Whiteout (video game)

Whiteout is a snowmobile racing video game published by Konami for PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox in 2002.

Whiteout
Developer(s)	Vicarious Visions
Publisher(s)	Konami
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows, Xbox
Release	PlayStation 2 NA: November 26, 2002[1] EU: October 10, 2003 Windows, Xbox NA: December 10, 2002[2]
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Development

The game originally started development as an ESPN tie-in video game under its then-licensing agreement, as ESPN Winter X Games Snocross,^[3] but following the loss of the ESPN license,^[4] the game was retooled as Whiteout.

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
	PS2	Xbox
Metacritic	50/100[5]	58/100[6]

Review scores

Publication	Score
	PS2	Xbox
Game Informer	N/A	6.25/10[7]
GameRevolution	D[8]	N/A
GameSpot	4.3/10[9]	N/A
GameSpy	[10]	N/A
IGN	5.5/10[11]	N/A
Jeuxvideo.com	10/20[12]	N/A
Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine	[13]	N/A
Official Xbox Magazine (US)	N/A	5.7/10[14]
PlayStation: The Official Magazine	7/10[15]	N/A
X-Play	[16]	N/A

Reception

The PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[5][6]