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Demonstrate your Pro Cycling Manager skills

by: Randy -
More On: Pro Cycling Manager - Tour de France 2008
So, it's understandable if you don't want to go out on a limb and purchase Pro Cycling Manager 2008.  Sure, the screenshots look pretty sharp.  And yeah, the video is definitely showing off gameplay that you don't get in a typical gamer's diet.  But it's too risky, still.  That's why Cyanide Studios has put out a demo of this Tour de France simulator (which incorporates the latest 1.0.1.4 patch).  In the demo, your team is beginning its last week of competition before the grand final on the Camps-Elysees, but you still haven't won any stages yet, and your sponser are beginning to put some pressure on you to see their colors on the podium.  Through this 157.4 km mountain stage, you'll need to display all your talents as a Director of Sports to finally get the victory you need.  You can find it at Metaboli, GamersHell, WorthPlaying, and Focus (the publisher).

Playable Demo of Pro Cycling Manager 2008 - Available Now!

Cyanide Studio and Focus Home Interactive are pleased to announced the release of the playable demo for Pro Cycling Manager 2008.

This 760 MB demo, integrating the latest 1.0.1.4 patch, puts players at the head of the Euskatel team as they race to win today's stage of the real Tour de France 2008, the 16th stage: Cuneo - Jausiers.

In the demo, your team is beginning its last week of competition before the grand final on the Champs-Élysées, but you still haven't won any stages yet, and your sponsors are beginning to put some pressure on you to see their colours on the podium. Through this 157.4 km mountain stage, you'll need to display all your talents as a Director of Sports to finally get the victory you need.

Surrounded by the col de la Lombarde and the col la Bonette, the highest saddle point in Europe, this 16th stage will be the perfect field for the best climbers of the Tour, while the breathtaking downhills at the end of the cols ensure a spectacular end-of-stage. So it's up to you to find the best strategy that perfectly combines the skills of your mountain specialists and prevents breakaways that could ruin your chances of victory.

This Pro Cycling Manager 2008 demo will also offer players, for the first time ever, the opportunity to participate in track cycling events with a Keirin race. Face six awesome riders racing at nearly 50 kph for three laps of the most nerve-wracking and intense races during which the victory might be measured by only a wheel's difference!

Lastly, this demo also offers a tutorial mode that will help you get the best of your team during the race!

Download the playable demo (760 MB):

Metaboli
http://pcmdemo.metaboli.fr/pcm08demo_int1.exe

Gamershell
http://www.gamershell.com/download_29572.shtml

Worthplaying
http://www.worthdownloading.com/game.php?gid=3372

Focus
http://www.focus-files.com/demos/pcm2008/pcm08demo_int1.exe

Download the six images (3.59 MB)
http://www.cycling-manager.com/pcm2008/scr/pcm08-etap11-16_int.rar

Visit the official website
http://www.cycling-manager.com

About Focus Home Interactive

Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is a French publishing and distribution company based near Paris, France. Known for the diversity, quality and originality of its catalogue, Focus now publishes and distributes many of its titles throughout Europe and also world-wide in both boxed retail and digital distribution formats. The last five years have been very successful for Focus in France, with many of its PC licenses becoming top-sellers. Focus has also published several original titles, including the adventure game Runaway, the renowned Cycling Manager and the much-loved TrackMania. The coming months will be exciting and full of surprises with the release of high-quality games such as Blood Bowl, TrackMania DS, Runaway: A Twist of Fate, Sherlock Holmes and sport games dedicated to major events such as the America's Cup or the Tour de France.
http://www.focus-home.com


About Cyanide Studio

Founded in 2000, Cyanide is a privately-held video game development studio. It employs a total of 70 staff, divided between its headquarters in Paris, France, and its subsidiary studio in Montreal, Canada. Cyanide has released over 15 games and it is licensed to develop for the Sony PSP, PS3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo DS and Wii. The studio's best-known title is its sport-management sim, "Pro Cycling Manager", but Cyanide has also met with success in other genres : RTS with "Chaos League" and Hack'n'Slash with "Loki". 2008 will see the release of different versions of its cycling game for the PC, PSP and Xbox 360 as well as the video game adaptation of Games Workshop's well-known "Blood Bowl" board game. Before the year is out Cyanide will also hope to captivate the online gaming community with "Dungeon Party", the studio's first MMOG.
http://www.cyanide-studio.com