Konami Computer Entertainment has acquired the exclusive rights to develop games based on the Tour de France cycling event. The company plans to develop Tour de France games for next-generation consoles including the Sony PlayStation 2, Nintendo's Dolphin project, and the Microsoft Xbox.
Although no specifics on the games themselves are available at this early stage, Konami expects the first licensed software to be released in summer 2001 - coinciding with next year's Tour de France. In fact, Konami is already in the preliminary stages of developing the games.
GameSpot will have further details as they become available.