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‘Road Warrior’ Racing Game for Android Now Free to Download for a Limited Time

Developed by MobJoy, the popular ‘Road Warrior’ game for iOS devices has been ported to the Android platform. Publisher ‘Top Free Apps and Games’ has just announced the availability of the game in the Android Market. But there’s more to it. To celebrate the launch of the game the pu...

20 January 2012
21:01 GMT

EA Drops Need for Speed Hot Pursuit for iPad to Just $0.99

Electronic Arts’ Daily Deals is featuring Need for Speed Hot Pursuit for iPad today at just $0.99 in the U.S., or 0.79 € in Europe. It’s 75% price drop and a must-have for any racing enthusiast. “Get Need for Speed Hot Pursuit today for 90% off,” reads EA’s announcement. This touc...

19 January 2012
08:38 GMT

If Einstein Had an iPhone, He’d Have Loved Switch! - Review

After receiving accolades on Google’s Android platform, Atomicom's racer Switch! has arrived in the iTunes App Store, where the developers hope it will gain just as much traction on iPhones and iPads, if not more.And they should get their hopes up because Switch! is spectacularly fun and addictive!You race...

19 January 2012
07:55 GMT

‘2XL MX Offroad’ Racing Game Now Available for Download in the Android Market

2XL Games, the team behind the popular Supercross and ATV Offroad games for the iOS platform, has just announced its entrance in the Android market with a brand new game that combines features of its highly-acclaimed iOS title game.   Dubbed “2XL MX Offroad” the game promises to offer Android users t...

29 December 2011
21:01 GMT

Download Real Racing 2 from the Mac App Store

Electronic Arts has released the popular iOS racing game Real Racing 2 on the Mac App Store. The desktop-optimized game lets you control your car using the iPhone’s accelerometer.“Take control of the wheel with your iPhone or iPad – or use your Mac to steer your way to first place!”, EA says.Y...

22 December 2011
14:41 GMT

Ignite Will be Ported to Linux

Ignite, a racing game that tries to do something different from other titles out there, will come to Linux, despite some rumors of its demise.Every race is different in Ignite. Each race brings something new as players try to win by using their own tactics. The score system in Ignite allows for tactics to be used dur...

29 November 2011
11:01 GMT

Official “Race Of Champions” Game Coming Soon to Android Phones

Android fans rejoice, as the official Race Of Champions mobile racing game will soon make its way on the Android platform.Moreover, the game will also be ported on Apple's iOS platform and will be full compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.The game will be co-published with Invictus and is expected to go live ...

29 September 2011
09:11 GMT

Need for Speed: The Run Limited Edition Includes 3 Supercars

Video game publisher Electronic Arts and the developers at EA Black Box have announced that their upcoming racing game Need for Speed: The Run is getting a Limited Edition which is set to include three of the fastest and best-looking cars in the world. The new edition of the game is now available for pre-order and...

3 August 2011
02:38 GMT

Quick Look: MotoStorm Apocalypse

I'm in sixteenth place out of sixteen competitors and I'm feeling fine, confident that even though it’s the third lap, a combination of good choices when it comes to using the boost, clear-headed driving and a touch of luck will see me reach second or third place before this race is over. This is Mot...

20 April 2011
18:41 GMT

THQ Says 40 Dollars Price Point Is Future of Gaming

Brian Farrell, who is the chief executive officer of video game publisher THQ, has suggested that the future of the industry he is part of is not linked to huge releases priced at the now-usual 60 dollars, but on the creation and launch of lower-priced games that will get to players via digital distribution platforms...

19 April 2011
13:51 GMT

Drive an Audi RS 3 on Your iPhone, Win a Real Audi A3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI quattro

Gameloft has announced a partnership with the folks at Audi to launch an iOS racing game called Asphalt Audi RS 3. Those who download and play the free app have the chance to win a high-end Audi A3 Sportback, the French game development studio said. A demo with exclusive content featuring the unreleased new car, A...

4 March 2011
06:40 GMT

NASCAR: The Game 2011 Gets Input from iRacing Series World Champion

Eutechnyx, the development team that is working on the NASCAR: The Game 2011 video game, has announced that it has managed to secure the game development services of Richard Towler, who is the 2010 NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Champion. The company says that he will be working directly on determining the way cars...

