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DiRT 2 Offers More Realism, Courtesy of DirectX 11

Codemasters announced that a version of Colin McRae: DiRT 2 featuring full DirectX 11 support had been in development along the versions for gaming consoles and that it would be released on December 1 in North America, on December 4 in the United Kingdom and at dates in between in other territories. The news came jus...

26 October 2009
10:30 GMT

Need for Speed PC Demo Arrives

The latest Need for Speed to be added to the all-too-popular series is Shift. Electronic Arts seems to take a bit of a reverse-mentality with this one, in more ways than one. First, the demo that just became available is the PC version, not the console one, as opposite to most of the recent, multiplatform releases. ...

21 September 2009
04:54 GMT

NFS Shift Badges List Available Now

Racing games are quite popular these days as many people are in love with the idea of driving around fast and expensive cars on race tracks all around the world, thus proving their superior driving to everyone involved in the respective races. Adding much to the bragging rights that racers will earn in the upcoming ...

26 August 2009
03:54 GMT

Full NFS Shift Xbox 360 Achievement List Revealed

Racing games are extremely popular these days as many people want to experience the virtual thrills of driving supercars to their limits on challenging racing tracks all around the world without leaving the comfort of their own home. For quite some time Electronic Arts' Need For Speed series has been a leader o...

25 August 2009
03:58 GMT

NFS Shift Opening Video Revealed

Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise has been a staplemark of the racing game genre for quite some time, ever since the first title arrived from EA Canada many years ago. Since then, we've been host to a variety of NFS titles, each one aiming to improve the recipe of its predecessors but also bring new...

20 August 2009
04:08 GMT

NFS Nitro Gets Exclusive Artwork from Famous Designers

Electronic Arts is one of the biggest publishers in the world, owning a lot of development studios and a lot of franchises that it spreads to these smaller companies from its portfolio. One of the biggest series is Need For Speed, which, after a few years of being developed and published on a yearly basis, has now b...

14 August 2009
04:01 GMT

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Will Have Special Memorial Event

The world was thrown into shock back in 2007 when reputed rally driver Colin McRae died in a tragic helicopter accident, which also took the life of his son as well as two friends of his family. This not only affected the world of rally racing but also that of video games, as the famous driver lent his name to Codema...

11 August 2009
13:01 GMT

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Will Have 8-Player Online Mode

Racing games are all about high-paced action, fast thrills and some memorable, fun-filled races alongside your friends over the Internet. That is why the multiplayer mode for any such game is a very important one, and many developers strive to deliver the best experience out there. Such is the case with Codemasters ...

10 August 2009
03:14 GMT

Natacha Gachnang Is the European Face of Forza 3

Microsoft has sent word that it has chosen a “European face” for its upcoming Forza Motorsport 3, which will be released exclusively for the Xbox 360 gaming console on October 23, 2009. Natacha Gachnang is the new symbol of the racing series in Europe and while she will not be featured on the cover of the...

31 July 2009
14:21 GMT

Rumor Mill: Pure 2 Not Coming in the Near Future

It's always hard to know what projects big videogame companies are working on, especially when they refuse to offer information or when they don't comment on rumors. But with the recent increase of the data that can be gleaned from a variety of online sources, more and more projects get detailed way before ...

27 July 2009
04:08 GMT

Need For Speed Shift Gets Special Collector's Edition

Racing games have been around for quite some time, but one of the trademark series for the genre has been Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise. Even though it hasn't been going through the best of times recently, with three titles scheduled to appear in the near future, things are definitely looking go...

20 July 2009
03:39 GMT

Gran Turismo on the PSP Will Not Have Car Damage

Sony, as the publisher, and Polyphony Digital, as the developer, are only a few short months away from the release date for the new Gran Turismo videogame for the PlayStation Portable, which was first detailed at the E3 conference.But info on the game is scarce at the moment so the fans will be happy to learn that th...

