Word around Hollywood is Electronic Arts is shopping a Need For Speed treatment around town, hoping to entice film-makers to create a Need for Speed movie. Wouldn't that be... something?
Variety reports that EA has hired John Gatins, writer of Real Steel, to develop a pitch for a movie based on Need for Speed. The idea is to make something like The Fast and the Furious out of the game franchise.
Warner Bros., Sony and Paramount are all said to be interested with Paramount being the frontrunner.
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X-Play recently caught up with Forza developer Dan Greenwalt, who spoke with us about the new Forza title Forza Horizon, the return of Porsche to the Forza series, and Forza Motorsport 4's March expansion pack, that includes classic vehicles like the Chevrolet Corvair, the Aston Martin, and amazing comic-relief car, the Country Squire station wagon! That's a lot of Forza!
Click play on the video below.
Techland, the company responsible for Dead Island as well as the Call of Juarez games, is releasing a racing game. Mad Riders will be published by Ubisoft, and will be available this spring. You'll be able to download it on PC, or through the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
While Techland's recent output is hit or miss (The excellent Dead Island vs. the terrible Call of Juarez: The Cartel), the company's most current racing title was solid. Nail'd is crazy arcade racing game, and seems pretty similar to the description of Mad Riders, a game with 45 tracks, high speed action, mid-air stunts, nitro boosts and shortcuts. It will also feature full-on online multiplayer where up to 12 racers can drop in and out.
Check out the Mad Riders trailer under the "Read More" tag.
G4 recently sat down with legendary video game designer David Jaffe, and the creator of Twisted Metal gave us the inside word on a bunch of different aspects of the new Twisted Metal experience. He detailed the game's single-player and multiplayer as well as its maps and more on X-Play, and gave us an exclusive look at the Twisted Metal's unlock system.
Judging from our Twisted Metal previews, this is a game you're going to be playing online a lot. So, we thought we'd ask Jaffe a bit about TW's unlock system.
"The unlock system is not just about balance. Choices are the most important thing in the game," Jaffe said. "Every time you level up... you're given, basically, a token, and depending on the level you're at, you almost 'go shopping.'"
Happy holidays, video game driving fans: Gran Turismo 5 is releasing a new car pack next week, just in time for Christmas. Car Pack 2 includes the 2011 Mini Cooper S, 2010 Volkswagen Golf VI R, 2010 Volkswagen Scirocco R, and the new and improved 2012 Nissan GT-R Black edition R35.
Plus, anyone who purchases anything from the first batch of DLC will get unlock the Gran Turismo Racing Kart 125 SP and five New Car Refresh cards in the game for free. The refresh cards will take any car back to being ‘as good as new’ while maintaining any modifications or paint jobs you have given your ride.
To take advantage of this offer, you’ll need to install the new downloadable update hitting next week. Speaking of, below the "Read More" tag, you'll find a full list of changes the patch is bringing:
Nintendo made an appearance at the Los Angeles Auto Show recently and they brought some awesome life size Mario karts with them. The karts, based off of the series Mario Kart, were created by West Coast Customs. There were two custom, life size karts, one for Mario and one for his brother, Luigi. Both karts are giant representations of the actual karts from the upcoming 3DS game Mario Kart 7.
The life size Mario karts will eventually be given away to members of the GameStop PowerUp Rewards program. Winners will be announced in February.
Nintendo has a lot going on this week. Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword comes out on November 20 -- days away -- and to get you hyped, Nintendo wants to give you the chance to play the game early. But that's not all. The Big N is also partnering with those gaming wags over at Penny Arcade for a web-comic, as well as attending the L.A. Auto Show to "unveil an exclusive collaboration" with West Coast Customs for a Mario Kart vehicle "that bridges together the iconic video game racing series and one of the most recognized names in the custom automotive industry."
Busy week, right? Details on all three initiatives under the "Read More" tag.
In an interview with IGN, Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi mentioned that his company is working on Gran Turismo 6, saying, "Of course we're working on GT6 already and I think what really will be the separating factor is something that we can't update through a DLC is something that obviously has to be saved for GT6. Things that we can provide through DLC we will, so that's really the market difference."
With this console-cycle nearing its end, and the notoriously long development time for Gran Turismo 5, you have to wonder if the title is planned for the current generation of PlayStation, or will it hit the PlayStation 4?