24 February 2011
04:22 GMT

Eden Games Apologizes for TDU 2 Issues, Offers Free DLC

The developers that have worked on the recently launched Test Drive Unlimited 2 have admitted that their release has a number of problems that they plan to address in the long term and asked for patience on the part of the fans who are eagerly asking for more stability, better multiplayer performance and improved phy...

24 February 2011
02:53 GMT

Gran Turismo 5 Sells More than 6.3 Million Copies

Video game publisher Sony and developer Polyphony Digital have announced that their racing simulator Gran Turismo 5 has managed to move more than 6.3 million copies to players worldwide since it was launched in late November of 2010.It seems that the biggest Gran Turismo 5 fans reside in Europe, with the region accou...

22 February 2011
07:58 GMT

Test Drive Unlimited 2

Ibiza can be beautiful, especially late in the afternoon, when shadows lengthen and night sneaks in, almost begging the player to slow down a bit and take in the sight, maybe step out of the car with the misses and take a few pictures that will later wind up on Facebook and draw a lot of gasping comments. That's...

20 February 2011
17:01 GMT

Quick Look: Test Drive Unlimited 2

Test Drive Unlimited 2 is a complicated game, aiming to deliver some pretty tough racing events while also schooling the player in the finer points of social interaction and wealth accumulation, with the beautiful Spanish island of Ibiza serving as the backdrop.And, after playing a few hours of it, it's hard to ...

10 February 2011
19:51 GMT

Codemasters Brings Formula 1 to the Browser, Free to Play

Codemasters Online has confirmed that it is working on a new Formula 1 based video game that will be online based and free to play, with a new team with the headquarters in Warwickshire, United Kingdom set to be in charge of initial development of the title and then in maintaining it and delivering more content. T...

18 January 2011
09:44 GMT

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Demo Available Today

Criterion Games, as the developer, and Electronic Arts, as the publisher, have announced the release of a demo for the upcoming Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, the game which is supposed to revive the fortunes of the car racing franchise when it arrives on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the Wii and the PC on November ...

26 October 2010
05:12 GMT

Audi A1 Beat Driver for iPad Is Free for Download

VEEMEE, an independent creator of branded and original content for games platforms and virtual worlds, and Audi AG recently announced the launch of the iPad title Audi A1 Beat Driver. The new application is an adaptation of the successful Apple iPhone and iPod Touch version of the game, which was launched a while bac...

30 September 2010
06:45 GMT

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Four Times Bigger than Burnout Paradise

Matt Webster, who is a senior producer working at Criterion, has said that the area of driving space that players will be able to race on in the upcoming Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit will be four times bigger than the area included in the studio's previous racing title, the much acclaimed Burnout Paradise.Webster...

16 September 2010
04:20 GMT

Criterion Is Working with DICE on Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

In a recent interview, Henry LaBounta, the art director of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, has given some insight on the creation of the title's huge open world. Criterion Games is working with Swedish developer DICE of Battlefield fame to achieve this objective. Apparently, the world in Hot Pursuit is four times b...

16 August 2010
17:01 GMT

Atari Delays Test Drive Unlimited 2 Into 2011

Publisher Atari and developer Eden Games have announced that Test Drive Unlimited 2 has been delayed. The title will now ship at the beginning of 2011. The reason for this postponement is that the Eden needs more time to finish the multiplayer component of this new installment in the Test Drive series. Atari has deci...

12 August 2010
08:01 GMT

New Details Emerge About DiRT 3

Codemasters has recently unveiled DiRT 3 and has also put out a trailer during the ESPN's X-Games 16 even in Los Angeles. New details have now been published detailing the new features of this new installment in the franchise. The Matt Horsman, the head of game design for DiRT 3, has promised that it was going t...

3 August 2010
04:41 GMT

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Will Feature a Social Open World

The Need for Speed series gets back to its roots with the latest installment, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. The game is developed by Criterion, the studio behind the critically acclaimed Burnout: Paradise. The company is trying to fit in the best elements from every title in the franchise, making the game an open-worl...

