Category Archives: Racing

Need for Speed: Underground was rumoured to be getting the reboot treatment under Criterion Games, following an alleged logo leak last week. We called it out as bollocks at the time, but now the studio has performed its own t-bone takedown on the rumour over Twitter.

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Forza Horizon’s 100 Club DLC pack, which was outed by leaked achievements last week, is due on April 16. Multiple sites report the free pack includes the Ford F100 1956 and the RUF CTR2 1995; check out a couple of screens below.

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Eden Games has officially been closed and its remaining assets are being liquidated, according to a Eurogamer France report.

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Forza Horizon’s Xbox 360 achievement list has just been topped up with a handful of new challenges, suggesting another DLC pack is due for release.

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Need for Speed: Underground could be next on the Criterion reboot slate, following the alleged leak of a logo online. Now of course, we all know anyone can use Photoshop to mock up anything these days, so take this as rumour only. Seriously.

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Ridge Racer: Driftopia has been announced by Namco Bandai, and is a downloadable free-to-play title slated for release later in 2013 for PC and PS3. More details are to be announced soon, but to tide you over until then, a video for it is posted below.

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GRID 2 developer Codemasters has confirmed that its single player campaign is currently clocking in at over 30 hours to full completion during internal testing. The studio has told VG247 that it wanted to buck the trend of weak six-hour campaigns in the market today.

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GRID 2 developer Codemasters has blown the doors off the game’s bespoke multiplayer campaign, and has released a batch of shiny gameplay new screens into the wild. The studio is also live-streaming the game’s online modes tonight.

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Real Racing 3 developer Firemonkeys has released a trailer for its incoming Chevrolet pack, together with fresh details.

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Max Payne 3, Midnight Club Los Angeles, Rockstar Presents Table Tennis, Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto 4 and Episodes from Liberty City are all on the schedule for a bustling Rockstar multiplayer event this weekend.

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As noted yesterday, Motorcross Madness is now available on XBL Marketplace. In it, players can freeride across various environments, “drift, trick and turbo boost” your through nine offroad tracks in single-player, ghost challenges and 8-player multiplayer. You can even combine stats with your friends in Bike Club which will rewards. Hit up Major Nelson to check availability in your region. It will cost you 800 MS Points.

Moto GP 13 developer Milestone has released a second trailer into the wild, this time showing off raw gameplay footage. Check it out here.

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Distance is the Kickstarter-funded racing game from Refract Studios that sees futuristic cars racing around Tron-inspired worlds. It mixes WipEout’s velocity and TrackMania’s stunts into one lovely-looking mix. The team has released some GDC gameplay footage, and we’ve got it right here.

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Well, here’s a turn up for the books; for once, a game is headed to the Wii U against expectations, instead of the other way around. Activision’s tie-in Fast & Furious: Showdown was confirmed for PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 last week, but because we reported from the Australian announce, we didn’t hear a blessed thing about it coming to Nintendo’s new console. It definitely is, just not down here in the antipodes, where it’s just the latest Wii U release to skip the region. Expect it elsewhere around May 22, ahead of the new movie.

Thanks, Kotaku.

Almost a full year since its announce, Motocross Madness is on the way to Xbox 360. PlayXBLA reports the downloadable title, which stars your Xbox Live Avatar, is due on April 10. It has nine tracks, and boasts single-player, ghost challenge, and eight-player competitive races, as well as a Bike Club feature so you can work with your friends rather than against them.

Thanks, woe.

Activision has confirmed the existence of Fast & Furious: Showdown, promoting Fast & Furious 6.

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GRID 2 has received a new trailer courtesy of Codemasters. OK, so it did first go live next week but we’ve been on our Easter holidays eating chocolate eggs and growing fat. The clip shows the game’s European locations, new car models and more.

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The next content drop for Forza Horizon is the April Top Gear Car Pack, due on Xbox Live later today. The pack adds six vehicles: the 2012 Aston Martin Vanquish; 2012 Bowler EXR S; 2011 Alfa Romeo TZ3 Stradale Zagato; 2011 Ford Transit SuperSportVan; 1998 Mercedes-Benz AMG Mercedes CLK GTR; and 2002 BMW M3-GTR. None of these are jokes. The full pack goes for 400 MS Points or you can grab each car individually for 240 MS Points, except the M3-GTR, which is free. Hit the break for a trailer.

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It’s not quite time to jump behind the wheel of the quite interesting-looking GRID 2, but that shouldn’t stop you from enjoying some Codemasters goodness this weekend. Right now on GMG, the entire Codemasters catalog is 50-75 percent off. That means F1 2012 for $20 and the original GRID for $5. Check out the sale here.

Monster High: Skultimate Roller Maze is what happens when you cross roller derby with high school cheerleading, monsters and Mario Kart. I never thought I’d write that sentence in my life, but developer Little Orbit has just released the game’s launch trailer ahead of its 3DS release tomorrow.

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