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Tennis World Tour Arrives in 2018, Ultra-Realistic Sim From Former Top Spin 4 Team

12:58 PM - May 18, 2017 by Steve_OS

(Above screenshot is from Top Spin 4 on Xbox 360)

Bigben and Breakpoint have just announced Tennis World Tour, scheduled to arrive in 2018 on consoles and PC. The experienced team behind the Top Spin license are working on the game and promise it to be an ultra-realistic simulation of the sport.

Read the full press release below, more information is scheduled to arrive during Gamescom 2017.

BIGBEN AND BREAKPOINT STUDIO ANNOUNCE TENNIS WORLD TOUR

Bigben and Breakpoint are pleased to announce Tennis World Tour, the new standard for tennis games, due for release in 2018 on consoles and PC.

In order to make the best possible game and match players' expectations, the studio has brought in an experienced team which has worked on the "Top Spin" license.

Pierre Andr�, Game Designer on Tennis World Tour and former Producer on "Top Spin 4": "For years we've wanted to create a new tennis game, a spiritual successor to "Top Spin 4". Technical evolutions now mean we can create the ultra-realistic simulation that we've been dreaming of."

Beno�t Clerc, Director of Video Games at Bigben: "We are proud to give to all tennis fans a game worthy of their enthusiasm. The level of quality, wealth of content and game mechanics will ensure Tennis World Tour is one of the best sport simulations on the market."

This desire to provide a faithful tennis simulation translates into demanding gameplay during rally, a wide range of playing styles and a strategic preparation that influences the course of each match.

In addition to that, Tennis World Tour lets you experience the career of a professional: more than 30 playable tennis stars including Roger Federer, Ga�l Monfils, Angelique Kerber, Garbi�e Muguruza and many more.

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# 21 Malcolmpordes @ 08/23/17 12:11 AM

New interview from xboxlive.fr translated by google with help frome ITST members (http://www.intertopspintour.net) :

SnakeX: Who�s responsible for the spark behind the production of a new tennis game?

Pierre Andr�: The Breakpoint studio had the desire to create a tennis game, the team being passionate about sports and having worked in the past with members of the PAM studio.

Our collaboration started a year and a half ago (january 2016) with the creation of a technical demo on the basis of the Top Spin�s gameplay with the introduction of a new tactical dimension.
(they concretely started from the TS4 assets to make this new game�Not a good point IMO).

SX: Tennis World Tour seems to be the heir of Top Spin, how do you start a new license that both respects the DNA of the franchise and provide the players with innovations?

P.A.: Just like Top Spin, it is our desire to propose a realistic physical engine that respects the physical constraints of a tennis player. You will not be able to change direction at any time, run in all directions or do a 360 on yourself like in Virtua Tennis, you will have to take in account the ground support and the player�s inertia.

Tennis World Tour offers a precise control of the shots, which will be varied. You will indeed have to master & control 3 specific aspects : the power, the precision and the risk of your shots.

Our game will stand out from Top Spin through the introduction of a tactical dimension . A tennis match can have many twists and turns and we wanted to break the linearity of Top Spin matches by introducing the system of � game plans �. Concretely, these are tactics chosen by the player before each match starts, within the brand new skills-system which is based on attack, defense and volleys.

If the player plays neatly, that is to say, respecting the timing of strikes, avoiding to put himself in trouble, but also respecting his play style, the game plan selected before the match will be activated, granting bonuses at various moments of the match. For instance, the stamina recovery could be enhanced as well as the ability to hit better control shots and powerful shots.
(gadget idea & it seems they keep the horrible Top Spin 4 concept of � control shots � and � power shots ��. )

SX: Will Tennis World Tour offer official players and varied environments?

P.A.:The title will feature thirty male and female professional players under license including Roger Federer, Ga�l Monfils, Ang�lique Kerber and Garbi�e Muguruza. The players will be pleasantly surprised by the rendering of these different stars thanks to laser scanning technology.

We will propose about twenty tournaments which won�t be under license but that will respect the atmosphere and surface variety of the ATP tour.

SX: No tennis game has been developed for this generation of consoles, can we expect a game that will visually takes full advantage of the new technologies?