17 June 2010
06:19 GMT

Disney Interactive Launches Split/Second Racing Game for iPhone, iPad

Disney Interactive Studios has announced that one of the most acclaimed video games of 2010, Split/Second, is now available for iPhone and iPod touch. The game has players building up their power meter through deft driving to trigger “power plays,” and more. Split/Second is also set to arrive at retail ou...

18 May 2010
10:02 GMT

Gran Turismo Games Frustrate Their Creator

We already know that Japan is responsible for some of the weirdest things in pretty much any industry, so it's pretty safe to assume that Japanese people themselves are some of the weirdest out there. But weird works really well when combined with creativity, and, at least in the gaming industry, as well as in a...

15 January 2010
04:44 GMT

ModNation Racers Gets Explained, Beta on the Way

We haven't heard a lot about Sony's ModNation Racers, but we do know that the game will be part of the "Play, Create, Share" general heading, so it will mainly focus on track editors and creation tools and let players put any weird design they have in their head down not on paper, but in the game. That'...

29 December 2009
04:23 GMT

Need for Speed SHIFT Hits the App Store

EA Mobile, an Electronic Arts Inc. division, announced on Friday that there is a new game title now available in the Apple App Store for users of an iPhone or iPod touch, namely Need for Speed SHIFT. According to the company, the new software solution has been specifically designed for the iPhone and iPod touch devi...

19 December 2009
04:05 GMT

Team Racing Coming to Need for Speed: Shift on December 1

Electronic Arts has announced that it will offer those who have bought Need for Speed: Shift a free-to-download DLC pack which will provide even more content to play around with in the racing game. The new piece of content is called The Team Racing Pack and is set to introduce a new mode of play for those interested ...

24 November 2009
13:31 GMT

Criterion Made Need for Speed Confirmed for 2010

Need for Speed seems poised for a second Golden Age. The series, which captured the hearts of casual racing interested players with the Porsche based title and then with the cops and robbers mechanics inserted into the Hot Pursuit title, has this year returned to its racing roots, after a couple of disappointing rele...

12 November 2009
14:41 GMT

100 million Need for Speed Games Have Been Sold to This Day

1994 was the year in which the most popular racing game franchise was born. In that year, Electronic Arts released the first Need for Speed game for the 3DO console, but it would have never guessed just how much of an impact it would have. Right now, the game has gathered 14 sequels spread across 14 consoles. Today, ...

22 October 2009
13:01 GMT

Ubisoft Has Acquired a New Studio

Ubisoft has been really picking up the pace lately, with plenty of good games released during the year and even better ones to be expected in the very near future. Now, the company has even acquired a new studio to bring even more titles under its name. Nadeo, a Paris based game developer, better known for the multip...

6 October 2009
03:47 GMT

Activision Unveils Blur

Activision Blizzard is keen on creating a racing game that will blow the rival Need For Speed series from Electronic Arts out of the water and off the track. Its latest attempt is set to be named Blur and should be released during autumn for the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC. Development duties are being han...

22 May 2009
02:38 GMT

N-Gage Has Need For Speed: Undercover

Those who own an N-Gage-compatible mobile phone have now even more reasons to rejoice, as another attractive game title is fast heading towards them, Need For Speed: Undercover. Racing enthusiasts will certainly enjoy this game in all its splendor on the N-Gage platform, just like those who played it on a desktop PC ...

19 March 2009
10:48 GMT

Redline (Racing Game) 1.0.5 Available

Ambrosia Software has released Redline 1.0.5, an update to its online racing game for Mac. Since clients of versions older than 1.0.3 cannot join Redline 1.0.5 multiplayer games because of newer functionality, Redline 1.0.5 is “a highly recommended update,” Ambrosia points out.Redline is a simple but addi...

9 September 2008
03:35 GMT

GTR Evolution Website is up

If you are not too interested in the battle between Gran Turismo and Race Driver: GRID and you'd rather spend some quality time enjoying a great gameplay, you might be seeing your dream come true from Viva Media's GTR Evolution racing game which is set to be released by the end of the year. And, in order to...