Source: IGN
Like many red-blooded American men, I'm a fan of actress Christina Hendricks' massive talent, and ever since it was announced that the Mad Men actress was to appear in upcoming racing game Need for Speed: The Run, I've been waiting to catch a glimpse of Christina Hendricks in video game form. The wait is over! Check out Hendricks in Need for Speed: The Run in the video below! Watch as every inch of Christina gets scanned and digitized and thrust into the video game world!
(There's apparently a guy named Sean Farris in the video as well... but mostly Christina Hendricks.)
Why would video game maker Nintendo be holding a press conference at the LA Auto show in Los Angeles? Why would a video game company reserve the same hall Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, Honda, Jeep, Kia, Lincoln, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Ram are using at the big car show?
Officially, Nintendo has no comment, saying only that "we’ll have more info coming soon, but nothing more to announce at this time," but that won't stop anyone from speculating. Nintendo has no other presence at the show -- they don't have a booth or anything like that -- leading to the suggestion that the Big N is planning some kind of collaboration with a big car maker.
As part of Epictober, X-Play's Morgan Webb sat down with EA's Spiro Khoeuri to talk about Need for Speed: The Run. Morgan asks the tough questions, taking a long look at the game's Autolog and Challenge Series features. The video below is crammed full of exclusive, epic video of Need for Speed: The Run in action.
Enjoy!
Need for Speed: The Run will be released on November 15th.
Mad Men actress Christina Hendricks was just announced as a character in Need for Speed: The Run, as well as some dude named Sean Faris from something called Vampire Diaries. But enough about Sean Faris. Lets get back to Christina Hendricks. The actress plays a "lead character" in the racing game, Sam Harper:
"A woman with ambition, street smarts and a penchant for lightning fast cars. She’s turned her lifelong passion into a lucrative livelihood, managing the best drivers in the cutthroat world of outlaw street racing. In this illicit, male-dominated racket, she’s betting on Jack, the story’s protagonist, by fronting his $250K race buy-in in hopes of winning the $25 million prize. It’s Sam that enables Jack to enter the race as she remains his eyes and ears on the course."
To celebrate the launch of the car racing video game Forza Motorsport 4, more than 20 super cars, including four cars worth over $1 million each – a Bugatti Veyron, a carbon Pagani Zonda, a McLaren F1 and a Ferrari Enzo – gathered in a parking lot in London and assembled into a convoy, cruising past London’s most recognizable landmarks in an expression of car passion. The Stig from BBC’s “Top Gear” made a surprise appearance, overseeing the gaggle of rare vehicles.
The parking lot featured a breathtaking collection of the greatest car brands in the world from Aston Martin to Koenigsegg. The vehicles were provided by the London Motor Museum, which estimates the total value of the 20 cars at over $12.8 million.
Click the cut for the full list of vehicles that attended the exciting car party!
We know you'll never drive your dream car, that's why it's called a dream, but you can virtually drive just about any car you want in Forza Motorsport 4! The great Miguel Concepcion got behind the wheel, and gave the car-simulator a spin. Check out a taste of the preview:
The Forza series has long since peeled out of the shadow of its PlayStation rival, Gran Turismo. Forza’s steadier and more reliable release schedule over the years has certainly helped, but more importantly, many genre fans (including myself) consider Microsoft’s driving franchise to be a friendlier, more approachable series than other racing sims. Much of developer Turn 10’s philosophy behind Forza is in creating a game about cars as opposed to being a game about racing. It echoes Yu Suzuki’s classification of Outrun; that it’s not a racing game, but rather a driving game. Based on our recent hands-on time with Forza 4’s gold build, we couldn’t agree more.
Read the rest of our Forza 4 preview!
Forza Motorsport 4 launches on October 11, and developers Turn 10 would like to offer you a season pass. For $29.99, virtual gearheads can have six game add-on packs of DLC as they’re released through the next year. That's a 30 percent saving. Players can purchase the Season Pass on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and at participating retailers--including Best Buy and GameStop.
There's also a demo coming on October 3, in case you need to try before you buy.
Along with the DLC, If you buy the season pass, you'll be able to download the American Muscle Car Pack on launch day that included these classic cars from the USA:
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