15 July 2009
18:11 GMT

NFS Shift Gets Drift Mode, Video Included

Racing games are extremely popular these days, as players are eager to get behind the virtual driving wheel of a car and do whatever they want with it. Despite many titles guaranteeing a lot of options and driving modes, most of them focus only on racing, even though there are a lot of other things you could do with ...

13 July 2009
03:42 GMT

NFS Shift Will Have Four Levels of Driving, from Visual to Full Damage

Racing games are quite popular these days, as they give players the sensation of racing extremely expensive cars all around the world in some adrenaline-filled races. They can be quite forgiving, in the case of arcade-oriented titles, but when you play hardcore simulators, like Gran Turismo or other such titles, you ...

7 July 2009
03:51 GMT

Here Are the NFS Shift PC Requirements

The Need For Speed franchise is one of the most well-established racing game series of all time, thanks to Electronic Arts, which has taken care of it for quite some time and has created a loyal fan base for it. Sadly, in recent years, things haven't been going so well for the brand, which saw many of its fans ...

30 June 2009
03:33 GMT

APB Could Be the Base for a Bigger MMO Experience

Realtime Worlds is said to be, at last, pretty much ready to release All Points Bulletin, its gang-oriented action MMO. But the vision on which the development team is working is bigger than that with a full city simulated and the conflict between law and criminals being just a facet of the game world. The developers...

30 June 2009
02:48 GMT

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Gets First Wii Screenshots

For some time now, the Nintendo Wii has been dismissed as being a toy and a gimmick that does not have the operating power needed to support “real games.”With the console now being the best sold of its generation, developers and publishers are beginning to shift their position and a lot of so-called hardc...

25 June 2009
03:59 GMT

All Points Bulletin Developer Working on Another Project

Realtime Worlds is still highly involved in the development of All Points Bulletin, which is set to debut before the end of the year. The game will depict a constant state of warfare between the law abiding forces and criminals in an open world environment and the detail offered, both in terms of character design and...

25 June 2009
02:31 GMT

Capcom Announces Moto GP 09/10

Capcom is announcing that the Monumental Games studio is set to develop the next videogame in which the company makes use of its Moto GP license. The game should appear on the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 sometime in March 2010, bearing the official name of MotoGP 09/10.Capcom is promising that, alth...

22 June 2009
04:14 GMT

Forza 3 Limited Edition Charges You $80 for Not that Much

Racing games are popular these days but among them, Turn 10's Forza Motorsport franchise has really set a benchmark when it came to the amount of customization offered to players around the world. From creating customized paint jobs to racing the cars on many tracks all around the world, gamers are quite entranc...

22 June 2009
02:16 GMT

Blur Dev Says Racing Games Aren't Selling Well

Racing games are quite popular, with many fans wanting to experience fast thrills and adrenaline rushes from taking high-powered vehicles and racing in them around virtual cities across the world. But, even though there are quite a few fans out there, things aren't all that rosy for racing games, which aren�...

19 June 2009
12:21 GMT

Burnout Devs: If You Max Out on Consoles, You're Not the Best

The current generation of consoles has really shined in terms of hardware performance, largely thanks to the power that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have offered both gamers and game developers around the world to enjoy. In recent weeks, we've seen quite a few studios and developers brag about the fact that t...

17 June 2009
16:41 GMT

EA Unveils NFS Shift's Innovative Drive Profile System

Racing games have always been about portraying the fun and adrenaline-filled sensations that you get from driving a car right to its limits to ordinary gamers who may or may not have been in a professional racing car up until then. Electronic Arts' Need For Speed franchise has always focused on this aspect, and...

16 June 2009
03:19 GMT

Blur Will Be an 'Adult Mario Kart', Says Developer

Racing games have largely been split in a few categories. While some of them are concentrated on giving players the most realistic driving experience possible, others are focused on the more fun aspects of racing against friends or AI-controlled opponents. A benchmark title in this more fun approach to races is Nint...

