Death Race featuring Jason Statham is set to hit theatres 22 august, 2008. So to help promote the film and tie it into other media Universal has tasked Gameloft to do up a mobile game based on the license.

Pushing the limits of the mobile racing game, Gameloft’s Death Race captures the full throttle action of the film’s dystopian world in which the most extreme racing competition has emerged and its contestants are murderous prisoners.

Race in one of the film’s seven ”Steel Beasts,” each one with a different play style and armed to the teeth. Armor up and throttle down for the game’s five-episode ”Story Mode,“ which runs a gauntlet of challenges ranging from ”Race,” ”Rampage,” ”Eliminator,” ”Shooter” and ”Boss Battles”—featuring a mix of shooting and racing. Complete the ”Story Mode” and unlock the ”Single Race Mode,” which allows fans to blast through all of the Death Race tracks and challenges.

As the game progresses, new cars and lethal weapons are unlocked, and the skill level of the opponents adjust—getting stronger and more lethal as the game’s speed and tempo ramp up both the competition and the firepower!