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Hot Wheels: Bash Arena

Hot Wheels Bash Arena for PC challenges players to dodge and crash into opponents with performance varied Hot Wheels cars in a last car standing, interactive demolition derby-style competition. The game…

24 September 2002

Hot Wheels: Bash Arena is a video game developed by Micro Forté, released 24 September 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hot Wheels: Bash Arena is

Hot Wheels: Bash Arena was developed by Micro Forté and released in 2002. It was published by THQ. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hot Wheels Bash Arena for PC challenges players to dodge and crash into opponents with performance varied Hot Wheels cars in a last car standing, interactive demolition derby-style competition. The game features 20 authentic Hot Wheels cars to unlock and control in six dynamic multi-level arenas full of hazards. Vehicles will gather real-time damage while in competition, and can use more than 20 offensive and defensive power-ups to restore their condition. As players advance through the Bash Arena championship, they work their way toward the ultimate goal of induction into the Hot Wheels Bash Arena Hall of Fame.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action.

Where it sits in the Hot Wheels series

Hot Wheels: Bash Arena is the ninth of 56 entries we hold in the Hot Wheels series. It arrived 9 months after Hot Wheels: Mechanix. The next entry was Hot Wheels Velocity X in 2002.

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What it launched against

Hot Wheels: Bash Arena launched on 24 September 2002, within three weeks of Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts and Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

Released around the same time: Battlefield 1942, TimeSplitters 2, Kingdom Hearts, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin.

Official trailer

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When did Hot Wheels: Bash Arena come out?
Hot Wheels: Bash Arena was released on 24 September 2002 for PC (Microsoft Windows).