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Mario Kart Tour Speeds Out To 20 Million Downloads For Record Launch

Mario Kart Tour, the mobile game version of the popular kart-racing series, has reached 20,000,000 downloads on its first day of service on between iOS and the Google Play store. This makes it the…

September 27, 2019 | 04:15 EDT

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Mario Kart Tour Gold Pass Costs More Than Nintendo Switch Online and Other Services

The Mario Kart Tour Gold Pass has been revealed and it's a pretty pricy subscription service when you compare it to some other things you can get for the same amount of money. Clocking in at $4.99 a…

September 25, 2019 | 09:30 EDT

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Need For Speed Heat Studio App Adds Augmented Reality Feature

Need For Speed Heat Studio, the companion app to upcoming racer Need for Speed Heat, has added an augmented reality feature. The new Need for Speed Heat Studio augmented reality feature allows you…

September 13, 2019 | 12:15 EDT

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Mario Kart Tour Drifts on iOS and Android September 25

Today, Nintendo announced that Mario Kart Tour, their newest mobile title, would release on September 25 on iOS and Android devices worldwide. The newest Mario Kart title will allow players to…

August 27, 2019 | 03:00 EDT

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Need for Speed Heat Announced and Speeding Out This November

After a number of leaks, rumors and much speculation, as well as being referred to while not formally announced by EA, now they have formally revealed Need for Speed Heat. Developed by Ghost Games, …

August 14, 2019 | 10:34 EDT

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Rocket League Loot Boxes Are Being Removed

Rocket League will no longer have real money loot crates available for purchase, later this year. The Rocket League loot boxes were introduced in September 2016, and have included cosmetics players…

August 6, 2019 | 05:09 EDT

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Garfield Kart: Furious Racing Announced, Can Preorder on Amazon Now

In the (actual) latest Garfield video game universe news, you can now preorder Garfield Kart: Furious Racing on Amazon. The racing title is available for the Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and…

July 30, 2019 | 06:01 EDT

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Need For Speed Heat Leaked, But Details Are Questionable

A new Need For Speed game has reportedly been leaked. Titled Need for Speed Heat, it appeared as if longtime racing game fans finally had something new and interesting to look forward to.…

July 30, 2019 | 08:44 EDT

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Grid Reboot Stuck in Pit Stop Until October

Codemaster's Grid reboot was announced earlier this year and targeted a September release, but it appears that some more time in the pit stop has turned out to be needed. The newly announced Grid…

July 3, 2019 | 04:52 EDT

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Top Gear Forza Horizon 4 Crossover Has Arrived (and it Features The Stig)

Some say he smells slightly of Dino Nuggets and can throw a socket wrench over the Tower of London. We just call him The Stig, and he'll be included as a reward in the newly-launched Top Gear Forza…

July 3, 2019 | 12:40 EDT

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Xbox E3 2019: Forza Horizon 4 LEGO Speed Champions

At the Microsoft E3 2019 the new expansion for Forza Horizon 4 that will be featuring a collaboration with LEGO. Forza Horizon 4 LEGO Speed Champions brings a bunch of cars to the game that will be…

June 9, 2019 | 06:21 EDT

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Codemasters Announces All-New GRID To Release On September 13

UK developer Codemasters has just announced an all-new title in the GRID racing games series. The title is called GRID, and it is the fourth game in the series, with the last one being Grid Autosport…

May 21, 2019 | 11:50 EDT

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Rocket League Review Bombed Following Epic Games Acquisition of Psyonix

Yesterday we reported the acquisition of Psyonix by Epic Games, as part of Epic's campaign to establish dominance in the PC gaming ecosystem, which has been paved largely with exclusive deals. As…

May 2, 2019 | 10:21 EDT

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[Updated] It's Settled: Rocket League Not Epic Exclusive Coming After Epic Acquires Psyonix

Update: The original version of this story stated that Rocket League would become an Epic Exclusive based on statements that strongly implied that. Epic Games has since released a statement…

May 1, 2019 | 05:30 EDT

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Mario Kart Tour Beta Now Accepting Applicants

After a delay, you'll now be able to play the upcoming mobile title Mario Kart Tour soon with its upcoming closed beta. Nintendo has opened applications to become a tester for Mario Kart Tour's…

