Category Archives: Racing

United Front has confirmed that a Vita version of LittleBigPlanet Karting isn’t currently on the books.

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Below the break is a video featuring United Front Games’ William Ho chatting about LittleBigPlanet Karting’s level editor, how the developer used its experience wit racing titles to bring a true karting experience to the game, and how it all meshed together with the create, play, share aspect designed by Media Molecule. Watch the video for yourself below. Game’s out in October on PS3.

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Nintendo has updated its Virtual Console, eShop and DSiWare offerings this week with Bird Mania 3D on 3DS, Amoebattle and Super Hang-On. More information on each is below.

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The PC demo for DiRT Showdown is now available on Steam. The taster includes one single-player race, 8-ball, which takes players through San Francisco and across the Golden Gate bridge. If you challenge a friend, you’ll also be able try out the eight-player Rampage mode. The demo supports RaceNet, Codemasters’ answer to Autolog, and signing up nets you $20,000 of in-game currency when the game launches. You can also grab the demo from the PlayStation Network or Xbox Live Arcade. DiRT Showdown launches on May 25.

Thanks, Blue.

Some screenshots of United Front Games’ LittleBigPlanet Karting are posted below courtesy of AGB. Also, Polygon has some gameplay details for you: the LBP grappling hook mechanic returns; a hover chassis is implemented on the cars; it contains quests such as finding hidden items, hide n’ go seek, and waypoint races; it has an eight-player battle area; asynchronous multiplayer for user-made tracks is included; and an expanded Pod will allow players to travel between modes and perform various customization options. You can also turn any in-game object into a weapon or paint one into the game as well as reach out and slap other players in order to stun them. Sounds fun. Game’s out in October on PS3.

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Tate Interactive has unveiled Urban Trials, a game similar in vein to – hold it – RedLynx’s Trials games. The racer will feature a Trials motorbike with advanced physics model, as well as the abilities to challenge ghost times of your friends, customise your bike and more. 20 in-game levels will be included, as will the ability to take in-game screens and share them. EG has more details and screenshots are below.

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Codemasters has released a demo for DiRT Showdown on all major platforms. The demo contains single-player content, the race of 8 Ball in San Francisco, multiplayer mode Rampage and the RaceNet beta. Watch Sam play the Xbox 360 demo below. The game launches May 25 on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Codemasters has gone live with the DiRT Showdown demo on Xbox Live Marketplace. The taster will give players a mix of single-player content with a race of 8 Ball in San Francisco and multiplayer mode Rampage, as well as the beta of new racing service RaceNet. Get the demo queued here. It comes in at 1.16Gb.

It’ll go live on US PSN and PC later on today, with EU PSN getting it tomorrow.

Former Bizzare Creations design manager Gareth Wilson believes the simulation racing genre needs a boost from new hardware to become relevant again.

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Twisted Metal’s leading lights received several different kinds of closure in David Jaffe’s original plans for the recent PlayStation 3 reboot.

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RedLynx managing director Tero Virtala feels Trials Evolution sold over 100,000 copies on Xbox Live Arcade day-one was due to the game’s competitiveness instead of the “masochism” of trial-and-error gameplay.

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A Wii U functionality slide for Project Cars has surfaced over on AGB.

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Microsoft has announced Joy Ride Turbo from BigPark an arcade racer which is “just weeks away” from launch. It is controller-based, instead of Kinect like the last outing, Kinect Joy Ride.

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The latest piece of DLC for Forza Motorsport 4 has been revealed, with a selection of vehicles ranging from the coveted Hennessey Venom GT to the curious Ford Transit SuperSportVan.

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EA’s released a brand new trailer and pile of screens for SSX and it gives you a sneak peak of one of the game’s upcoming content drops – The SSX Mt. Eddie & Classic Characters DLC pack. The trailer shows some of the classic characters which’re part of the pack as well as giving you a closer look at Mt. Eddie – a tricky inspired, ultra-long mountain which features 9 new races and trick drops. It’ll also come with three classic SSX music tracks. The pack will be available May 1 for $7.99 on the PlayStation Network or 640 MS Points on Xbox Live. Watch the trailer after the break.

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Nintendo has announced on April 25, a system update for Nintendo 3DS will be released allowing user to create folders on the system’s Home Menu. It will also patch Mario Kart 7.

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At least 100,000 players were attempting to access Trials Evolution’s online servers at launch on Wednesday, developer RedLynx has said. That resulted in issues regarding multiplayer ranks and leaderboards. Its said in a tweet, however, that Microsoft has added new hardware that fixes the problems. Trials Evolution, according to Microsoft, has set a record for the highest grossing day-one sales in Xbox Live Arcade history. No figures were provided.

This shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, mind: the game is pretty much amazing. Watch why here.

Sony’s announced MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and Hot Shots Tennis: Get A Grip are once again available for download on the PS Store now that alterations have been made to deter hackers. In late March, Sony pulled Hot Shots Tennis from the PS Store due an exploit which would allow the use of a homebrew loader on Vita. MotorStorm: Arctic Edge was pulled from the store for the same reason in February. Hopefully, all is fixed proper now. Via Engadget.

Sony will release the standalone GT Academy 2012 demo for participants in this year’s competition on May 2. There’s no word on what content will be included into the taster, such as what car or track, though.

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Codemasters has announced the formation of a new label within the publisher called Codemasters Racing, allowing company-wide “razor focus” on the genre from the launch of DiRT Showdown onwards.

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