London 2012 Official Olympics Video Game Gameplay
London 2012 is the official Olympic video game of the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics to be held in London. It will be published by Sega and developed by Sega Studios Australia, making this the first Olympics title to be developed in-house by Sega. It will be released on June 26, 2012 in North America, and June 29 in Europe.
The game will feature an online mode again for players wishing to compete with other challengers worldwide. It will be compatible with motion controllers, PlayStation Move and Xbox Kinect for certain events.
It will also be the second official video game based on the 2012 Olympics, the other being Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Disciplines[]
The following events will be playable in the game. Games that are being included in Olympic video game for the first time are marked with a (*)
- Aquatics
- 3m Springboard Diving
- 10m Platform Diving
- 10m Synchronised Platform Diving*
- Swimming 100m Freestyle
- Gymnastics
- Trampoline*
- Vault
- Rings
- Beam
- Uneven Bars
- Parallel Bars
- Shooting
- 25m Rapid Fire Pistol
- Skeet Shooting
- Track and field
- 100m
- 110m Hurdles
- 200m
- 400m
- High Jump
- Javelin
- Long Jump
- Triple Jump
- Shot Put
- Other events
- Archery
- Beach Volleyball*
- Kayak
- Keirin*
- Weightlifting
Countries[]
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Great Britain
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kenya
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- Turkey
- United States
London 2012 Computer game Version differences[]
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| Game Version | Steam | Xbox Live | Playstation Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supported OS | Windows | Xbox OS | CellOS |
| Supported Graphics | AMD/Nvidia | PowerPC | Cell |
| Mouse & Keyboard | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Gamepad support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Save support | Yes | Yes | Yes (PS Plus required) |
| Physical release | DVD (one time activation key) | DVD | Blu-Ray |
| Digital release | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Xbox Kinect support | not supported | Yes | not supported |
| Playstation Move support | not supported | not supported | Yes |
| Graphics settings | Steam | Xbox Live | Playstation Network |
| Aspect ratios | 4:3, 16:9 & 16:10 | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Customisable graphics settings | More detailed, user-defined | No | No |
| Graphics Opinions | user-defined | No | No |
| Game Resolution | Max 1920×1080p @ 60fps | 1280×720p @ 30fps | 1280×720p @ 30fps |
| Framerate | Locked 60 FPS, though the result varies depending on the hardware. | ||
| Graphic settings | user-defined | Console Lowest settings | Console Lowest settings |
| Texture | user-defined | Reduced Texture Quality / Sizes | Reduced Texture Quality / Sizes |