Colin McRae: Dirt 2 regional competition announced

BY admin | POSTED: 15 June 2009

Winner will drive off with a brand new Nissan Z sports car.



A Colin McRae: Dirt 2 regional virtual racing competition on PlayStation3 will kick off across the region in September 2009. The winner will drive off with a brand new Nissan Z sports car, a version of which is featured in the game.  A localized website, www.dirt2arabia.com, will be launched in July and will include all information related to the competition.

“We are delighted Codemasters chose to use the famous Nissan Z sportscar in the latest version of its renowned rallying game” said Monal Zeidan, General Manager, Marketing and Corporate Communications Nissan Middle East.

The ‘Z’ as it’s affectionately known to thousands of car enthusiasts around the world - was officially introduced into Nissan’s Middle East product range in 2003. Through four previous generations Nissan’s affordable sportscar has achieved iconic status with performance car fans achieving over 1.5 million global sales since the first Datsun 240Z model was introduced in selected global markets in 1969.



“Pluto is proud to be the official distributor of the widely popular DiRT racing series of games in the Middle East. As the regional gaming market continues to grow, Pluto together with Codemasters aim to bring the latest and most popular games to customers here which in turn, reflects our commitment to the Middle East,” said Rami El Hussein, Managing Director Pluto. “We are sure that Colin McRae: DiRT 2 will be a huge success in the region where gaming enthusiasts and racing fans can choose to play with or compete against UAE champion rally driver Ben Sulayem.”

Colin McRae: Dirt 2 is scheduled to be released in September 2009 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system and Games For Windows LIVE, Wii, Nintendo DS and PSP (PlayStationPortable) system. The game will distributed regionally by Pluto Games.