''Gorkamorka'', also styled as ''GorkaMorka'' and ''Gorka Morka'', was a cancelled vehicular combat

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and to be published by

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board game by

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. The game had players taking control of a vehicle piloted by two

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, one driver and one gunner, who were fighting against up to 15 enemy vehicles, 32 players in total with the aim of destroying opposing vehicles. Vehicles would have been totally customisable and arenas featured booby traps and crowd interaction.

Development

Gorkamorka was designed from the racing engine used in Jeff Gordon XS Racing. A playable demo was shown at E3 2000 The game was scheduled to be released in Spring 2001 but was cancelled.

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