Tennis World Tour has nothing to do with what has been done in the past. We have worked on an exceptional rendering of the public in terms of animations and textures. It makes the atmosphere. very immersive. And the motion capture enable us to achieve a rare realism in the modeling and facial expression of different professional players.
(The motion Capture is done with Maxime Texeira, a french pro player from Top 100-200, who has to imitate Nadal, Federer etc�In TS4 the motion capture has apparently been done with actors and a few ones by the guy who is interviewed here�.)

SX: Will the career mode offer the complete experience of a real life tennis player or will it be a succession of matches in unlinked tournaments ?

The Career Mode makes you live the rise of a professional player from the top 100 to the n�1 spot. You will have a team composed of your trainer, who manages the technique, fitness and mental aspect of your career, and your agent who will find you sponsors, make you sign up to tournaments, manage your money and your fans. The career is really focused on this feeling of becoming a tennis world star through the training and the management of your brand image.

SX: Which form (s) will take the training and management of our career?

P.A.: There are two types of training: playable (forehand, backhand ...) and non-playable (running in the Andes).

For developing of the game, we keep in mind this legitimate question any gamer is entitled to ask: what does Roger Federer in his life?
He plays tennis, trains on the top of a mountain to improve his cardio but he also has a clothing brand on his name and participates in charity galas to raise funds. This is what Tennis World Tour will offer.

SX: What about the online mode?

P.A.: For online mode, the � World Tour � mode from Top Spin 4 will be back (cf : 3 rounds to play in 3 sets of 3 games in Top Spin 4).
Each week, you will have tournaments to play and a ranking is displayed based on these results.The tournaments will be reset every week and you will be able to play single, double and mixed match.

SX: Are you in touch with gamers for game development?

P.A.: There is a community of gamers who are fond of all tennis games since the 1st Top Spin called the Inter Top Spin Tour (ITST). They master this type of games perfectly and compete each week. It is mainly them who provide us with the most important feedback to help develop the title with and for the players.
(WTF, is this true ?)

After six years without a tennis game, we imagine that the fans of the genre are going to be very demanding...while novices can also be interested, so who do you target with Tennis World Tour?

P.A .: The game is geared to everyone. We rely on our community of hardcore players to develop a demanding experience, especially for the timing of the shots. But the game remains accessible to all players, with a gameplay that remains easy to master. There will be no simulation or arcade mode controls, Tennis World Tour is a mix of both worlds, for a more realistic result.

In addition to the difficulty and the level of requirement, did you work on the AI?

P.A.: Making an AI unbeatable in a tennis game is very easy. The challenge was to propose an interesting IA that adapts itself according to several parameters: the playstyle of the gamer, the profile of the player used by the AI, or the type of match that is played.
The AI will not be the same in a low-ranking match of a minor tournament as in a Grand Slam final. We think we have found a good balance so that the AI is varied, hence breaking the linearity of matches, and offers an interesting challenge.

You are planning for a release in 2018, can you give us a more accurate window?

P.A.: If it were up to me, we would get out the game in 2020. There is always one aspect of the game that needs to be improved and we are never satisfied with it.

In terms of content, we�re working on original weekly online tournaments for the world tour mode, that will provide the winners with rewards for their virtual characters (equipment for instance) And the biggest part of the work that we still have to do is about the balance of the different skills involved for the � game plan � system, which takes a lot of work.

# 22 georgiafan @ 08/23/17 09:17 PM

Sounds promising I like the career part... worries me on his release answer

# 23 matt897 @ 08/27/17 01:45 AM

Career mode sounds a lot like Top Spin 4, when they say 20 different locations worries me, they need a game for the consoles where you can start from futures and work you're way up. I couldn't care less about real licenses tbh but just want a deep career mode which tennis never seems to get the chance to have.

# 24 infemous @ 09/04/17 03:18 PM

when can i pre-order????

