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Dirt Showdown is the latest racing game from Codemasters, the studio that brought fans the Dirt franchise, not to mention the F1 series or standalone titles, like Race Driver: GRID.
The new Dirt game takes the series in a new direction, as players are no longer tasked with completing rally stages, lik... |
1 February 2012
16:31 GMT |
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Sony San Diego, the studio behind the upcoming ModNation Racers: Road Trip racing game for the PlayStation Vita, has explained the lack of online multiplayer, saying that the team opted to focus on other uses for the handheld’s Wi-Fi/3G connection and its GPS sensor.
The PlayStation Vita is set to appear next ... |
25 January 2012
03:25 GMT |
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Criterion Games, the developer of the Burnout destruction racing series, as well as of the more recent Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit title, has started teasing a new announcement.
Criterion made a name for itself by delivering the extremely impressive Burnout games, culminating with the last Burnout Paradise, a game t... |
24 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed that it won’t fix the glitch that happens on Mario Kart 7’s Maka Wuhu track, which allows players to bypass a certain section of the course.
Mario Kart 7 has been one of the best selling games that appeared on the Nintendo 3DS late last year. Since then, it delighted millions of co... |
18 January 2012
17:31 GMT |
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Slightly Mad Studios, the developer behind the very impressive Need for Speed: Shift series, has just presented the first trailer of its upcoming Test Drive: Ferrari racing game.
EA’s Need for Speed franchise has been lacking Ferrari models for quite some time but it seems that the team behind its Shift series... |
18 January 2012
04:27 GMT |
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Sony and Poliphony Digital have confirmed that Gran Turismo 5 will be getting some brand new downloadable content later this week, which includes some new cars plus a fresh test track.
Gran Turismo 5 had a lot of downloadable content last year, including free and paid items. Now, Sony continues this trend throughout... |
16 January 2012
03:14 GMT |
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Kunos Simulazioni, a company which handles both development and publishing duties for its games, has announced that it is working on a new racing simulation called Assetto Corsa, which will be offered exclusively on the PC via digital distribution in 2012.The name Assetto Corsa can be translated as “race prepar... |
27 December 2011
20:11 GMT |
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Codemasters has decided to make the Dirt racing simulation series more accessible with the new Showdown spin-off and the developers working on it believe that gamers will respond well to the more arcade minded approach.Mike Chapman, who is the senior games designer working on Dirt Showdown, told Gamasutra that, &ldqu... |
20 December 2011
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While 2012 was filled with quite a lot of high quality racing titles, not a lot really hit that sweet spot that Driver: San Francisco did, at least for me.While I certainly enjoyed Need for Speed: The Run, Shift 2: Unleashed or Forza Motorsport 4, all of them had their faults, from The Run’s mediocre story to t... |
15 December 2011
10:39 GMT |
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Codemasters just announced the peculiar Dirt Showdown game, which focuses on intense racing, demolition derbies and Gymkhana stunt events, but this doesn’t meant that the developer is walking away from pure rally experiences, as its next installment will once again follow that traditional recipe.The Dirt series... |
14 December 2011
18:41 GMT |
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I am not the biggest of racing fans but I sometimes want to test my reflexes and my virtual driving skills and most of the times the prolific Need for Speed series delivers this opportunity, with the notable exception of 2010 when I had a brief stint with Gran Turismo 5.Shift 2 Unleashed was not initially on my radar... |
14 December 2011
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Codemasters has just announced a brand new installment in its Dirt racing game series, this time in the form of a spinoff called Dirt Showdown, which combines regular yet very intense racing with Gymkhana trick events as well as Destruction derbies.The Dirt series has always delighted racing fans with its top notch v... |
13 December 2011
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The president of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, has announced that the recently released Mario Kart 7 has managed to sell 420,000 units during its first week on the Japanese market on the Nintendo 3DS handheld, which is double the number posted by the version for the normal DS.The executive also believes that the 3DS has th... |
8 December 2011
03:41 GMT |
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Electronic Arts has decided to get the many players of its Need for Speed World online racing game into the winter holiday spirit, making a wide array of modifications to its virtual environment.
Need for Speed World has always celebrated important holidays with in-game events, and the upcoming winter ones are no ex... |
8 December 2011
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Sony has confirmed that racing game fans who missed out on last year’s release of Gran Turismo 5 will now get the chance to buy a complete package, in the form of the Gran Turismo 5 Spec II.Gran Turismo 5 was eagerly awaited by lots of PlayStation 3 owners and racing game fans, largely because its developer, Po... |
2 December 2011
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Turn 10 Studios, the team between the popular Forza Motorsport 4 racing game, has confirmed that it’s going to deploy some brand new downloadable content for the title, in the form of the IGN Pack.