April 25, 2019 | 02:19 EDT

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Rocket League Loot Boxes Can No Longer Be Opened In Belgium and The Netherlands

Rocket League loot boxes can no longer be opened in Belgium and The Netherlands in a continuation of the war between government regulation of in-game microtransactions and game developers. The most…

April 18, 2019 | 10:50 EDT

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Rocket League Friends Update Releases February 23

Today, Psyonix announced that the Rocket League friends update, which makes friends lists and parties cross-platform, will be available on February 23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m35zFlZyU4…

February 12, 2019 | 07:02 EST

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Mario Kart Tour Delayed To Summer 2019

Mario Kart Tour, the upcoming mobile adaptation of the Mario Kart series, has been delayed until summer 2019. The news comes from the official Nintendo Twitter account. Translated, the tweet…

January 31, 2019 | 01:40 EST

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Forza Horizon 4 Getting Its First Expansion, Fortune Island

Forza Horizon 4 will be getting its first expansion, Fortune Island. The expansion is the largest the series has ever seen and will launch December 13, 2018. The expansion will add a brand new land…

November 10, 2018 | 06:42 EST

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Team Sonic Racing Delayed, Now Releasing May 2019

Upcoming kart racer Team Sonic Racing has been delayed until May 2019. The news came via a tweet posted on the official Sonic the Hedgehog Twitter account. The tweet cites a need to make Team Sonic…

October 29, 2018 | 11:30 EDT

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Rocket League's Rocket ID Delayed Until 2019, PS4 Cross-Play May Be Coming

The bad news is that Rocket League's upcoming cross-platform party feature is being delayed until 2019 according to a news post on the game's official website. The good news? They're hopeful about…

October 18, 2018 | 05:53 EDT

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Forza Horizon 4 Post-Launch Roadmap Revealed

The post-launch content for Forza Horizon 4 has been revealed. It includes the first month of additional content, which will conclude the game's first full seasonal cycle. The latest addition to…

September 26, 2018 | 11:47 EDT

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Bright And Colourful Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers Coming To Switch August 30

Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers launches August 30 on Switch for $9.99. The game is being published by UNITES, Sony Music Entertainment's Japan-based publishing label. Chiki-Chiki Boxy Racers allows up to…

August 21, 2018 | 11:00 EDT

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Rocket League Developers Next Of Many To Reveal Loot Box Drop Rates

While the heat around Loot Boxes seems to be cooling off it's still clear that many players, companies, and even governments want better clarity on what your chances are of earning an item are as you…

July 24, 2018 | 06:00 EDT

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Super Indie Karts Drives Towards 1996 in Ultra Update on July 19th

We've seen our fair share of indie crossover games, but it's only very recently that they've started to get good. Nicalis is covering the puzzle space and several others are stepping up to the ring…

July 16, 2018 | 01:26 EDT

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Microsoft E3 2018: Forza Horizon 4 Announced, Will be Online, Open World; Coming October 2

Forza Horizon 4 was officially announced during Microsoft's press conference with a trailer. The trailer showed off cars racing through several countryside locations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…

June 10, 2018 | 05:45 EDT

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Team Sonic Racing Announced Ahead of E3

Sonic has a long history of racing, as befits a character who has made his motto on the idea of going fast and whose bread and butter was being contrasted with Mario, who famously has his own karting…

May 31, 2018 | 11:43 EDT

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Rocket League to Receive Cross-Platform Play, Leveling Updates, And More

Everyone's favorite advanced sports soccer game, Rocket League, is going to get some significant changes over the summer, including quite a few new and interesting features. While the full list of…

May 13, 2018 | 06:46 EDT

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Ubisoft Reflections Releases New Game Ode for PC

Ubisoft Reflections, the studio behind Grow Home, Grow Up, and Atomega, revealed and released their newest game Ode yesterday, November 27th. The puzzle-platformer is playable in the US and UK only…

November 29, 2017 | 12:26 EST

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Need for Speed Payback Getting Changes to Progression System

Yesterday EA made the surprising move to temporarily suspend microtransactions in Star Wars Battlefront 2 amid heated feedback from the community, but it looks like another game is getting some…

November 17, 2017 | 10:31 EST

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Need For Speed Payback Title and Release Date Reveal

Back in early May, we got our first hints of a new Need for Speed title that would arrive by the end of 2017. This morning the full reveal of the 2017 Need for Speed took place via the official Need…