# 25 infemous @ 09/04/17 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malcolmpordes


	New interview from xboxlive.fr translated by google with help frome ITST members (http://www.intertopspintour.net) : SnakeX: Who�s responsible for the spark behind the production of a new tennis game? Pierre Andr�: The Breakpoint studio had the desire to create a tennis game, the team being passionate about sports and having worked in the past with members of the PAM studio. Our collaboration started a year and a half ago (january 2016) with the creation of a technical demo on the basis of the Top Spin�s gameplay with the introduction of a new tactical dimension. (they concretely started from the TS4 assets to make this new game�Not a good point IMO). SX: Tennis World Tour seems to be the heir of Top Spin, how do you start a new license that both respects the DNA of the franchise and provide the players with innovations? P.A.: Just like Top Spin, it is our desire to propose a realistic physical engine that respects the physical constraints of a tennis player. You will not be able to change direction at any time, run in all directions or do a 360 on yourself like in Virtua Tennis, you will have to take in account the ground support and the player�s inertia. Tennis World Tour offers a precise control of the shots, which will be varied. You will indeed have to master & control 3 specific aspects : the power, the precision and the risk of your shots. Our game will stand out from Top Spin through the introduction of a tactical dimension . A tennis match can have many twists and turns and we wanted to break the linearity of Top Spin matches by introducing the system of � game plans �. Concretely, these are tactics chosen by the player before each match starts, within the brand new skills-system which is based on attack, defense and volleys. If the player plays neatly, that is to say, respecting the timing of strikes, avoiding to put himself in trouble, but also respecting his play style, the game plan selected before the match will be activated, granting bonuses at various moments of the match. For instance, the stamina recovery could be enhanced as well as the ability to hit better control shots and powerful shots. (gadget idea & it seems they keep the horrible Top Spin 4 concept of � control shots � and � power shots ��. ) SX: Will Tennis World Tour offer official players and varied environments? P.A.:The title will feature thirty male and female professional players under license including Roger Federer, Ga�l Monfils, Ang�lique Kerber and Garbi�e Muguruza. The players will be pleasantly surprised by the rendering of these different stars thanks to laser scanning technology. We will propose about twenty tournaments which won�t be under license but that will respect the atmosphere and surface variety of the ATP tour. SX: No tennis game has been developed for this generation of consoles, can we expect a game that will visually takes full advantage of the new technologies? Tennis World Tour has nothing to do with what has been done in the past. We have worked on an exceptional rendering of the public in terms of animations and textures. It makes the atmosphere. very immersive. And the motion capture enable us to achieve a rare realism in the modeling and facial expression of different professional players. (The motion Capture is done with Maxime Texeira, a french pro player from Top 100-200, who has to imitate Nadal, Federer etc�In TS4 the motion capture has apparently been done with actors and a few ones by the guy who is interviewed here�.) SX: Will the career mode offer the complete experience of a real life tennis player or will it be a succession of matches in unlinked tournaments ? The Career Mode makes you live the rise of a professional player from the top 100 to the n�1 spot. You will have a team composed of your trainer, who manages the technique, fitness and mental aspect of your career, and your agent who will find you sponsors, make you sign up to tournaments, manage your money and your fans. The career is really focused on this feeling of becoming a tennis world star through the training and the management of your brand image. SX: Which form (s) will take the training and management of our career? P.A.: There are two types of training: playable (forehand, backhand ...) and non-playable (running in the Andes). For developing of the game, we keep in mind this legitimate question any gamer is entitled to ask: what does Roger Federer in his life? He plays tennis, trains on the top of a mountain to improve his cardio but he also has a clothing brand on his name and participates in charity galas to raise funds. This is what Tennis World Tour will offer. SX: What about the online mode? P.A.: For online mode, the � World Tour � mode from Top Spin 4 will be back (cf : 3 rounds to play in 3 sets of 3 games in Top Spin 4). Each week, you will have tournaments to play and a ranking is displayed based on these results.The tournaments will be reset every week and you will be able to play single, double and mixed match. SX: Are you in touch with gamers for game development? P.A.: There is a community of gamers who are fond of all tennis games since the 1st Top Spin called the Inter Top Spin Tour (ITST). They master this type of games perfectly and compete each week. It is mainly them who provide us with the most important feedback to help develop the title with and for the players. (WTF, is this true ?) After six years without a tennis game, we imagine that the fans of the genre are going to be very demanding...while novices can also be interested, so who do you target with Tennis World Tour? P.A .: The game is geared to everyone. We rely on our community of hardcore players to develop a demanding experience, especially for the timing of the shots. But the game remains accessible to all players, with a gameplay that remains easy to master. There will be no simulation or arcade mode controls, Tennis World Tour is a mix of both worlds, for a more realistic result. In addition to the difficulty and the level of requirement, did you work on the AI? P.A.: Making an AI unbeatable in a tennis game is very easy. The challenge was to propose an interesting IA that adapts itself according to several parameters: the playstyle of the gamer, the profile of the player used by the AI, or the type of match that is played. The AI will not be the same in a low-ranking match of a minor tournament as in a Grand Slam final. We think we have found a good balance so that the AI is varied, hence breaking the linearity of matches, and offers an interesting challenge. You are planning for a release in 2018, can you give us a more accurate window? P.A.: If it were up to me, we would get out the game in 2020. There is always one aspect of the game that needs to be improved and we are never satisfied with it. In terms of content, we�re working on original weekly online tournaments for the world tour mode, that will provide the winners with rewards for their virtual characters (equipment for instance) And the biggest part of the work that we still have to do is about the balance of the different skills involved for the � game plan � system, which takes a lot of work.