Forza Motorsport 4 impressed plenty of gamers with its high quality visuals and the array of cars that can be dri... |
2 December 2011
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Sears Auto Centers has partnered with EA Mobile to incorporate Sears Auto Centers and BFGoodrich Tires products in EA’s Road Trippin’ game for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Road Trippin' offers a free visit to 100 cities across the United States, giving players various missions to accomplish.Gamers mu... |
24 November 2011
15:41 GMT |
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Right after confirming that WipEout 2048 will be a launch-day title for the upcoming PlayStation Vita, Sony has now posted a batch of new screenshots from the futuristic racing game.The WipEout series has delighted plenty of gamers for many years, arriving originally for the first PlayStation and then branching out o... |
24 November 2011
14:31 GMT |
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Namco Bandai has confirmed that the upcoming Ridge Racer game that will appear for the PlayStation Vita handheld platform won’t be a full pledged release, as the title will include just three tracks and five cars, although it will be priced lower than other Vita games.The PlayStation Vita is set to get a hefty ... |
24 November 2011
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BigBen Interactive has announced that it will be launching a new Test Drive video game, called Ferrari, which will be released on March 30, 2012, allowing players to race some of the worlds most interesting cars on the PlayStation 3 from Sony, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PC.
The publisher has not offered too... |
23 November 2011
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Need for Speed: The Run has received a brand new launch trailer, showcasing the main campaign and how The Run goes across the U.S., from the Golden State to the Empire State.NFS: The Run was awaited by a huge amount of racing game fans, as it marks the return of the series to the story-based narratives that made it s... |
16 November 2011
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Drive, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan, might be the best movie that I have seen this year and one of the most well directed, acted and constructed that I have watched in my life (and I must confess I average about 5 movies during one weekend when I have nothing else to d... |
12 November 2011
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Gran Turismo 5 was a grand attempt at creating a racing game that could be all things to all players and in many ways the game failed to deliver but the team behind the franchise is already working on the next game in the series and plans to set everything right.Kazunori Yamauchi, who is the leader of developer Polyp... |
11 November 2011
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Owners of devices running under Google's Android operating system now have the possibility to download and install a new game on their devices, namely the Need for Speed Hot Pursuit.
The new mobile game was already published in the Android Market and is available for download for all devices that run under And... |
7 November 2011
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Video game publisher Codemasters has announced that it will launch its well known F1 2011 simulation game on the Nintendo 3DS handheld on November 25 of this year, taking full advantage of the glass free three dimensional gaming capabilities of the platform.The development of the game version will be handled by Sumo ... |
3 November 2011
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Forza Motorsport 4 is set to receive a brand new downloadable add-on next week, in the form of the Speed Pack, which brings quite a lot of great cars, both classic ones, like the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, and new ones, like 2012 Lamborghini Aventador.Forza Motorsport 4 impressed quite a lot of people earlier this month... |
28 October 2011
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Electronic Arts, as the publisher, and their Black Box studio have launched yet another trailer for the upcoming racing game Need for Speed: The Run, showing how close to the quality of movies the action in the title will be.The trailer uses the Lonely Boy track from the new Black Keys album El Camino and shows only ... |
28 October 2011
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Need for Speed: The Run isn't just your average racing game, as the new title marks a return to story-based experiences, so EA and Black Box have confirmed that two major actors, Sean Faris and Christina Hendricks, will share their voice and likenesses for the protagonist, Jack Rourke, and his sponsor, Sam Harpe... |
19 October 2011
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Need for Speed: The Run, the new racing game from Black Box and Electronic Arts, has a special Challenge Series that delivers a more racing-focused experience than the regular single-player campaign.The Run is getting ready to be released next month and has gotten quite a lot of people interested, especially since it... |
19 October 2011
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ModNation Racers publisher and developer, Sony and its San Diego studio, have confirmed that a subtitle has been chosen for the PlayStation Vita version of the game, which is now called ModNation Racers: Road Trip.The first ModNation Racers title impressed quite a lot of PlayStation 3 owners by adapting the 'Pla... |
18 October 2011
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When I thought of a first person shooter from id Software my mind wandered to well crafted guns, smart enemies and cool combat situations but it seems that in the coming years the development studio wants players to also think about racing and card mini-games.RAGE is a shooter but the people working on the game have ... |
17 October 2011
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Video game publisher Activision Blizzard has announced that it will be organizing an event called “Battle of the NSCAR Kids” on November 19 – 20, allowing the families of the best pilots in the sport to virtually engage one another for a chance to donate 25,000 dollars to the NASCAR foundation.The c... |
17 October 2011
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Video game publisher SEGA has announced that Daytona USA, its well known classic arcade racer, will be relaunched on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft and on the PlayStation Network from Sony.The game will be delivered on October 25 on the PlayStation 3 for 9.99 dollars in North America and for 800 Microsof... |
13 October 2011
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Forza Motorsport 4 is gearing up for its release later this month, so, in celebration of the pure racing experience delivered by the game from Turn 10 Studios and Microsoft, a short video has been released, detailing the dwindling interest of people concerning cars and narrated by Top Gear present Jeremy Clarkson.For... |
4 October 2011
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Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios have finally deployed a demo for the upcoming Forza Motorsport 4 racing game, which is now available for download on the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Marketplace, only for Xbox Live Gold users.Forza Motorsport 4 is shaping up to be one of the most important racing games of the year, so both... |
3 October 2011
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Microsoft and Turn 10 Studios have unveiled a variety of details about the upcoming Forza Motorsport 4 racing game, including a date for the demo of the title, information about the Season Pass for the game's eventual DLC, as well as a list of cars that will be available for those who buy the game in the first f... |
26 September 2011
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Driver: San Francisco is the latest installment in the long running Driver series from Ubisoft, as the French publisher tasked its Ubisoft Reflections studio with bringing back the long dormant franchise and giving it a new lease on life.
