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Hot Wheels Unleashed is worth watching for arcade racing fans

Whether or not you have strong ties to the Hot Wheels brand in 2021, I'd say that based on the first gameplay trailer for Hot Wheels Unleashed, Milestone's upcoming arcade racer could easily still click. The cars look suitably cool, the wi...

 
 
 
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Project CARS GO takes the driving out of the driving sim

If there is one genre that has been all but perfected for mobile gaming, it's the racing sim. Gameloft's Asphalt series has been killing it since it jumped to iOS in 2009, and even if its monetization systems get more aggressive with e...

 
 
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Contest: Win Taxi Chaos for Switch, PS4, or Xbox One

In today's contest you can win Taxi Chaos for Switch, PS4, or Xbox One! Do you want a free game? The answer, of course, is, "Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!" In today's joint we're giving away an...um...homage to the classic Sega cabbie game in T...

 
 
 
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WRC 9 puts pedal to the metal on Nintendo Switch today

The latest entry in the long-running World Rally Championship series finally got the green flag on Switch today, as WRC 9 finally launches on the Nintendo platform, following its September 2020 release on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC WRC 9 for...

 
 
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Forza Horizon 4 is on Steam and there's cross-play

[Update: Forza Horizon 4 launched today on Steam and there's a free car for all platforms. You can get the 2019 Porsche 911 GT3 RS if you sign into your Xbox profile before March 14 at 10:00 am Pacific.] Playground Games' crowd-favorite rac...

 
 
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A new trademark could hint at a Chocobo Racing return

Chocobo Racing was an absolutely staple '90s game. I mean, it came at the tail-end of the '90s, but it epitomized Square Enix's attempt to spin off anything and everything Final Fantasy related after VII hit it so big. And mascot kart racer...

 
 
 
 
 
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EA sees 'incredible opportunity' in Codemasters acquisition

Electronic Arts has spoken of its delight in the publisher's acquisition of developer Codemasters. EA purchased the racing games specialist back in December 2020 for $1.2 billion - the sudden bid pulling the sale out from under the nose of ...

 
 
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Riders Republic bumped from February to 'later this year'

We're only two weeks into 2021 and publishers are already ripping off the delay Band-Aid. We haven't seen or heard much from Riders Republic – just enough that it's on the radar for Steep fans and people who wanted to like that game b...

 
 
 
 
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Slighty Mad Studios CEO excited for Project CARS 4 tech

Late last week, Slightly Mad Studios CEO Ian Bell dropped a few tweets demonstrating his excitement for the company's upcoming road-ripper Project CARS 4, which is currently in development for next-gen platforms. In messages since deleted f...

 
 
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(Update) Forza Horizon 4 gets the Cyberpunk 2077 car

[Update: It'll be available tomorrow, seemingly for everyone who plays the game.] Forza Horizon players can rip around England with some futuristic flair. CD Projekt and Playground Games have collaborated to make the Cyberpunk 20...

 
 
 
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Review: Dirt 5

At a certain point in my life, religiously chasing racing games kind of passed me by. Don't get me wrong, I'm always up for a digital drive: I just might not be partaking in every single entry of a franchise. Although Codemasters has been a...

 
 
 
 
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Ugh, next-gen racing games look so damn good

During almost any other time, I would not be interested in Dirt 5. I say this confidently because I was not interested in Dirt Rally 2.0 or Dirt 4. There have been seven previous Dirt games (!!) and I did not have a lick of inter...

 
 
 
 
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Dirt 5 will be a day-one PlayStation 5 game

Even when it comes to games we've known about for a while, the PlayStation 5 launch lineup isn't set in stone just yet. Today, Codemasters confirmed Dirt 5 will make the November 12 deadline. In a tweet, the studio also reiterated several f...

 
 




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New 2D sonic game,seems like it could be fun but I do personaly find it really really old/repetive how much Sega has done hey remember the old 2D sonic games, hey remember!over last few New levels with Sonic Mania seemed like the right step fowar

 
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Have you ever had to make a big decision but found yourself paralyzed by fear? If so, what did you do? Howd it turn out?

 
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Man Rap music was a awful choice for music for a new 2D Prince of Persia game but it does look like it could maybe be fun? Seems to have nothing to do with the Sands of Time

 
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Sweet Capcom revealed a new MegmanX game is coming to switch and PC in a few months!

 
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Nice to see a release for the end of this month for Dave the Zoey reviewed the early acess launch verison of the game and was really postive of It will come to Switch end of this year

 
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Nice to have a new trailer for this it does look like a fun probably pretty linear 2D The character swinging her motorbike as a weapon does remind me of Devil May Cry

 
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Release date of August 24th now for Blasphmeous Looks it will be fun for fans of

 
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Sweet Turbo Overkill Episode launch is June Always great to hear Giannis voice in these trailer and he is in Trepang 2 for the end of the month Seems we are going to space for episode 3 and playable mech Hope new weapons

 
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The new game by Dontnod the devs that made Life is Strange is out now,I dont really have too much intrest in this but they got Lena Raine to do the games soundtrack so I will for sure check out its

 
 

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