Tour de France 2024: Criterium Mode Showcased in a New Trailer

Lesquin, May 21st 2024 – The Tour de France 2024 game is revealed today in a new video that focuses on one of the biggest new features of this edition: the multiplayer mode. Highly anticipated by players, this new Criterium mode allows 6 players, each controlling two cyclists, to compete against each other during a stage. The rules are simple: whoever finishes first wins the race! However, conditions can completely change between races. 

Check out the Criterium mode video in Tour de France 2024 | UK | US | FR

Therefore, each player controls a team of two riders: a leader and a team-mate. And each player has four types of teams: a "flat" team, a "hill" team, a "mountain" team and one called "versatile".

In addition, different settings will be chosen randomly at the start to create varied conditions that players will need to adapt to each time. After the stage is chosen (selected randomly from all stages available except for time trials), the game selects a distance (between 30km and 50km) and the type of team that players will need to control. The game will also change a game setting such as whether a team-mate is in the race or the ability to take a feed. This randomness creates a variety of situations that will need to be understood and evaluated if you want to gain the upper hand and be the first to cross the finish line.

Visit the Steam page of Tour de France 2024 here.

Tour de France 2024 will be available on PS5TM, PS4TM, Xbox Series, PC (Steam) the 6th of June 2024.

About NACON 

NACON is a company of the BIGBEN Group founded in 2019 to optimize its know-how through strong synergies in the video game market. By bringing together its 16 development studios, the publishing of AA video games, the design and distribution of premium gaming devices, NACON focuses 20 years of expertise at the service of players. https://www.nacongaming.com/

About Cyanide Studio

Cyanide is a French video game development studio created in 2000 and based in Nanterre. It has two subsidiaries located in Montreal and Bordeaux. The studio is known for its sports games, such as the popular PC series Pro Cycling Manager and its console version, Tour de France. Cyanide is also the author of Blood Bowl (Sport/Fantasy, 2009), the adaptation of the famous Games Workshop board game; Game of Thrones (RPG, 2012); Styx: Master of Shadows and the sequel Styx: Shards of Darkness (Infiltration, 2014/2017); and Call of Cthulhu, a game adapted from the tormented world of HP Lovecraft (investigative RPG, 2018). Since 2018, NACON, one of Europe's leading video game publishers, holds a 100% stake in the company. More information can be found at www.cyanide-studio.com