It won’t all be sunny days and clear skies in Driveclub, but you’ll have to wait a while after the Oct. 7 launch to see what the game’s weather can really do. According to Polygon, at E3 Evolution Studios demoed an early version of the weather system planned for Driveclub. The weather system is extremely […]
At its E3 conference this week Ubisoft gave a date for its ambitious upcoming open-world racing MMO, The Crew. The game will be out Nov. 11 on Windows, Xbox One, and PS4. Ubisoft also announced a closed PC beta for the game starting July 23. You can sign up for the beta here. E3 also brought the release […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjBm9Q22uEQ The developers behind Forza Horizon 2 shared more details about the game at E3 yesterday, adding up to a seriously impressive racing game. Some highlights for the Xbox One version developed by Playground Games include: • A dynamic weather system with puddle generation and evaporation. Water beads on cars and affects handling on the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F6uQn4LN1U At today’s Microsoft E3 conference a lot of hype was given to Forza Horizon 2. According to Ralph Fulton, the game’s creative director, the game has the technical muscle to live up to that hype, and will run at a locked 30 FPS at 1080p. “I think what we did on Horizon was demonstrate that, and this […]
The PlayStation Blog has a fun article listing some of the more unusual details about Sony’s upcoming PS4 racer Driveclub. Some of it is the expected marketing hype, but some of it is pretty out there, and shows a level of obsessive attention to detail that’s almost scary. For example, the game uses NASA data […]
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No huge surprise here, but Mario Kart 8 is a big hit for the Wii U. According to Nintendo the game sold more than 1.2 million copies worldwide between its release May 29 in Japan and May 30 in North America and Europe and June 2. “The early response to Mario Kart 8 demonstrates that the best days for […]
Anyone who has played online has experienced them. The lowest of the low. The people who guarantee that even if they can’t beat you, you’ll never really win. The rage-quitter, the person who pulls the plug on a match when they’re behind. Driveclub has an interesting system in place to avoid that problem. Making it […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AkgJZGspCM We do a lot of stories about real-life cars being licensed for games here, but this one is a bit of a topper. Mercedes, the dignified, upscale brand most not-associated with colorful karting and wantonly tossing blue shells at people, has signed a deal to have one of its cars featured in Mario Kart […]
Are you ready? Time to make new friends, get in fights with old ones, and dodge all colors of shells again. Mario Kart 8 is out tomorrow, May 30, for the Wii U. According to a press release from Nintendo the game will be on store shelves and on the Wii U eShop for $59.99. […]
This new trailer from Codemasters GRID Autosport focuses on endurance racing, one of the game’s five styles of racing, which also include street racing, touring cars, open-wheel cars, and drifting. The video intercuts footage of real endurance drivers talking about the sport and footage of the game, showing cars fighting for position and struggling to […]