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Racing Games EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Namco Bandai trademarks Ridge Racer Accelerated in Japan 14 Ever vigilant in that department, Siliconera has unearthed another Japanese trademark, this time from Namco Bandai. It seems the company has registered something called Ridge Racer Accelerated, a... Forza 3 gets new DLC packs: Free and not so free 13 Developer Turn 10 has just announced two new content packs for Forza Motorsport 3, the first being a free Hyundai Genesis Coupe car pack. This one is available on XBL now to Gold members, free of... It lives! RC car racer Things on Wheels gets a trailer 6 Load Inc. knows a thing or two about creating racing games that star RC cars. Mad Tracks, the studio's 2007 release, was enjoyable at the time. It's been about that long since I last played the ... DiRT 2 demands DX11, Intel Core i7 for maximum sexiness 14 Now DiRT 2 may not be the prettiest racing game ever, but it's quite the sight to behold. And with the PC version of the off-road racer supporting DirectX 11, it's going to be even more stunning.... Pre-order Split Second, get a vehicle of some sort 6 Exciting, huh? Black Rock's Split Second provides so many thrills that the studio decided to turn the insanity down a notch for the game's obligatory GameStop-exclusive pre-order bonus. As you ca... Plan on seeing Criterion's Need for Speed game next year 12 The revitalization of Need for Speed as a franchise must be going well, because the Criterion-developed NFS game is very much alive and kicking. You can look, but you can't touch. Wait, no -- you... Trials developer put game up on torrent sites 19 Those crazy cats at RedLynx did what? Yep, they put their PC game Trials up on torrent Web sites. But before you start calling the closest mental institution, hear the plan out. "Piracy is here, ... Forza 3 player isn't banned for breast cancer sticker 40 We received a few tips this afternoon, pointing to a Forzamotorsport.net forum post, in which user Slim135 says he was banned for a Breast Cancer Awareness bumper sticker as part of his custom li... Tighten up those graphics: DiRT 2's shiny new look for PC 11 Codemasters promised better "water and other surfaces as well as crowd animations" for the delayed PC version of DiRT 2, and they weren't kidding. While console gamers have had the opp... NFS series reaches 100 million sold and other crazy facts 10 The Need for Speed franchise has hit an impressive 100 million copies sold, a feat EA says only four other videogame brands have managed to accomplish. The game to push the series over the mark w... Need for Speed: Nitro's release gets pushed up 3 While Need for Speed: Shift may be seemingly pushed to the wayside by Forza Motorsport 3, EA's next attempt at finding a NFS game that will stick, Need for Speed: Nitro, may find more success. It... Want to see some Road Rash HD? Check it out! 77 EA Warrington's new Road Rash game is in the works, and some previsualization test footage has been uncovered. This is just rough conceptual stuff at the moment, but even the bare-bones video yo... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! T. Metal VS G. Turismo 66 Last week's debate will hopefully be a wake up call to those responsible for the Mortal Kombat series' future. The numbers from our microcosm debate poll may show that a small group of people are... Ubisoft acquires Nadeo (aka the TrackMania folks) 11 Not a big TrackMania player? Psh, you would say that. Today's news of Ubisoft acquiring the series' developer, Nadeo, is probably not relevant to your interests then. In preparation for your kind... NFS: Shift crashing on Xbox 360, tries to access PSN!? 55 This is absolutely hilarious. A ridiculous and peculiar glitch in EA's new racing title, Need for Speed: Shift, has allegedly been unearthed, and it's amazing. The title supposedly contains a gam... Turn 10's Greenawalt: Racers shouldn't be so punishing 10 There's a reason why I tend to tell people I'm not big into simulation racing -- those two words instantly make me think of harsh, realistic gameplay that requires me to know a hell of a lot abou... TGS 09: Forza 3 Fujimi Kaido downhill drift trailer 10 Yes, that's four downhill hairpins in a row you're looking at. Fresh from the Tokyo Game Show, this new trailer for Forza Motorsport 3 gives us a look at the game's Fujimi Kaido course, which mak... TGS 09: New cars announced for Forza Motorsport 3 11 Celebrating the Japanese drift racing spirit, Microsoft and developer Turn 10 have revealed a set of new Japanese cars available in Forza Motorsport 3 at Tokyo Game Show. Additionally, they annou... EA giving away a BMW to promote Need for Speed: Shift 14 Electronic Arts likes to give things away. Hot off the heels of our Twitter party, where a PS3 Slim was up for grabs, EA has announced a rather huge contest where lucky contestants can get their ... Review: Colin McRae DiRT 2 50 When Codemasters announced DiRT 2, I was very happy to see that it still had Colin McRae's name on it. I