in the story, but may not be a playable character at the start of the game.   

The footage of the live action portions here is extremely rough and taken with a small digital camera.

After revealing the initial footage, Jaffe showed off a portion of the Rooftops level along with a long winding desert highway level that may or may not make it into the final game.  The Rooftops level took place at night and had a large central area with a tall spire smack dab in the middle.  From there, multiple ramps led to various buildings with plenty of destroyable objects and hidden areas to find.  The Highway level feels similar to something pulled out of Mad Max and despite its length, actually impressed me more than the Rooftops level. 

The footage of the demo here is extremely rough and taken with a small digital camera. 

Jaffe revealed that there would be two player split-screen online support along with four player local split-screen.  To the crowd's pleasure as well as mine, there will NOT be 3D support or Move compatibility.

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