4 July 2008
03:16 GMT

Overspeed Brings Illegal Racing to PCs

Game publisher and developer City Interactive has created a new brand called Premiere Silver and its going to bring us pure gold with it - next-gen games priced at only 4.99! And if you're expecting some poor casual titles to keep you occupied for a few hours, you are wrong: City Interactive will bring you ful...

13 June 2008
02:27 GMT

Pure Wants to Reinvent Racing

Pure is a racing game coming from Black Rock Studio (which, under various names, has created MotoGp and ATV Offroad Fury) and it's coming out on the PC, the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. The developers are billing it as an "off-road trick racing game", which might sound a bit weird but apparently it's wha...

15 May 2008
16:06 GMT

Stateshift Comes to the PC

Playlogic is an independent game publisher that aims to capture a significant portion of the retail market. Its latest weapon is the very futuristic looking racer that is Stateshift. It's not a driving game, it's not a simulation, but rather an over the top adrenalin infused experience.The game is set somew...

14 May 2008
16:16 GMT

Burnout Paradise Gets PC Version

Burnout Paradise is an open-ended, open world racing simulator that places the emphasis on the possibilities granted by the simulation of an entire Hawaiian island in the game. It was released for the Xbox 360 and on the PlayStation 3 and, apparently, it did well enough to warrant a PC port. Electronic Arts has just ...

13 May 2008
02:51 GMT

Gran Turismo Sells More than 50 Million

Sony Computer Entertainment is boasting that more than 50 million games of Gran Turismo, the company's racing simulation game, have been sold in the world since 1997, when the series first debuted. The game sold on all three of the game consoles that Sony has so far created, the PlayStation, PS2 and, of course, ...

12 May 2008
14:06 GMT

Race Through Los Angles with Midnight Club

Rockstar has revealed that Midnight Club: Los Angeles will be out in North America on September 9 and in Europe three days later, on September 12. The racing simulator will head to both PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 when it launches.It will be set in Los Angeles and will contain one of the most accurate representati...

22 April 2008
16:06 GMT

Test Drive Unlimited Gets New Cars

Test Drive is one of the longest running gaming franchises in the world or racing games and one of the most successful. The series has 15 games released and has proved to be a great racing simulator on both the Xbox 360 gaming consoles and on the PC.The one thing that the PC version of the latest game, Test Drive Unl...

17 April 2008
16:06 GMT

Sega Racing Studio Closing

Sega's UK-based racing games developer was created to revitalize the company and bring back to the public the joy of playing high quality racing games. It seems that they didn't manage to do it or, at least, bring big enough profit, since Sega has announced that they had to close the studio's doors.Dur...

10 April 2008
04:04 GMT

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Sells More Than a Million

There are times when being a gamer and a games journalist seems a bit alien. Times when you think of the way to introduce a story and it seems that telling it straight as it is will not suffice because of the apparent madness contained in the news itself. The headline above is proof enough.Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is ...

18 March 2008
06:18 GMT

Homie Rollerz are Rolling to Your DS, Bro

Wazzup, homie? Restecpa has to be earned, bro, and no wannabe can survive the jungle, yo! Ya know, they invaded toy stores, they pawned the television shows and totally owned the sales chart with over 140 million figures sold. Bling bling, baby, ka-ching, baby, hear the money rolling, fell the hydraulics pumping and ...

28 February 2008
02:43 GMT

Pure Promises to Re-Define the Extreme Road-Racing Genre

How many times have you heard game developers promising that their game will be the one that will re-define a particular genre? I know I've heard a lot of promises and most of them were nothing but dust in the wind. But, since you can't judge a book by its cover and a game by its screenshot (it looks incred...

14 February 2008
05:36 GMT

Race Driver: GRID Coming to the DS This Summer

The new racing experience from Codemasters announced for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 systems will actually be available for the Nintendo DS portable console, too, and it promises to redefine the genre with a bunch of interesting features, never seen in a portable console game before. Race Driver: GRID will be laun...

13 February 2008
03:43 GMT

Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli Challenges the PS2

Fast cars, sweet tracks and the smell of hot rubber are a delight for every car lover out there. Not to mention the dream idea of driving a Ferrari. And if this seems like a dream that will never come true, System 3 is ready to prove you wrong with Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli. The game was initially announced fo...

25 January 2008
06:04 GMT


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