Carve
Carve is a racing video game developed by Argonaut Games. Published by Global Star Software in 2004, The game released as an Xbox exclusive. Two people play the game simultaneously in which the team travels the world to battle other racing teams on watercraft.
Carve
- Date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carve was published by 2K Play.
- Genre
- racing video game
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The goal is to reach the top rank position. Challenges to players include weather, location and waves. There are eight individual racing styles available with tricks to perform. Carve has split screen options for multiplayer mode, which includes 8 online or system link players and 4 offline players. It is a 480p resolution game with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. Multiplayer on Xbox Live was available to players until 15 April 2010. Now playable online again on the replacement Xbox Live servers called Insignia.
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• Title — Carve • Developer — Argonaut Games • Publisher — Global Star Software • Producer — Caspar Field • Designer — Caspar Field Steven Taylor • Programmer — Simon Hargrave • Artist — Stuart Scott • Writer — Nic Cusworth • Platforms — Xbox • Genre — Racing • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
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The game received "mixed or average" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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- 1.Fandom. Carve. Metacritic.
- 2.Navarro, Alex. Carve Review. GameSpot. Fandom. February 27, 2004.
- 3.Insignia - Carve. insignia.live.
- 4.Xbox, Pure. Xbox Live 1.0 Replacement 'Insignia' Now Supports 150 Games. Pure Xbox. 2023-11-16.
- 5.Edge staff. Carve. Edge. Future Publishing. 134. 102. March 2004.
- 6.Elliott, Shawn. Carve. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis. 175. 122. February 2004.
- 7.Bramwell, Tom. Carve. Eurogamer. Gamer Network. April 29, 2004.
- 8.Kato, Matthew. Carve. Game Informer. GameStop. 130. 108. February 2004.
- 9.Dodson, Joe. Carve Review. GameRevolution. CraveOnline. March 10, 2004.
- 10.Leeper, Justin. GameSpy: Carve. GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. March 13, 2004.
- 11.Surette, Tim. Carve - XB - Review. GameZone. March 10, 2004.
- 12.Clayman, Dave. Carve Review. IGN. Ziff Davis. March 4, 2004.
- 13.Future US. Carve. Official Xbox Magazine. 81. February 2004.
- 14.Guidi, Tony. Carve Review (Xbox). TeamXbox. IGN Entertainment. March 2, 2004.
- 15.Steinberg, Scott. 'Carve' (Xbox) Review. X-Play. TechTV. March 29, 2004.
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