really don't like the mix of arcade and sim.. and i find the idea of a tactics mini game abhorrent.

just give us small margin of error when it comes to hitting shots in or out, and let some shots hit the net.

let some ratings be so in depth that your stamina in a rally and your ability to finish rallies is all dependent on your individual shot rating..

# 26 joaomanu23 @ 09/07/17 09:15 PM

Kyrgios, Sascha Zverev, Isner and Wozniacki are also in the game

http://www.3djuegos.com/noticias-ver...-tennis-world/

# 27 Thrash13 @ 09/08/17 11:32 PM

Those four are all good choices, and it's definitely nice to see some of the young guns!

I'm really glad Isner is in too. He rose to the ranks of top American right after tennis games were being released fairly often, so it'll be nice to see him in a video game finally. I'm not sure if it's Jack Sock is in or not, but I'd like to see him make the roster too.

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# 28 DatIsraeliGuy @ 09/13/17 12:39 PM

OH MY GOD YESSS!
Finally a goddamn tennis game

# 29 tonybologna @ 09/22/17 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by joaomanu23


	Kyrgios, Sascha Zverev, Isner and Wozniacki are also in the game http://www.3djuegos.com/noticias-ver...-tennis-world/

That's in French I do believe but I at least got out of it the players you mentioned being in the roster part.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thrash13


	Those four are all good choices, and it's definitely nice to see some of the young guns! I'm really glad Isner is in too. He rose to the ranks of top American right after tennis games were being released fairly often, so it'll be nice to see him in a video game finally. I'm not sure if it's Jack Sock is in or not, but I'd like to see him make the roster too. Sent from my SM-G955U using Operation Sports mobile app

Adding to what I said above, I would like to know more in advanced what the tennis roster is for this game? Is there any website where I can go to get those details? I was hoping for at least 25-30 current players(men) & 15-20(women) individually & have legends that are unlockable with certain rewards for doing certain accomplishments for the game.

Maybe a total of 20 Legends combined that are retired totally for both men & women players. I just know that I am excited because the makers of Top Spin 4 are involved in making this game so it should at least be a keeper tennis game & something new for current gen consoles that we badly needed.

I would just like to know more information for this game like the rosters I mentioned from above. Does anybody know? Is their an official site for the game? Maybe even if there is an official site for the game they don't give the rosters. That's what I'm mainly looking for. Thanks.

# 30 joaomanu23 @ 09/22/17 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonybologna


	That's in French I do believe but I at least got out of it the players you mentioned being in the roster part. Adding to what I said above, I would like to know more in advanced what the tennis roster is for this game? Is there any website where I can go to get those details? I was hoping for at least 25-30 current players(men) & 15-20(women) individually & have legends that are unlockable with certain rewards for doing certain accomplishments for the game. Maybe a total of 20 Legends combined that are retired totally for both men & women players. I just know that I am excited because the makers of Top Spin 4 are involved in making this game so it should at least be a keeper tennis game & something new for current gen consoles that we badly needed. I would just like to know more information for this game like the rosters I mentioned from above. Does anybody know? Is their an official site for the game? Maybe even if there is an official site for the game they don't give the rosters. That's what I'm mainly looking for. Thanks.

