Tag Archives: Racing

Mario Kart 7 is burning down the tracks towards its December 4 release date, and we’ve enjoyed what we’ve played already, including all the new racers we’ve seen. Villains like Lakitu and Shy Guy were added, as was Metal Mario, all worthy additions, and now our sister publication Nintendo Power …

Forza Motorsport 4’s November Speed Pack DLC, available next week has a new trailer to prepare you for its arrival. The pack adds ten new cars, including the 2012 models of the Lamborghini Aventador, Dodge Charger SRT8 and Aston Martin Virage. As you’ll see in this clip, though, it’s not …

Christina Hendricks appearing in live action is unforgettable whether it’s as part of Mad Men’s stellar cast or via Google image search results , so seeing a digital representation of her should be only be about 25 percent less striking by our estimation. Today EA revealed that its upcoming entry …

When Forza arrived in 2005, it was the plucky young upstart, challenging the golden god that was Gran Turismo. Microsoft putting their brand new racing sim up against the biggest of the big was a bold move, but In a short four years Forza has established itself as the best …

Gearing up for the September release of Ubisoft’s Driver: San Francisco, the single-player demo will launch tomorrow on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The demo allows players to survey the game’s San Francisco locale for themselves in three missions: the stunt-heavy Prove It, VIP-escorting Escapist, and Team Colors, in which …

Wrecked: Revenge Revisited is the follow up to sleeper hit Mashed: Drive to Survive, another top-down, arcade styled racing game that won over fans with its frantic, fun gameplay. On the surface, Wrecked may not have the immediate appeal of a Burnout or Need for Speed game, but after sitting …

You may find it hard to believe, but before Rez, Child of Eden and Space Channel 5, Tetsuya Mizuguchi made a straight-faced arcade racing game. Looking at it now, it’s hard, if not impossible, to see any of his trademark idiosyncrasies in it. The music isn’t linked to the action, …

Seconds. Yes, seconds. Those ticks that eventually make up a minute are how long it takes to build a track in the PSV’s version of ModNation Racers. Granted, the track may be a bit barren, but the onset of two touchscreens for Sony’s latest handheld bring about the best way …

Codemasters make the best racing games. Fact. The reasons for this are simple: Its EGO engine is the best racing engine out there, providing the best graphics, the best crashes and the best manipulation of time. But more importantly, Codemasters understands the concept of the word ‘race’. DiRT 3 takes …

EA has announced that the next Need for Speed game, dubbed Need for Speed: The Run, will release on November 15 in North America, and November 17 in Europe. The game will be powered by DICE’s Frostbite 2 engine – the same being used for Battlefield 3 (opens in new …