{"id":1957683,"date":"2026-05-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1957683"},"modified":"2026-05-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:00:00","slug":"maverick-games-has-been-livestreaming-a-stationary-2003-fiat-multipla-for-days-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1957683","title":{"rendered":"Maverick Games has been livestreaming a stationary 2003 Fiat Multipla for days now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Someone at racing game studio Maverick Games either really has a thing for under-loved Italian MPVs, or they\u2019re teasing a big announcement. And very possibly, both.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Warwick-based studio, founded by <em>Forza Horizon<\/em> alumni, has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/live\/kAlw9rQLxFw?si=niMcIf0KBQY3_kwO\" target=\"_blank\">livestreaming a 2003 Fiat Multipla<\/a> just sitting parked in the lobby of its offices, with a timer counting down to 2 June. It\u2019s a \u2018Multipla Yer Reveal\u2019, if you will.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">And to follow up,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MaverickGames\" target=\"_blank\">the game\u2019s X account<\/a> posted \u201cAre you ready for our trailer reveal?\u201d before following up with\u2026 a photo of an actual tandem axle car trailer in the car park. Well played, social media managers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Viewers have taken to wishing the cruelly maligned bubble-bodied hatchback good morning and good afternoon since the stream first went live.\u00a0It\u2019s also been suggested the countdown timer points to a game reveal at 11am on 2 June, possibly during Sony\u2019s State of Play event, which runs from 27 May to 10 June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Preposterous, say we. It\u2019s just a livestream of a surprisingly spacious Noughties vehicle for its own sake.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Although given that Maverick has also been sharing images of in-game Porsche dashboards (as spotted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/traxion.gg\/maverick-games-releases-another-game-image-as-music-and-multiplayer-teased\/\" target=\"_blank\">Traxion<\/a>) and months ago stated its game was fully playable and content complete, you can sort of see why people might jump to these wild conclusions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"HtmlContent\" class=\"MarkUpWrapper-sc-t20i90-0 hQwWlJ\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">We will, of course, be keeping silent vigil over the Multipla, and will report back when the countdown timer expires.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone at racing game studio Maverick Games either really has a thing for under-loved Italian MPVs, or they\u2019re teasing a big announcement. And very possibly, both. The Warwick-based studio, founded by Forza Horizon alumni, has been\u00a0livestreaming a 2003 Fiat Multipla just sitting parked in the lobby of its offices, with a timer counting down to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-1957683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1957683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1957683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1957683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1957683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1957683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}