found the first game to be "okay," and after playing the demo for this second in... Forza 3 goes gold, demo hits September 24th 16 Microsoft and developer Turn 10 announced today that Forza Motorsport 3 has gone gold, and confirm that a playable demo will be arriving on the Xbox Live Marketplace as of September 24th. The dem... The more you know: Silly Trials HD secret uncovered 11 Warning: what you are about to hear will undoubtedly cause you to boot up your Xbox 360 and play Trials HD to see RedLynx's "secret" feature.In case you didn't know -- for the record, I... Blur's power-ups encourage dickish racing 18 We recently had a chance to play upcoming PS3, Xbox 360 and PC racer Blur split-screen multiplayer (more on that later today) and it was there that we had a chance to see what the game's really a... Blur gets Twitter support 10 We've all been in that position. We've just come first place on a really grueling, frustrating track in the latest racing game, and we want to tell the world. But the computer is so far away and ... Game SERIES Debate to the Death: Mario Kart VS Gran Turismo 140 Last week I think we killed a game series. No one checked to see if it was breathing, we just all ran in fear and guilt. Could we have done anything to save the series? We might have to make a pa... DiRT 2 getting a magical demo tomorrow on Xbox LIVE, PSN 23 The folks at Eurogamer have been informed that a demo for DiRT 2 is set to arrive tomorrow on both PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE. As expected, it's going to include a single-player course for... GC 09: These Blur screenshots are kind of blurry 8 Irony? Poetic justice? I don't know what to make of these Blur screenshots being blurry, mostly because my cat decided to be a dick and jump on my face while I was sleeping last night so now I'm ... Logitech announces pimp new G27 racing wheel 18 Logitech has announced its new G27 racing wheel peripheral, and it almost looks nicer than what's probably in your actual car. This serves to replace the G25, and makes some improvements over tha... GC 09: new Need for Speed SHIFT screenshots 4 When it comes to racing games, I'm usually more of a sim kind of guy than I am a fan of arcade-style driving. I've enjoyed what I've played from Need for Speed series well enough, but as its entr... Dirty movie: New Colin McRae: DiRT 2 trailer 14 Codemasters is getting down and dirty with some hot new footage of ... ugh. Okay, look, I'm not going to do that to you. There's a new trailer for Colin McRae's DiRT 2, alright? The game looks ve... Review: Trials HD 40 At first glance, Trials HD didn't look like my type of game. It's sort of a hybrid racing game/physics puzzler with a heavy emphasis on demanding perfection. Skill-based games like this aren't ex... RC car racing coming to PSN next week with Smash Cars 11 There's something about racing games with RC toy cars that is beyond appealing to me. Maybe it's the tracks -- they are often huge in proportion to the adorable little cars and tend to involve al... Codies: Natal won't replace traditional controls 26 At E3, Microsoft proudly showed someone using a system of mystical motions in order to play a racing game, but despite Project Natal's promise of a brave new tomorrow, genre staple Codemasters re... DiRT 2 has 8-player online because it's the 'sweet spot' 4 If the latest trailers are any indication, DiRT 2 is shaping up quite nicely. But there's one thing we haven't heard or seen much about yet, and that's the multiplayer component. The original gam... Interview: Ben Ward on Blur 5 Some are looking forward to it, others remain cynical, but Activision is the publisher behind Blur, so it's going to be big. Despite what some have said about the early showing at E3, I remain ho... Bizarre: Motion control shouldn't replace control pads 24 Destructoid has an interview coming soon with Bizarre Creations, the studio responsible for the Activision-published racing game Blur. We've been chatting about Blur's community features, and wha... Take a look at Gran Turismo PSP's colorful pre-order bonuses 8 Over on the PlayStation.Blog, the pre-order bonuses for Gran Turismo PSP have been divulged. Why is this a big deal, you ask? Try saying that to Dale North and coming back home with the same face... WipEout HD: Now with intrusive, sluggish advertising! 