Twisted Metal 2

Twisted Metal 2
North American PlayStation cover art
DevelopersSony Interactive Studios America
SingleTrac
PublishersSony Computer Entertainment
Sony Interactive Studios America (Windows)
DirectorMichael Jackson
ProducersDavid Jaffe
Scott Campbell
ProgrammersMike Badger
Polly Harris
Steve Poulson
Randy Zorko
WriterDavid Jaffe
ComposersChuck E. Myers
Lance Lenhart
Tom Hopkins
SeriesTwisted Metal
PlatformsPlayStation, Windows
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: November 8, 1996
  • EU: February 1997
Microsoft Windows
  • NA: November 13, 1997
GenreVehicular combat
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Twisted Metal 2 is a 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 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 part of the PlayStation's Greatest Hits imprint, however, it was published under 989 Studios, a subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment America. It was also released for download on the PlayStation Network in Japan on July 26, 2007 and North America on November 1, 2007. On July 18, 2023, it was then made available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.