Category Archives: Racing

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-director Brian Taylor has reportedly signed onto a live-action Twisted Metal film as his first solo production.

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Ubisoft announced today that stunt-racer Mad Riders, created by Dead Island developer Techland, is coming to XBLA, PSN and PC this spring.

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Namco’s confirmed to Eurogamer that its delayed Ridge Racer Unbounded by four weeks. Originally due on March 2 in Europe, it’ll now release on March 30. The publisher said to EG the delay was so that Finnish developer Bugbear could get “a little bit of extra time to optimise the game.”

Unbounded steps outside the arcade racer’s typical route, into realms inspired by Burnout and Split/Second. It’ll arrive on PS3, 360 and PC.

Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed Polyphony will release version 2.05 of Gran Turismo 5 this week, beginning from Japan tomorrow. The update, which will spread to Europe on Thursday following the Asian release, will stablise gameplay and fix bugs for online.

Thanks, Andriasang.

New Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing toys were spotted at the New York Toy Fair this weekend, and Kotaku reports a booth attendent said a sequel to the kart racing title is on the way. We’ve asked Sega for official word. The first game released on practically every possible format in February 2010 and drew a reasonably warm response.

Sony’s confirmed LittleBigPlanet Karting following a US retail leak at Destination PlayStation earlier this week.

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Namco Bandai’s announced it’s to include a gold pass system with copies of Ridge Racer Vita from launch.

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Sony is offering you the chance to remotely fire an M249-SAW until a truck blows up. For Twisted Metal.

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Codemasters has announced DiRT 3: Complete Edition will be released March 9 and includes extra content such as 12 new routes across two locations, new cars and a range of liveries.

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Namco Bandai’s released the first behind the scenes video for Ridge Racer: Unbounded, featuring developer Bugbear going drifting on a race track in Finland. If past games are light-based games, Unbounded will be “the dark game,” according to lead designer Karri Kiviluoma. Get it below the break.

Ridge Racer: Unbounded launches in March for PS3, PC and 360.

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Following a report based on a tweet from a US retailer last night, the first, grainy promo image of LittleBigPlanet Karting has appeared.

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US retailer Future Shop has tweeted that Sony announced “LittleBigPlanet Cart Racing” during a Destination PlayStation event today, as well as a new Move steering wheel peripheral. The game also supports 3D, and we’re going to assume for the moment the game contains kart racing of some sort. That’s all that’s known at the moment, but we’ll keep you posted as more information is available.

Develop’s reporting that UK indies Eutechnyx and Brain in a Jar have joined forces to build a new, under-wraps racing project.

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When Twisted Metal launches in Europe in early March, you’ll be able to decorate your rides with swanky custom paint jobs.

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Famitsu publisher Enterbrain has said 3DS software topped the hardware monthly totals for last month in Japan.

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Producer Kazunori Yamauchi has announced via Twitter , as translated by Andriasang, that the next title update for Gran Turismo 5 is due on February 7. No details have emerged regarding the patch, which will likely bring the racer to version 2.04. the PlayStation 3 exclusive launched in November 2010 and has continued to evolve through patches and DLC.

Thanks, CVG.

Sony’s released a brand new video of Motorstorm RC, detailing the mini-racer’s online capabilities. Game director Paul Rustchynsky shows off how players can set fastest times around certain race types such as Hot Lap, while their friends try and outdo their previous attempts. Get the video below the break.

Motorstorm RC will launch as part of the Vita EU release on February 22. There’ll also be a PS3 version.

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RedLynx’s released a new trailer of Trials Evolution, days after an unfinished build of the game leaked online. The video shows the basic aspects, as well as multiplayer and its creation tool that allows you to make anything you want. Pinball? Boom. Table football? B to the double O M. Even a first-person shooter? Fucking boom in your face.

Video’s below, via GAF. Evolution’s out this spring for XBLA. Boom.

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Turn 10 has released details regarding the America Le Mans Series Pack for Forza 4, which launches next week.

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Finnish developer RedLynx has denied it leaked an unfinished version of Trials Evolution following it appearing on The Pirate Bay over the weekend.

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