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Need for Speed: Most Wanted lets you mod car through Kinect
EA has announced Kinect capabilities for Need for Speed: Most Wanted.
Criterion enjoy "total freedom" with Need for Speed, "built multiplayer first" 
Posted: 04.09.2012 by Technet2k
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VP Alex Ward of Criterion Games calls his studio's Burnout Paradise a "revolutionary game nobody understood," and that Need for Speed: Most Wanted is an evolution of that approach.
Most Wanted reflects "who we are at the time," and right now that's "social, connected" and so games in 2012 have "got to be very connected" where friends are "at the heart" of it. Cue Autolog.
Most Wanted reflects "who we are at the time," and right now that's "social, connected" and so games in 2012 have "got to be very connected" where friends are "at the heart" of it. Cue Autolog.
nKPro Racing announced, coming October 2012
Posted: 03.09.2012 by JonahFalcon
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UIG Entertainment has has announced that racing sim nKPro Racing will be coming out exclusively on PC in October 2012. The game is a hardcore sim worked on by Italian developer Massarutto.
Criterion talk Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Kinect for 'voice commands only'
Posted: 21.08.2012 by Technet2k
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Producer Matt Webster from Criterion Games has dished some dirt on their upcoming Need for Speed: Most Wanted efforts. There's no story mode much like in Burnout Paradise.
It's all about the sandbox and the fun that entails. There'll be no playing as the cops either, with Webster pointing you to Hot Pursuit for that. Around "two or three times" more road than Paradise.
It's all about the sandbox and the fun that entails. There'll be no playing as the cops either, with Webster pointing you to Hot Pursuit for that. Around "two or three times" more road than Paradise.
Multiplayer mode trailer for NFS: Most Wanted coming on the 14th August
Posted: 12.08.2012 by JonahFalcon
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Electronic Arts has announced that the multiplayer mode trailer for Need for Speed: Most Wanted will be arriving on the 14th August, this Tuesday.
F1 2012 gets dated for 21st September
Posted: 10.08.2012 by JonahFalcon
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Codemasters has announced that their Formula racer F1 2012 has been dated and it'll be released on the 21st September. The timing coincides with the Singapore GP Formula racing event.
Codemasters announce GRID 2 for 2013
Posted: 08.08.2012 by Nakerman
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After plenty of rumours, Codemasters has officially announced GRID 2.
Codemasters announce Champions Mode for F1 2012
Posted: 06.08.2012 by Nakerman
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Codemasters has announced Champions Mode for F1 2012.
Codemasters to reveal GRID 2 August 8th
Posted: 03.08.2012 by Technet2k
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A teaser trailer for racing series GRID has gone up from Codemasters which promises a reveal will be forthcoming this August 8th. The number '2' features at the end of the clip.
It was reported as rumour by OXM UK that Codemasters' GRID team was "actively working on GRID 2" and that it's bound for sometime after F1 2012 releases, which is in September.
It was reported as rumour by OXM UK that Codemasters' GRID team was "actively working on GRID 2" and that it's bound for sometime after F1 2012 releases, which is in September.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed receives Bonus Edition
Posted: 02.08.2012 by Technet2k
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SEGA is including a bonus track that will feature all standard race modes as well as a starring Sonic's "popular rival" Metal Sonic as a playable character. There's also an Emoticon Sticker Pack.
Collectibles are strewn throughout races and the Emoticon Sticker Pack adds a few more. They can be earned through "skilful play, high scores and more." It's out late 2012.
Collectibles are strewn throughout races and the Emoticon Sticker Pack adds a few more. They can be earned through "skilful play, high scores and more." It's out late 2012.
Criterion release 'gameplay walkthrough' for Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Posted: 31.07.2012 by Technet2k
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A new gameplay trailer from Criterion Games gives us some developer walkthrough for Need for Speed: Most Wanted. It features more of the same from the E3 gameplay footage.
We're treated to a very high octane race through the streets through Fairhaven City, with the police hot on the player's tail. Dev comments reveal some more about the racer due this year.
