Racing
Pure racing. Pure extreme sport. Pure adrenaline. That's your world. Straddle your ATV and get ready to race through massive tracks in many different environments. Take on the jumps - some sending you soaring hundreds of feet through the air - and pull off the wildest tricks possible. A simple control scheme will have you tricking and racing in minutes, but you'll keep coming back for more of the 50 unlockable tricks and 32 courses. There are also three different modes, including Sprint Mode and Freestyle Mode. And everything is rendered in spectacular next-gen graphics, which will make this the wildest ride you've ever taken!
Pure racing. Pure extreme sport. Pure adrenaline. That's your world. Straddle your ATV and get ready to race through massive tracks in many different environments. Take on the jumps - some sending you soaring hundreds of feet through the air - and pull off the wildest tricks possible. A simple control scheme will have you tricking and racing in minutes, but you'll keep coming back for more of the 50 unlockable tricks and 32 courses. There are also three different modes, including Sprint Mode and Freestyle Mode. And everything is rendered in spectacular next-gen graphics, which will make this the wildest ride you've ever taken!
Over 10 real-life tracks. Fully customizable bikes and riders. All the detail of a sim and all the fun of an arcade racer. What more could you want? Lay down the two-wheeled rubber on well-known tracks like Phillip Island, Monza, and Magny-Cours. Use the tutorials to get the bike underneath you and learn how to steer around the curves, then get ready to race in the Racing Season against four different levels of AI! Don't want that kind of commitment? There are 20 challenges, including passing the leader on the last lap and hitting checkpoints, and 16-player Multiplayer games to keep you up and riding!
It's time for a fast-paced twist on card dueling! Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlus are the hottest new duelists in New Domino City. They've taken to the streets on their Duel Runners, battling at high speeds! Jump on your own motorcycle and pack your deck to summon monsters and take out your opponents. Each adversary you defeat will add their monsters to your deck, only increasing your power. Over 150 unique cards are available to build your deck. You'll also really be using the Wii controls - steer your bike using the Nunchuk attachment while dealing your cards with the Wii Remote. You can even save your profile and deck to your Remote, and take your deck anywhere!
Just like there are heroes and superheros, there are bikes, and then there are Superbikes. Join the toughest racing circuit on two wheels as you ride for the SBK Superbike World Championship. Pick from 12 SBK riders, each with their own true-to-life riding style. Tear up 12 official SBK tracks in locations around the world. Rev your engines in an instant in pick-up-and-play Arcade Mode, or hone your skills in the more technical Extreme Simulation Mode. Ultra-competitive races feature extreme close-ups of riders in action and intense jockeying for the lead. Ride to victory in four types of variable weather conditions, customize your ride, and continue the race online.
Put the pedal to the metal and get your gravel on! Take on a full roster of contemporary off-road events, including canyon racing, jungle trails, and indoor arena events. Compete in the World Tour, where you'll have to prove yourself both solo and against other racers. Race all over the world in environments that are as diverse as the rides available. Choose your favorite type of vehicle, trick it out, and carry it across multiple disciplines. Blast through a rally cross in the massive Los Angeles Stadium. Shut down your friends online in the Malaysian rainforest. And push past the edge in out-of-control canyons in the Utah desert!
Speedville has a new resident: You! Help the town return to its speedometer-bustin' glory days by being the best driver on the track in this MySims kart racer. Whether you're racing against your friends in four-player showdowns or your favorite MySims, your reflexes and driving skills will be put to the test! Hit the body shop and outfit your racer with custom accessories, custom parts under the hood, and the perfect paint job. While the competition is fierce, it's also friendly. Get to know other MySims and they'll hook you up with blueprints, parts, and other bonuses to help improve your ride.
MotorStorm's next race sends you to the edge of the earth. With the temperature falling as fast as speeds are rising, anything is possible! Ride through giant ice caves, into skinny mountain passages, and across the rugged Alaskan wilderness in win-at-all-costs races. Fortunes will crumble on broken ice bridges, hopes will be buried in avalanches that come out of nowhere, and racers will find themselves running on fumes in three altitudes. Those conditions call for some new vehicles, so MotorStorm has rolled out Snowcats and Snow Machines to go along with six existing vehicle classes. You can customize your racer, add your own soundtrack, share your favorite action shots with friends, and more.