12 June 2009
02:24 GMT

Burnout Paradise's Big Surf Island, Available for Download Tomorrow

Racing games have always been about a fun-filled experience that gave you an adrenaline rush every time you took the virtual cars on a race against your friends or AI-controlled opponents through the streets of various cities and circuits. Burnout Paradise was such a game, winning over a huge amount of fans and prai...

10 June 2009
03:01 GMT

Gran Turismo 5 Influenced by PSP Version

At the E3 trade show that took place in Los Angeles last week, Sony unveiled one of the launch titles for the new and improved PlayStation Portable Go! - a Gran Turismo game. So, fans of the series were quickly up in arms saying that the publisher should be more interested in getting the proper Gran Turismo 5 out for...

9 June 2009
16:21 GMT

Forza Motorsport 3 Will Span Two Discs

Last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) brought forth a lot of interesting announcements and new games. Among them was Turn 10's Forza Motorsport 3, which will arrive exclusively for the Xbox 360 this October. The sequel to one of the most beautiful and feature-rich titles made for the Microsoft con...

9 June 2009
02:39 GMT

Blur Creators Reveal How to Get Licensed Cars in Combat Racing Titles

Racing games are practically a dime a dozen these days, with many companies realizing that a lot of people want to drive virtual cars and do whatever they want with them, without thinking for a second that anything serious can happen to them. But combat racing game Blur from Bizarre Creations, which are the develope...

5 June 2009
02:15 GMT

E3: Sony Applies LittleBigPlanet Philosophy to Racing

One of the most intriguing concepts that Sony pioneered last year was “Play, create, share!” which saw its first embodiment in the highly successful LitteBigPlanet videogame developed by Media Create and released in the autumn of last year. Now, the concept is being taken further via a videogame presented...

4 June 2009
14:31 GMT

E3: Gran Turismo Coming to the PlayStation Portable

Polyphony Digital, as the developer, and Sony, as the publisher, have announced that they plan to bring the racing franchise Gran Turismo to the PlayStation Portable. The game is set to have the same atmosphere and dedication to realism as the other titles, which were released for home gaming consoles, and will be ou...

3 June 2009
14:41 GMT

E3: Forza Motorsport 3 Announced by Microsoft

Racing games are becoming more and more important these days as not only is Electronic Arts trying to corner the market with three Need For Speed titles this year, but Microsoft has just announced that its prestigious Forza Motorsport franchise would be getting its third iteration, filled with even bigger features an...

2 June 2009
11:11 GMT

NFS Shift Gets Complete Car and Track Roster, BMW M3 GT2 Graces Its Cover

As E3 will start today, spirits are high in the gaming industry with the first companies to hold their keynotes being Microsoft, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft. In order to further fuel the hype around its Need for Speed Shift racing game, EA has just revealed big details about the title, including what cars and tracks ...

1 June 2009
11:21 GMT

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Announced by Sega

The gaming industry has a lot of iconic figures in the form of characters that have been a part of its patrimony for quite some time. Sega's Sonic the hedgehog is one of them, as it made history with its game series in the 1990s. But sadly, Sega's dedicated Sonic Team hasn't managed to launch a good ...

1 June 2009
02:19 GMT

Racing Games Need to be Fun, Says NFS Shift Producer

Driving games are quite popular because they offer the feeling of racing through some of the busiest cities or famous race tracks around the world in real-life cars. But even though there are many franchises based on this genre, not a lot of them offer a big dose of fun, instead focusing on delivering the most realis...

29 May 2009
15:41 GMT

FUEL Is Delayed, Gets Record

Codemasters is playing good cop, bad cop with gamers. On the one hand, it has announced that its FUEL racing game would be released for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 on June 5, which is later than initially announced. On the other hand, it has revealed that the title, even before release, has been recognized as ...

25 May 2009
04:43 GMT

Shrek Smash and Crash Unlockables IV (DS)

Hollywood and the video game-making industry have developed a strong relationship over the years, generating a big number of movie-based games and game-based movies in the process. Sadly, though, not a lot of them were actually any good, with most of them generating big waves of negative feedback.Such is the case wit...