We're treated to a very high octane race through the streets through Fairhaven City, with the police hot on the player's tail. Dev comments reveal some more about the racer due this year.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed gets characters "unique to that platform"
Posted: 27.07.2012 by Technet2k
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Not all versions of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed from SUMO Digital will have all "29 playable choices" as character selection is dependent on the platform.
In fact "no single platform has all 29," revealed a dev, as some "drop down to the low 20's". Some platforms "have characters that are unique" and some aren't SEGA characters at all.
In fact "no single platform has all 29," revealed a dev, as some "drop down to the low 20's". Some platforms "have characters that are unique" and some aren't SEGA characters at all.
EA celebrates two years of Need for Speed World with free content
Posted: 25.07.2012 by JonahFalcon
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Electronic Arts has announced its celebrating the two year anniversary of Need for Speed World, the free-to-play, massively multiplayer online racing game with free DLC and double XP for the next 72 hours.
PQube's WRC3 releases October 12th
Posted: 20.07.2012 by Technet2k
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Developer Milestone is working on WRC3, the officially licensed World Rally Championship game, and publisher PQube announces it will arrive October 12th. It's for Xbox 360, PS3, PC and Vita.
The studio promises WRC3 "raises the bar" for rally racers, with over 50 official WRC teams and over 35 unique car models. It'll feature all 2012 championship tracks powered by a new engine.
The studio promises WRC3 "raises the bar" for rally racers, with over 50 official WRC teams and over 35 unique car models. It'll feature all 2012 championship tracks powered by a new engine.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted preorder bonuses revealed
Posted: 16.07.2012 by JonahFalcon
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Electronic Arts has announced the preorder bonuses for the upcoming Criterion-developed racer Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which earned raves at E3 2012 with its combination of traditional Most Wanted racing and police dodging with Criterion's signature Burnout style.
Wreck-It Ralph features in SEGA's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Posted: 16.07.2012 by Technet2k
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Disney's upcoming animation Wreck-It Ralph will be appearing in SEGA's Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. The tracks cover land, air and water and are "inspired by classic" SEGA games.
Wreck-It Ralph is "a great addition to our stellar cast" says SEGA, and their inclusion is a "dream come true" for the film's director, Rich Moore. The transforming racer arrives this November.
Wreck-It Ralph is "a great addition to our stellar cast" says SEGA, and their inclusion is a "dream come true" for the film's director, Rich Moore. The transforming racer arrives this November.
Codemasters reveals F1 Race Stars, coming to multiple platforms in November 2012
Posted: 13.07.2012 by JamieSI
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Codemasters today announced that it's developing a new Formula One title called F1 Race Stars, which will be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC in November 2012.
F1 Race Stars is an arcade racing game featuring official Formula One cars, teams and circuits. Players will also be able to take advantage of a range of power-ups as they manoeuvre through every straight, hairpin, jump and loop-the-loop with super-fast racing.
F1 Race Stars is an arcade racing game featuring official Formula One cars, teams and circuits. Players will also be able to take advantage of a range of power-ups as they manoeuvre through every straight, hairpin, jump and loop-the-loop with super-fast racing.
Nights will be playable character in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed
Posted: 09.07.2012 by JonahFalcon
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Footage shown at Sega's Summer of Sonic event have revealed that the title character of Nights Into Dreams will be a playable character in Sega's upcoming title Sonic & Sega All Stars: Racing Transformed, joining such recently announced characters as Vyse from Skies of Arcadia and Gilius Thunderhead from Golden Axe.
Rumor: GRID 2 in development
Posted: 05.07.2012 by JonahFalcon
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Codemaster's popular Race Driver: GRID launched in 2008, and received praise from reviewers and gamers. Now, OXM is rumormongering that a sequel GRID 2 will be coming this year.
New Death Rally remake coming on the 3rd August
Posted: 01.07.2012 by JonahFalcon
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Remedy Entertainment has announced that a new remake of their 1996 top-down racer Death Rally will be hitting Steam on the 3rd August. This particular remake is a port of the iOS game released this year. The game had been originally remade in 2009 for PC.
Posted: 07.09.2012 by Nakerman
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