Crushing cars is for amateurs. Lay waste to cities (and, of course, the vehicles in them) in this big, bad monster-truck extravaganza! Monster Jam 2: Urban Assault sends you into 12 urban tracks and sends out a call for maximum destruction. Destroy double-deckers in London, crush cabs in New York, bring down malls in Minneapolis, and more. Less is truly more, as the less you leave standing the more you score. Dish out punishment at the wheel of classic monster-truck favorites and the most powerful newcomers to the circuit. Double your impact with high-flying, stunt-filled mini-games like Skee Ball, Air Strike, and Monster Jump.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines, and get ready to race - right in your living room! In the first and only NASCAR title for Wii, you'll take control of a caricature of a real-life NASCAR driver and slip behind the wheel of a wicked-fast go-kart. Play as Jeff Burton, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Jeff Gordon, Kasey Kahne, Elliot Sadler, or one of nine other real drivers. Or, choose from 10 racers created just for the game, each with their own quirks and attributes. You'll race around classic tracks, including Daytona International Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, and Bristol Motor Speedway, as well as exotic locations like freeways and junkyards!
You've never seen a racing game quite like this! The Excitebots are race-ready robo-vehicles with plenty of tricks up their sleeves. They blaze through bizarre race courses at top speeds, pulling off turbo jumps and other impressive stunts. But that's just the beginning. In wild Excitebot races, you'll kick soccer balls, use your bot as a bowling ball, toss pies into the grinning faces of giant clowns, roar past super-sized sandwiches, and more in mid-race mini-games. Pick from an array of bots inspired by animals and insects, then put the pedal to the medal!
Prepare for the ultimate multiplayer racing experience! You and up to seven friends can bring it to the track for the first time on split screen. Use four Wii Remotes and any combination of four Nunchuks, Classic controllers, GameCube controllers, or racing wheels. Practice against phantom racers and use racing lines to learn how to be the fastest. Hit boost pads and pick up wrenches to earn bonus speed or other enhancements. Find hidden shortcuts to blast past your opponents. Battle against your friends with rockets, missiles, lasers, machine guns, and more. Build your car from eight base models and over 160 different variables!
The insane jumps, death-defying stunts, and arcade-style racing of the Rush franchise are now on PSP! Take the wheel of 36 licensed rides and rip through the streets of Los Angeles in 5 open-world environments, including South Central, Hollywood, Downtown, and more. Reclaim your cars, and your street cred, in Story Mode. Earn cash on 30 extra cruise missions, then pimp your ride. Go head-to-head in Wi-Fi Battle Race Mode. Show off your skills in the all-new PSP-exclusive Stunt Arena. For the first time, wirelessly play every cruise mission against another player. You'll also sample a soundtrack from hip-hop's best, including never-before-released cuts from Lil' Kim and Twista.
Get ready to race - off-road style! Rev up the engines of your giant 4x4's, dune buggies, and dirt bikes, and gear up for the ride of your life! Created exclusively for PS3, MotorStorm puts you in the driver's seat for the MotorStorm Racing Festival, where you'll be put to the test in the blazing desert heat. Bump and carve your way through tough terrain as you race to be number one and use your vehicle as a weapon against the other racers. Tough AI pits you against major competition, and real-time track deformation ensures that no two laps will be the same. Read our full interview with Evolution Studios' Simon Benson in this month's GameFly 10Q.
For racing fans, paradise comes in the form of the open road, and Burnount Paradise is filled with miles of just that! Devour downtown streets, careen across freeways, and conquer mountain passes. Wreck opponents in crosstown races where it doesn't matter how you get to the finish line as long as you cross it first. Rev your engine at Paradise City's 120 stoplights to trigger classic Race, Road Rage, and Burning Route Modes, plus new Marked Man and Stunt Run showdowns. The revolutionary new EasyDrive System lets you see when friends are online and instantly meet them. You'll tackle eight-player FreeBurn Challenges, go head-to-head in custom races, and much more.
No tracks. No rules. No load times. Welcome to the Midnight Club. Choose from the hottest tuners, muscle cars, exotics, and superbikes as you race at breakneck speeds through a modern-day Los Angeles, designed in stunning detail. The best aftermarket parts and custom kits are available to trick out your ride. The continuous world and all cars in it have been optimized for the portable, creating the most realistic looking handheld racing game ever! There are over 100 chart-topping songs on the soundtrack, and an extra map of Tokyo with unique races keep the high-octane challenges coming. Then take on up to three friends through local Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi!