There's nothing out there, thats the problem, no official site, nothing !
But what I have read is that there Will be 30 players total in the game, men and women. Which is short but with a Nice create a player system the problem can be overcomed

# 31 tonybologna @ 09/22/17 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joaomanu23


	There's nothing out there, thats the problem, no official site, nothing ! But what I have read is that there Will be 30 players total in the game, men and women. Which is short but with a Nice create a player system the problem can be overcomed

Thanks for the post. Do you remember how many players were in the final Top Spin(4) roster? I had the game but traded it on on another game on PS3.

I have both a PS3 & PS4 now but definitely looking forward to this game for the PS4. I know there wasn't 30 total players on the roster though for that last Top Spin game. Probably more like 10-15 if that.

You say a nice create-a-player system for this game. Wonder what the limit will be for creating players? It will be nice if the limit on the amount of players a person can create isn't too low or that feature wouldn't even be worthy.

I also wonder if the roster with about 30 players with men & women combined will be split 15 each or not? I'm sure there will be some sort of website available for this game by the end of the year or no later than February of 2018 so we can gain more details about this game.

If not, then I'm going to get worried this game isn't going to pan out for whatever reasons from the companies behind it. Thanks.

# 32 jd@os @ 09/22/17 09:48 PM

I know a lot of info isn't out there yet, but anyone know if this will be available for PS3?

# 33 tonybologna @ 09/27/17 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jd@os


	I know a lot of info isn't out there yet, but anyone know if this will be available for PS3?

Don't think so. Going to be for current gen consoles only(XBox One & PS4) plus PC. I'm not sure about Nintendo's The Switch but I would doubt it. Thanks.

# 34 jmarcguy @ 09/28/17 10:39 PM

Wow I just saw this thread. I've played tennis games since the Super Tennis on NES. Miss having a tennis game.

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# 35 tonybologna @ 09/29/17 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonybologna


	Don't think so. Going to be for current gen consoles only(XBox One & PS4) plus PC. I'm not sure about Nintendo's The Switch but I would doubt it. Thanks.

I was wrong in guessing that this game wouldn't come to the Switch: http://nintendoeverything.com/tennis...witch-in-2018/

# 36 Alfie @ 09/29/17 08:40 PM

Anyone has any idea about the release date? I still have my PS3 to play Top Spin 4 to scratch my tennis itch. I'm surprised Top Spin 4 was not ported over to PS4 given it was a near perfect game of Tennis and would've sold well given there's hardly any competition for Tennis games on current gen consoles.

# 37 JBulls @ 09/30/17 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alfie


	Anyone has any idea about the release date? I still have my PS3 to play Top Spin 4 to scratch my tennis itch. I'm surprised Top Spin 4 was not ported over to PS4 given it was a near perfect game of Tennis and would've sold well given there's hardly any competition for Tennis games on current gen consoles.

Pretty sure they just cancelled the series in the first place due to not getting a decent ROI

# 38 Alfie @ 10/01/17 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBulls


	Pretty sure they just cancelled the series in the first place due to not getting a decent ROI

Top Spin 4 was competing with Virtua Tennis, EA Grand Slam Tennis and other tennis games which were out on old gen consoles (PS3, X360). But Top Spin 4 wouldn't have had any competition on current gen and would've sold lot more copies even if it had been a simple port.

# 39 tonybologna @ 10/02/17 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JBulls


	Pretty sure they just cancelled the series in the first place due to not getting a decent ROI

Now, how would you know that unless there was news on Google or a website for the game in which there isn't? Maybe you should have said maybe they have cancelled the game.

Saying you're pretty sure is like you have inside information in which you don't unless you're a dev for the game or a news update had been posted & you found it from Google or some other search engine. Thanks.

# 40 JBulls @ 10/02/17 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tonybologna


	Now, how would you know that unless there was news on Google or a website for the game in which there isn't? Maybe you should have said maybe they have cancelled the game. Saying you're pretty sure is like you have inside information in which you don't unless you're a dev for the game or a news update had been posted & you found it from Google or some other search engine. Thanks.

No insider knowledge but I do remember reading an article a few years back about TS4 "not even selling a million units" or "barely" or something like that. I'll see if I can dig it up.

I do however have "insider info" about the development of TWT and supposedly it's not going too well. I hope it turns around in time for release but I'm not too optimistic unless they delay it.

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