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Press release:
Lesquin, 9 June 2022.
NACON and Cyanide Studio are today very pleased to announce the release of their acclaimed cycling simulation games, “Tour de France 2022” available on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC, and “Pro Cycling Manager 2022” on PC exclusively.

Pro Cycling Manager 2022: in the shoes of a sports director

Pro Cycling Manager 2022 offers a tasty mix of cycling sports simulation, management and real-time racing. Players must lead their teams to the top of the rankings in this new opus with many new features. From a more realistic rider generation system and new AI behaviours to a new talent detection system and an improved interface, players can now enjoy the 260 races, 680 stages and 70 teams available, thanks to 20 years of expertise from Cyanide.

Tour de France 2022: finding your place in the peloton

The Tour de France 2022 cycling simulation offers the opportunity for the serious cyclist to experience all 21 new official stages of this year’s Tour de France. New teams such as Eolo-Kometa Cycling Team, Caja Rural-Seguros RGA and Uno-X Pro Cycling join the peloton, while a new classic: La Primavera Classic is added to the 91 stages available in the game.

The arrival of race incidents, the preparation system and the new treatment of the cobbled sectors push the realism even further. This year, players will see the arrival of a new “Race of the Moment” game mode, allowing them to pit their results against each other each week to compete for the top of the world ranking.

Tour de France 2022 is now available on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5,
Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

Pro Cycling Manager 2022 is now available on PC.

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 30 years of expertise at the service of players. This new unified business unit strengthens NACON’s position in the market, enables it to innovate by creating new unique competitive advantages. 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