La Atari ha annunciato oggi che a partire dal prossimo 8 maggio sarà disponibile per la XBox 360 una demo esclusiva del prossimo Test Drive Unlimited, che gli utenti della console Microsoft potranno scaricare tramite il servizio XBox Live. Anche oggi infine sono disponibili anteprime del gioco: un video da 5,4MB che mostra la Pagani e 26 screenshots inediti.

Atari today announced that an exclusive demo for the highly anticipated racing game, Test Drive Unlimited, will be made available to users of the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, via the Xbox Live® Marketplace.

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The demo will be available to download from 8 May until 14 May 2006 as part of Microsoft’s plans to bring gamers closer to the E3 experience and offer of free Xbox Live Gold membership for the week.

The demo grants players an exclusive chance to get behind the wheel of Test Drive Unlimited and sample some of its online and offline challenges along 40 miles of Oahu’s beautiful open roads. To add a bit of spice, players will be able to replay all of the challenges as many times as they wish in order to shave valuable seconds off their time-challenge records, or set about thrashing either human or AI competition in the races before heading to www.testdriveunlimited.com to view their global ranking.

As a way of letting players find out for themselves what a Massively Open Online Racing game is, the Test Drive Unlimited demo will allow players to set up as many instant challenges as they wish. Players driving along the road can challenge other players to a one-on-one race, define their own start and end points for the race, and power through the lush Hawaiian scenery at break-neck speeds.

With a choice between the Ford Shelby GT500, Lotus Exige and Lamborghini Gallardo, a luxury-laden Lamborghini dealership to visit, and a beautiful house for each player who logs in, the demo offers players a mouth-watering taste of Eden Games’ forthcoming automotive masterpiece.

Test Drive Unlimited is racing reinvented. For more information and to view global demo rankings visit www.testdriveunlimited.com.

La Codemasters ha annunciato oggi l'arrivo del prossimo Colin McRae Rally 2007, ennesimo capitolo della saga rallystica dedicata al pilota scozzese, titolo che approderà anche sulle consoles di nuova generazione nel corso del prossimo anno. Trovate qui sotto l'intero comunicato stampa con alcuni screenshots.

Colin McRae Rally, the genre-leading off-road racer, is to return in 2007, Codemasters announced today. The all-new McRae game, (working title CMR’07), is now in development exclusively for next-generation platforms.

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After a two-year break for the series, Codemasters Studios’ designers are back creating a totally reinvigorated McRae experience. The new Colin McRae title will go beyond the series’ point-to-point rallying to deliver the most diverse selection of extreme off-road competitions. Sensational gravel, mud and dirt racing events from the world over will include perilous Hill Climb and collision-packed Rally Cross events.

International rallying competitions will also feature, with official cars on tracks based on real roads and locations around the globe. The title will also expand on beat-the-clock racing and include events with multiple cars on track to satisfy anyone who wants to push their on-the-edge driving just that bit further.

Says Gavin Raeburn, Executive Producer at Codemasters: 

“The all-new Colin McRae Rally will be a real evolution for the series and offer a massive variety of off-road events, more than any other single-championship rally game has before. It's being designed to offer a totally accessible, high-speed and adrenalin-fuelled ride for newcomers to the series, yet race hardened McRae players will be able to delve under the bonnet and immerse themselves in the most challenging of competitions.â€

With official cars and official events across a wide variety of off-road and rally disciplines, the most authentic and thrilling tracks ever in a McRae game, modes that make the most of online multiplayer and the series’ trademark intuitive car handling system tuned to perfection, Colin McRae Rally is evolving and will appear on next-generation systems in 2007.

Il portale di Eurogamer ha pubblicato la propria recensione dedicata al nuovissimo Evolution GT della Milestone: potete leggere l'intero articolo a questo indirizzo.

Tarquini introduces the special features which define Evolution GT's numerous failings. The first of these is 'intimidation', which is implemented via a small slider bar attached to the cars of your opponents. Put the pressure on them by keeping close and their nerve will eventually fail, allowing you to overtake with ease. And hey, as I type I realise that this sounds okay in theory, but the implementation in the game itself is impossibly naïve...

Non siete ancora sazi di anteprime dedicate al prossimo Test Drive Unlimited targato Atari ? Allora ecco per voi altri sei screenshots inediti ed un nuovo comunicato stampa ufficiale.

Test Drive® Unlimited is racing reinvented. It stands to be the most revolutionary driving game ever delivering an offline and online driving experience so advanced that without the power of the Xbox 360 and today’s advanced PCs it would never have been thought possible.

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On the one hand Test Drive Unlimited is the world’s first M.O.O.R. (Massively Open Online Racing) game, giving players an unprecedented online experience, but on the other hand Test Drive Unlimited is without doubt the ultimate automotive experience for car and bike enthusiasts alike whether they play through the game on or offline. In-game, players can visit the most sophisticated car and bike dealers to look at and purchase new vehicles or simply take them for a test spin. Players can then participate in 8 player races on or offline and take any of their vehicles for a cruise around more than 1000 miles of diverse Hawaiian roads. Further, players can collect and trade rare performance parts and customise each vehicle to make it one-of-a-kind. Additionally, gamers win races, challenges, missions and tournaments to earn credits and purchase new cars, bikes, rare performance parts, clothes, apparel, homes and garages.

    

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Il portale di SimHQ ha pubblicato la propria recensione del recente Toca Race Driver 3 della Codemasters: per leggere l'intero articolo, in inglese, dirigetevi a questa pagina.

Before parting, let us just remind ourselves that whereas serious, hard-core sims don’t sell that well, Codemasters have been able to sell enough copies of their racing games to actually continue producing those games, and following them up with sequels and new releases, so clearly there is a market...