Vigilante 8: Arcade is a vehicular combat video game developed by Isopod Labs and published by Activision.

[1] Free Wheelin' is a mode with no AI that allows players to drive around the environment, searching for secrets and learning the layout.

To this end, OMAR hired professional terrorist Sid Burn to wreak havoc in the US and destroy the economy there.

Their job was to assist Sid on his missions that involved destroying oil refineries, commercial installations and other industrial facilities throughout the Southwestern United States.

With no law enforcement around to protect them, a group of local civilians, led by trucker Convoy, teamed up to fend off the Coyotes, calling themselves the Vigilantes.

[1] There are a total of eight playable characters at the start of the game, similar to the original Vigilante 8, with each of their vehicles coming with five different color options.

[4][citation needed] The game's developer, Isopod Labs, consisted of three key individuals responsible for much of the production of the original Vigilante 8.

[citation needed] The studio consisted of just six individuals and a small number of art contractors, and the title's development was self-funded.

A downloadable content add-on, titled High Octane Pack, featured three new characters and two new levels, and was released on Xbox Live marketplace in December 3, 2008.

Official Xbox Magazine UK reviewer Ryan King called V8 Arcade "a glorious throwback to a simpler age in gaming".

[18] Nate Ahearn of IGN welcomed the game's salvage gameplay mechanic while also praising the online multiplayer.

[2] Official Xbox Magazine's Mitch Dyer also commented on the strong multiplayer, and added positive remarks on the amount of weaponry and number of firing modes per weapon.

[15] TeamXbox's Tom Price noted the game's "big levels, tons of weapon pickups, and crazy opponents" calling them "simple and effective".