Editing Twisted Metal 2 (section)

{{Short description|1996 vehicular combat video game}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Twisted Metal 2
| image = Twisted Metal 2.jpg
| caption = North American PlayStation cover art
| developer = [[Sony Interactive Studios America]]<br>[[SingleTrac]]
| publisher = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
| writer = [[David Jaffe]]
| composer = Chuck E. Myers<br>Lance Lenhart<br>Tom Hopkins
| series = ''[[Twisted Metal]]''
| platforms = [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Windows]]
| released = '''PlayStation'''<br/>{{vgrelease|NA|November 8, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sony PlayStation: Twisted Metal 2 Press Release |url=http://www.sepc.sony.com/SCEA/hot/press/tm2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961223003056fw_/http://www.sepc.sony.com/SCEA/hot/press/tm2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1996-12-23 |access-date=2023-05-04 }}</ref>|EU|February 1997}}{{vgrelease|JP|August 28, 1997<ref name="famitsu">{{cite magazine | author=''Famitsū'' staff | date=September 5, 1997 | magazine=[[Famitsu|Weekly Famitsū]] | publisher=[[ASCII Corporation]] | number=455 | language=ja | title=新作ゲームクロスレビュー |
trans-title=New Game Cross Review | url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=11874&redirect=no| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718050616/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=11874&redirect=no | archive-date=2019-07-18 }}</ref>}}'''Microsoft Windows'''<br/>{{vgrelease|NA|November 13, 1997<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pcgamer.com/news/news-1997-11-10.html|title=Now Shipping|author=Staff|date=November 13, 1997|website=[[PC Gamer]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980218070412/http://www.pcgamer.com/news/news-1997-11-10.html|archive-date=February 18, 1998|url-status=dead|access-date=December 6, 2019}}<br>"Sony Interactive has released Jet Moto and Twisted Metal 2 for the PC. Both are ports of popular PlayStation games."</ref><ref>{{cite press release | author=Sony staff | date=November 13, 1997 | title=Sony Interactive Studios America Unleashes ''Jet Moto'' And ''Twisted Metal 2'' For The PC. | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sony+Interactive+Studios+America+Unleashes+Jet+Moto+And+Twisted+Metal...-a020028569 | work=[[TheFreeDictionary.com#TheFreeLibrary.com|TheFreeLibrary.com]] | publisher=Farlex, Inc. | accessdate=September 10, 2012 | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075206/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sony+Interactive+Studios+America+Unleashes+Jet+Moto+And+Twisted+Metal...-a020028569 | url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Vehicular combat game|Vehicular combat]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[multiplayer]]
}}

'''''Twisted Metal 2'''''{{efn|Known in Europe as ''''' Twisted Metal World Tour''''' and in Japan as {{nihongo|'''''Twisted Metal EX'''''|ツイステッド・メタル EX|''Tsuisuteddo Metaru EX''||lead=yes}}}} is a [[Vehicular combat game|vehicular combat]] [[video game]] developed by [[SingleTrac]] and published by [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]. The second game in the ''[[Twisted Metal]]'' series, it was originally released in 1996 for [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and [[Windows]].

The Microsoft Windows version features slightly cut-down [[graphics]] compared to the PlayStation version but doesn't require a [[3D accelerator]] video card. It also features [[multiplayer]] mode over a [[modem]] line or Internet.

Two years after its release, ''Twisted Metal 2'' was re-released as a PlayStation [[List of Sony Greatest Hits games|Greatest Hits]] game, however under the developer [[989 Studios]] instead of [[SingleTrac]]. It was also released for download on the [[PlayStation Network]] in Japan on July 26, 2007<ref>{{cite web| author=Spencer | date=July 26, 2007 | title=''Wild ARMs'' on Japan's Playstation Store | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2007/07/26/wild-arms-on-japan%E2%80%99s-playstation-store/ | publisher=Siliconera | accessdate=September 10, 2012}}</ref> and North America on November 1, 2007.<ref>{{cite web | author=McWhertor, Michael | date=November 1, 2007 | title=PlayStation Store Update: ''Twisted Metal 2'', Y'All | url=http://kotaku.com/317924/playstation-store-update-twisted-metal-2-yall | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130128042824/http://kotaku.com/317924/playstation-store-update-twisted-metal-2-yall | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 28, 2013 | work=[[Kotaku]] | publisher=[[Gawker Media]] | accessdate=September 10, 2012 }}</ref> On July 18, 2023, it was then made available for [[PlayStation 4]] and [[PlayStation 5]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/twisted-metal-games-ps5-ps4-release/ | title=Classic Twisted Metal Games Return on PS5 and PS4 Before TV Series Release | date=July 12, 2023 }}</ref>