21 May 2009
14:21 GMT

NFS Nitro Gets First Video and Screenshots Revealed

The Need for Speed franchise has been one of the most popular racing series of video games for quite some time. Owned by Electronic Arts, it has entertained gamers for a lot of years and satisfied their need for high-speed races around exotic settings and complex cities, all while evading the police or completing an ...

21 May 2009
03:19 GMT

NFS Shift Is an Authentic Driving Game, Not a Simulator

The Need for Speed franchise has been for a long time the benchmark series for any racing game that appeared on the market. It crossed genres from action to simulation and arcade, thus creating experiences that gamers welcomed with open arms. But in the last few years, the series has been struggling to find its iden...

20 May 2009
16:41 GMT

Project Gotham Racing Devs Call Microsoft Corporate and Arrogant

The Xbox 360 console has relied on a lot of games in order to appeal to customers. One such franchise is Project Gotham Racing, which took the genre to a whole new level and was the most played racing series on the Xbox Live online service. But now Bizarre Creations, the studio behind the franchise, isn't worki...

19 May 2009
15:01 GMT

Shrek Smash and Crash Unlockables (DS)

Hollywood and the video game-making industry have developed a strong relationship over the years, generating a big number of movie-based games and game-based movies in the process. Sadly, though, not a lot of them were actually any good, with most of them generating big waves of negative feedback.Such is the case wit...

18 May 2009
16:01 GMT

Mario Kart DS Hints XXX (DS)

The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours...

14 May 2009
05:18 GMT

Mario Kart DS Hints XXIX (DS)

The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours...

13 May 2009
04:45 GMT

Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks Available for iPhone

Digital Chocolate, an iPhone developer with a very impressive portfolio, has released its latest iPhone game, Stunt Car Racing 99 Tracks. As its name implies, the title delivers 99 tracks of nitro-fuelled stunt racing fun. Stunt Car Racing 99 tracks has players performing extreme flips, massive jumps, wheelies and a ...

12 May 2009
09:28 GMT

Mario Kart DS Hints XXVIII (DS)

The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours...

12 May 2009
05:39 GMT

Mario Kart DS Hints XXVII (DS)

The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours...

11 May 2009
05:37 GMT

Mario Kart DS Hints XXVI (DS)

The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours...

8 May 2009
05:29 GMT

Challenge Series DLC For NFS Undercover Is Now Available for Download Here

For quite some time, the Need For Speed franchise has been the benchmark for any racing game that appeared. But, sadly, in the last few years, things haven't been going so well for the series, as its iterations have begun to decline in both sales and quality. While it didn't gain critical acclaim, NFS Und...

8 May 2009
03:39 GMT

Mario Kart DS Hints XXV (DS)

The acclaimed Mario Kart series has gone wireless, letting players race and battle with up to eight karts at once, regardless of whether everyone has a game card. An all-star cast that includes Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Wario, Bowser and Toad will round out a truly all-star lineup of more than 30 cours...

7 May 2009
16:41 GMT

EA Formally Announces NFS UC, Tiger Woods PGA Tour for iPhone, iPod touch

EA Mobile, a division of Electronic Arts Inc., has officially announced the release of two highly anticipated titles for iPhone and iPod touch, confirming their immediate availability in the iTunes App Store. According to the giant developer, “Need For Speed Undercover and Tiger Woods PGA Tour were created for ...

7 May 2009
06:43 GMT

NFS Undercover Now Available for iPhone, iPod touch

Electronic Arts has unleashed Need For Speed: Undercover on iPhone and iPod touch, the latest NFS title that aims to take gamers back to the Cop Takeout days of the franchise, while also introducing new game modes such as the Highway Battle. Not surprisingly, EA is targeting its most faithful fans with the release o...

6 May 2009
10:36 GMT


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