68 The most common argument you ever see during a debate about in-game advertising is one I tend to agree with myself: It's okay so long as the adverts don't negatively impact the gameplay. So, what... This is why we shouldn't write off Trials HD so easily 29 When it comes to the second annual XBLA "Summer of Arcade" line-up, one game more than any other appears to be the odd man out for most people. Although you could probably argue otherwi... Blur is all about bringing fun, intensity to the genre 20 With an abundance of racing games this year, most of which look rock solid, it's going to be easy to forget one or two of them. From what I can tell, Blur could be one of the racers that gets for... Forza Motorsport 3's swanky Collector's Edition detailed 24 The hotly anticipated Forza Motorsport 3 is getting a real classy Collector's Edition. So classy, in fact, that it's referred to as a "Limited Collector's Edition" and can only be found... Codemasters throws four DiRT 2 videos at us, we watch them 12 In the past, I have made it no secret that I'll always prefer in-game, uncut footage of videogames over an expertly cut trailer. Time and time again I've been fooled by very convincing trailers t... Need for Speed: NITRO hits Wii and DS this November 4 Can you feel it yet? Can you feel the pile of videogame releases being crammed into the September through November time slot? It's time to start saving up, or you could always do what I do: pick ... Watch this ModNation Racers trailer unless you hate cuteness 14 ModNation Racers is a PlayStation 3 exclusive I have had my eyes on since, well, it was announced at E3 2009. To sum the experience up, it's an adorable-looking kart racer with a strong emphasis ... Watch this ModNation Racers trailer unless you hate cuteness 14 ModNation Racers is a PlayStation 3 exclusive I have had my eyes on since, well, it was announced at E3 2009. To sum the experience up, it's an adorable-looking kart racer with a strong emphasis ... 'Splosion Man, Shadow Complex, and more get priced, dated 21 Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson (God, I love saying that) agrees that today has been one hell of a mighty slow news day, and to remedy the situation, he broke out something exciting: the release dates a... Preview: MX vs. ATV Reflex 6 Off-road racing is a potentially dangerous endeavor. Hell, we nearly lost our own Hamza Aziz to an ATV accident last year -- but, shark that he is, he merely brushed off the crash and continued o... Trials HD gets emotional, lets me talk about Boondock Saints 9 Sure, the physics-based racing game Trials Second Edition has been up on Steam since March of last year, but the appropriately-titled Trials HD for Xbox LIVE Arcade is still on track for a Summer... DiRT 2 PC gets pushed back to support DirectX 11 7 As of this morning, racing game fans craving DiRT 2 have two distinct options to pick from: play the off-road racer in September on either an Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, DS, or PSP, or wait unt... DiRT 2 screens remind us that yep, the game does still exist 6 Look, I don't mean to call Codemasters out, or say that DiRT 2 isn't attractive visually, but when it comes to these latest screenshots for the off-road racer, there appears to be more than meets... Here's a first look at the Burnout fanatic's car of choice 14 Besides adding a fantastic new location to Burnout Paradise, the "Big Surf Island" add-on brought nine new vehicles, all of which are pretty rad for plenty of various reasons. But there... Gran Turismo has let us down, but Forza 3 is here to help 30 Lips flap a lot at E3. After all everyone is there to make a splash. Remember when Dan Greenawalt, Forza 3's creative director, mentioned once or twice that Forza 3 was going to be the definitive... EA Games Europe boss trash talks NFS: SHIFT's competition 8 If there was one genre that came out super strong at E3, it was undoubtedly racing games. With Forza Motorsport 3, Need for Speed: SHIFT, DiRT 2, Blur, Split/Second, and more, there are going to ... A Criterion-developed Need for Speed is in the works 12 It's been nearly a month since we last reported on the rumors, but it finally happened: someone confirmed the existence of a Need for Speed title being developed by Criterion Games. That someone ... That incredible Forza 3 trailer took how long to make!? 13 Look, E3 was an absolute overload of info, so I don't blame you if you missed out on seeing Forza Motorsport 3's brand new video editor being demo'd. The crew at Turn 10 showed off what could be ... This H2Overdrive trailer made me go get $20 in quarters 12 Thanks to GameVideos, we have what it takes to satisfy your appetite for extreme boat racing action: a trailer for the spiritual successor to Hydro Thunder, H2Overdrive!There's no denying the gre... E3 09: Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing screens confirm cars 9 Yes, it's Sonic the Hedgehog and he's in a car. We're not going to question it, or indeed, anything that Sonic has been doing for the past ten years. We've frankly given up trying to work it out.... E3 09: ModNation Racers footage from Sony conference 7 You have to laugh when you watch this video, because within the first minute you can hear R3y say aloud while he films, "This is such a Colette post." He's quite right, despite the fac... E3 09: Check out Forza 3's all-new video editor and more 4 Forza Motorsport 3, according to Turn 10? It's the "definitive racing game of this generation." Whether or not you agree with this assessment is up to you, but I'm inclined to believe t... E3 09: Forza Motorsport 3 looks good ... too good 20 It's 2:00 A.M. and we're still talking about gaming news from the Microsoft E3 press conference. 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