With promises like a new, high quality engine, fresh gameplay and a rather u... |
26 September 2011
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Need for Speed: The Run, the upcoming racing game from Black Box and Electronic Arts, will offer players the ability to choose from a variety of cars during their races, despite the fact that the story of the title emphasizes the tied hands of Jack, the main character.
The Need for Speed franchise has been going t... |
9 September 2011
02:34 GMT |
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Burnout Crash has received an official release date from Criterion Games, its developer, which is going to deploy the new arcade car destruction game on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms later this month.
Burnout Crash was presented earlier this year, surprising the legions of Burnout fans because it wasn&#... |
2 September 2011
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What it is: Electronic Arts has given its Need for Speed racing series a new lease on life, with successful entries into the simulator genre (NFS Shift 1 and 2) as well as the action genre, with last year’s NFS: Hot Pursuit. Now, the company, together with EA Black Box studio, is working hard on Need for Speed:... |
18 August 2011
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Electronic Arts and Criterion Games have announced a brand new installment in the studio's acclaimed Burnout series, entitled Burnout Crash!, which is set to appear as a downloadable title later this year.
The Burnout franchise became famous for its over the top nature and by compelling gamers to crash their ... |
8 July 2011
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A major part of this week's PlayStation Store update is the release of a special Motorstorm Apocalypse Multiplayer demo, which is completely playable for one week.
Motorstorm Apocalypse is a very impressive racing game, combining exciting gameplay with the premise of racing through destroyed or crumbling citi... |
29 June 2011
15:31 GMT |
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Forza Motorsport 4, the upcoming racing game from Turn 10 Studios and Microsoft, has just received some details about its Limited Collector's Edition, which will include lots of quality real-life and in-game content.
Forza Motorsport 4 is definitely one of the most anticipated racing games this year, as lots ... |
29 June 2011
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Earlier this year Carmageddon was back in the news in a significant way for the first time since the 1998 of the first video game in the series and now the developers at Stainless Games are talking about how they got the license back and what they are planning to do with it.Patrick Buckland, who is the Chief Executiv... |
21 June 2011
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Video game hardware developer and game publisher Microsoft has announced that it will be launching a new Wireless Speed Wheel for the Xbox 360 home console during the month of October, allowing racing enthusiasts to enjoy titles in the genre using a whole new piece of hardware.The new hardware accessory for the Micro... |
15 June 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Codemasters' Dirt franchise made a name for itself by not only offering a realistic rally experience, but also by adopting more extreme events like buggy racing, rallycross or special stunt competitions.
Now, with Dirt 3, the UK-based studio has strengthened the mechanics seen in the impressive Dirt 2 and add... |
2 June 2011
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Electronic Arts' online free-to-play Need for Speed World racing game has reached the impressive figure of 5 million registered users, and is celebrating this achievement by allowing all of them exclusive access to the Audi A1 clubsport quattro concept. EA's been trying lots of new things with its Need for ... |
2 June 2011
03:50 GMT |
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Dirt 3 was released last week by Codemasters, and we've already had a quick look at the intriguing racing game that once again promises to blend simulator gameplay with adrenaline-filled moments that define real-life racing.
While we talked about the array of driver aids available for all players and the pret... |
31 May 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Quite a lot of racing games have appeared lately, ranging from full on simulators like Gran Turismo 5 or Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed, to arcade ones, like NFS: Hot Pursuit. Now, Codemasters has just released its own take on the racing genre, through the new Dirt 3 title.
After the extremely well-received Dirt ... |
25 May 2011
09:15 GMT |
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Dirt 3 is set to be released later today, but already the first four downloadable content packs for it have been leaked through the listing of the PlayStation 3 trophies for the new racing game. Codemasters is set to release Dirt 3, its newest title, later today, for the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Even if it&#... |
24 May 2011
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