EA wants to get its Need For Speed racing franchise in contact with more and more people, and part of this endeavor is the upcoming NFS World title, which will let anyone around the world race with other people in a living virtual environment. The Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) racing game has now revealed that it is officially entering beta stage,... ...read the full post
EA has just announced that the newest entry in the popular Need For Speed racing video game franchise, NFS Shift, will receive a special batch of downloadable content, in the form of the Exotic Racing Series. Set to include seven new cars as well as over 50 events in which to race them, the Exotic Series will be arriving on March 18th, for the Xbox... ...read the full post
Gran Turismo 5 is definitely one of the biggest racing games arriving this year. But even though a release date is still unknown, the team at Polyphony Digital released a brand new trailer, promoting their long-awaited video game. The “Nights” video was included in another blockbuster release for the PlayStation 3 console, God of War III.... ...read the full post
Alfa Romeo is quite pleased with its MiTo compact hatchback model, and promoted it through quite a lot of interesting ads. The addition of the new MultiAir engines, which both increase power and improve efficiency is even more important to the Italian company, and has decided to release a new marketing campaign. Said campaign takes the classic arcade... ...read the full post
Electronic Arts recently showcased its third quarter fiscal year 2010 earnings, during which it also presented the release plan for its future video games. Among them were three new Need For Speed racing games, including the online multiplayer title NFS: World, but also included two new titles in the popular racing franchise. NFS World is scheduled... ...read the full post
The Need For Speed video game franchise is one of the most successful racing ones of all time, managing impressive sales with each iteration. For the latest one, NFS Shift, its publisher, EA, has prepared something special: a Ferrari-themed downloadable content pack, which will arrive next week (February 16th), exclusively for the Xbox 360 console. For... ...read the full post
Online games are becoming increasingly popular, and with their new-found users, their possibility of promoting various things has also increased. As such, Ford has partnered up with the USA Network TV channel, in order to promote both the new Taurus car and the White Collar TV drama, through a new web game called White Collar: Chasing the Shadow. In... ...read the full post
Toyota unveiled yesterday at the Tokyo Auto Salon a tuned version of its recently released FT-86 rear-wheel drive compact coupe concept. The new model, dubbed the FT-86 G Sports Concept, has certainly impressed many people with its looks, as no performance figures were given by Toyota about the performance of the car. But what it did reveal was a couple... ...read the full post
In terms of racing simulators, Gran Turismo is one of the most acclaimed video game franchises of all time. But seeing as how all this glory means you can take your time with developing a new title, perhaps we shouldn’t praise it anymore. After saying that Gran Turismo 5 will appear this March in Japan and this summer in the rest of the world,... ...read the full post
The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG is definitely one heck of a supercar, which will cost its future drivers quite a lot of money. But PlayStation 3 owners will be getting a chance to race this stunning sportscar for around $60, that being the price of upcoming racing simulator Gran Turismo 5. It seems that the already famous sportscar will be on the cover of... ...read the full post
Snow is bad for almost every type of transportation, but you’d think that Santa Claus, with quite a few years of traveling during the winter season under his belt would find it easy. Sadly, it seems he had a few problems, as he just let us know that one of RPMGO’s presents, the fabulous $191,000 Cruden Hexatech racing game simulator fell... ...read the full post
Car companies, including Toyota, already believe that racing video games are to blame for the lack of interest young people are showing towards real cars, as they can easily take them around the virtual roads instead of the real ones, with only a fraction of money spent. But Japan’s Garage Studie has taken the whole concept one step forward,... ...read the full post
Great news for those of you currently enjoying Forza Motorsport 3, the newest racing simulator to hit Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console, from Turn 10 studios. Not only will you be able to download the sountrack of the game on iTunes and at SumthinDigital website, but you will also be able to purchase a brand new DLC car pack, entitled Hot Holidays. Already... ...read the full post
Racing games are a favorite for many car fans as they allow regular people like you or me to get behind the wheel, virtual as it may be, and see what it feels to drive some of the most expensive cars in the world, without anyone saying anything. But this December, besides the regular presents, will bring something even better for racing fans and PlayStation... ...read the full post
It’s pretty hard to believe it, but it seems that in the 16 years Electronic Arts’ Need For Speed racing video game series existed, it has managed to sell over 100 million copies all over the world. From the original game to the newest titles which have appeared or will appear this year, NFS Shift and NFS Nitro, respectively, the franchise... ...read the full post