Need for Speed returns and drops you even deeper into the world of illegal street racing. Take on a story of pursuit and betrayal, as you choose jobs and compete in races to prove yourself. Then use your skills and reputation to take down an international crime syndicate. You'll fight off the cops in high speed multi-car chases, where an all-new AI system means the cops will do whatever it takes to take you down. The Heroic Driving Engine, a new engine built for this release, lets you pull off amazing moves for the ultimate driving edge. You can even play as a cop and chase down the criminals in Criminal Scramble Mode!
Need for Speed returns and drops you even deeper into the world of illegal street racing. Take on a story of pursuit and betrayal, as you choose jobs and compete in races to prove yourself. Then use your skills and reputation to take down an international crime syndicate. You'll fight off the cops in high speed multi-car chases, where an all-new AI system means the cops will do whatever it takes to take you down. The Heroic Driving Engine, a new engine built for this release, lets you pull off amazing moves for the ultimate driving edge. You can even play as a cop and chase down the criminals in Criminal Scramble Mode!
The only official game of the world's top motorcycle racing circuit throttles up the action for 2008. Moto GP 08 puts you atop the fastest bikes alongside the fastest riders on the world's fastest tracks. The theme here is speed, and you'll catch plenty of it on bikes from leading makers like Ducati, Honda, Yamaha, and more. Compete in 18 Grand Prix races on tracks around the world as you gun for the championship. Race against legendary riders including Nicky Hayden, Valentino Rossi, Shinya Nakano, and reigning champ Casey Stoner. Newcomers include last year's World Superbike champion James Toseland, and 250cc champion Jorge Lorenzo.
The Ferrari Challenge began in 1993. The circuit was conceived as a way to let enthusiastic Ferrari owners really stretch their cars' legs in ways they just couldn't between city traffic lights. Trouble was, unless you had a Ferrari in your garage, you couldn't play...until now. Now you can drive the world's most amazing machines on real-life courses, and you can choose from more than 50 of Ferrari's top models, ranging from modern marvels to unrivaled classics. European GP2 series driver Bruno Senna drove each car on the track and made sure its exact performance made the game. A massive 16-player simultaneous online mode features surprising new elements worthy of Ferrari's exotic, cutting-edge reputation.
When we last saw Crash Bandicoot, he'd just embarrassed his nemesis Cortex in Crash Twinsanity. Cortex is gunning for revenge by challenging Crash to a "friendly" contest at a condemned raceway in hopes of burying the bandicoot under the racetrack's ruins. This freewheeling action racer gives players the ability to "clash" a rival's ride and create a super-car with a blast-ready turret gun. Keep firing the engine or fire the weapon (or switch off with a friend in multiplayer mode). Each character has a custom cannon with a 360-degree range. Wander the world on foot to find vehicle upgrades, unlock bonus tracks, and avoid an ugly end for our furry hero!
The throttle-busting arcade racing of OutRun returns with the ultimate all-American roadtrip! Slip into a precision Ferrari sports car and put the pedal to the metal in eight turbo-charged modes spanning the entire United States. Did we mention your dream girl's riding shotgun? Race the clock in OutRun Mode. Conquer challenges in Coast 2 Coast. Give the lady what she wants in Heart Attack Mode: you'll score points by meeting her requests. Race ghost cars in Time Attack Mode. Rack up OutRun Miles to unlock new courses, music, and Ferraris! OutRun 2006 includes three multiplayer modes, plus the full OutRun2 SP arcade game. America's freeways have no idea what's coming...
There's nothing like hitting the road with only two wheels. The speed, the adrenaline, the challenge - they all add up to an experience unlike any other. Whether you're a veteran of motorcycling games or brand-new to the genre, you will be able to take up the challenge of the world's most intense motorcycle tournament! Ultimate control will be yours as you go full throttle, reaching speeds of over 200 miles per hour. You can even adjust the AI of your opponents to make things even. Pick a rider from all the riders in the 2007 season or make your own and compete on all 18 official tracks.
Join Lightning McQueen and take on a new group of challengers all vying to be the first winner of a new race in this full-throttle Cars showdown! Lightning's best friend Mater is hosting the First Annual Mater-National Race Festival. Do you have what it takes to outgun the competition and go home a champion? When you're not racing, you can run wild in an enhanced open Radiator Springs world, check out Lightning's new Racing Headquarters, and smooth out your skills at his practice facility. You'll speed around new tracks, meet new characters, play new modes, try over 20 mini-games, and take on friends in over 10 multiplayer challenges.
