Black Bean Games announced their license agreement with FIA conserning the World Rally Championship. Following their agreement, BBG and Milestone Studios are going to release their first WRC game in 2010 for PS3, Xbox360 and PC platforms!

The news about the announcement was surprising to most of us, since we knew that Sony had WRC license until now and they, actually, used it to the following Gran Turismo 5 title, which is going to be released in Q1 2010!

Here is the press release by Black Bean:

"NEW OFFICIAL FIA WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO BE LAUNCHED

WRC's unique off-road driving experience is coming back

Fans of the FIA World Rally Championship will soon be able to get closer to the action after it was announced today that a new official WRC console game is now under development and scheduled for launch in 2010.

The agreement with leading Milan based publisher, Black Bean Games, will see the WRC game available across the world for the first time on PlayStation®3, Xbox360® videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft® and PC formats. Black Bean Games, and their in-house development studio Milestone, have an excellent track record of successful motorsport games including the SBK Superbike championship and MotoGP.

The new official WRC game will provide the sport with major promotional and commercial opportunities, which will continue to grow the reach and appeal of the WRC on a global scale.

Simon Long, ISC CEO, said: “The official WRC game will engage a whole new audience for the sport and we’re tremendously excited at the opportunities to grow our fan base and the profile of the WRC. It provides a hugely powerful touch point for us in which to showcase the WRC to consumers, and it will be the most realistic and playable rally game of all time. We chose to work with Black Bean Games because they have a proven track record making top level games with the official license in two-wheel motorsport.”

Virgilio Bixio, Black Bean Games President, added: “We are particularly proud to bring the WRC franchise back into the videogames arena after so many years of absence. Milestone has been working hard on this title and our expectations are really high. We will be able to provide the utmost competitive title that will provide extremely positive results. Furthermore, Milestone’s work is enriched by the overwhelming support we have received from the WRC community.”

The official WRC game agreement was secured by ISC, the exclusive worldwide media and commercial rights holder for the FIA World Rally Championship."

Black Bean is a company with much racing experience, mostly known of the SBK series, official Superbikes World Championship title.