June 2, 2017 | 10:47 EDT

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New Need For Speed Announced, Won't Be Always Online

A new Need for Speed game will arrive by the end of 2017, and much to the delight of fans of the series, players will have the option to play through the entire game offline. This announcement came…

May 10, 2017 | 01:22 EDT

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Rocket League has Passed 1 Million Physical Sales

The Psyonix-developed rocket car powered eSports title Rocket League has been selling like hotcakes since its release as a free title for PlayStation Plus subscribers alongside PC. The game, made by…

April 13, 2017 | 08:30 EDT

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Rocket League Getting New Dropshot Mode

Rocket League developer Psyonix has announced that a new mode will be coming to the popular rocket-powered soccer game as part of a free update. This mode is called 'Dropshot' and is the latest is an…

March 14, 2017 | 11:30 EDT

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Rocket League Toy Cars are Coming!

In many ways, Psyonix's football racer Rocket League is the gift that keeps on giving. Released back in 2015, the deceptively simplistic and (also deceptively) hard to master eSports game has managed…

February 5, 2017 | 09:30 EST

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Rocket League's DLC pack Aquadome launches today

Rocket League started as a small indie project from experienced game developers and is now a gaming phenomenon. Psyonix continues to push more DLC for the soccer meets RC car game. The developer…

October 4, 2016 | 05:17 EDT

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Rocket League AquaDome Update Details

A brand new update is coming to Rocket League, and with it, a new map, new cars, and new achievements andtrophies, among other things. This update releases for free across all platforms on October…

September 30, 2016 | 07:24 EDT

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Forza Horizon will be reaching "End of Life" status on October 20th

In a post put out on the official Forza website, Playground Games confirmed that you will no longer be able to purchase Forza Horizon or any of it's DLC on the Xbox 360 after October 20th. …

September 24, 2016 | 10:22 EDT

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Psyonix is Coming Down on Toxic Players in Rocket League

A few days after Rocket League developer Psyonix released the new Rumble mode to the public and introduced players on the MacOS and Linux to soccer with rocket-powered cars, the developer has…

September 18, 2016 | 10:37 EDT

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New Game Mode to be Added to Rocket League in September

Rocket League's success is indisputable. Since its release in 2015, the action-sport mashup title created quite the sensation. Part of its success comes from the stream of content updates Psyonix…

August 14, 2016 | 12:48 EDT

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Rocket League Cross-Play Needs Sony Approval

Psyonix, developer of the breakout indie hit Rocket League, is hovering its hand over a big red button. This button will allow Rocket League cross-play between Playstation 4 and Xbox One servers!…

July 21, 2016 | 12:47 EDT

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Rocket League to Implement New Crate System

On Friday, July 8 2016, leaked Rocket League assets were posted in a Rocket League forum. These assets, which can be seen below, are of an apparently planned crate system for Steam, similar to what…

July 11, 2016 | 10:46 EDT

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Humble June Monthly Bundle Released

Its the first Friday of a month, so its time for the next Humble Monthly Bundle! This month's bundle includes car soccer, pub crawling, survival, and planetary destruction. Anyone who bought the…

June 3, 2016 | 04:26 EDT

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Rocket League Has Sold Over 5 Million Units

Nobody would've expected the follow-up to Psyonix's RC-cars soccer game Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars to be an enormous success, but Rocket League has managed to become a staple of…

June 2, 2016 | 10:46 EDT

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Upcoming Rocket League Update Will Expand Quick Chat Options

The developers behind the hit indie game Rocket League are planning a huge update for this June, and in a recent post on the Rocket League website, we learned the first details towards what that…

May 19, 2016 | 09:22 EDT

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Euro Truck Sim 2 and Rocket League Cross-Promote

  Rocket League developer Psyonix and Euro Truck Simulator 2 developer SCS Software will be doing a cross promotion by adding cosmetic items to each other's games according to news posts on SCS…

April 26, 2016 | 09:10 EDT

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Rocket League Basketball mode coming next week

Rocket League is getting a brand new game mode next week as fans can go from playing soccer with rocket powered cars to playing basketball. This game mode was originally teased in a tweet at the…

April 21, 2016 | 11:40 EDT

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Rocket League's Basketball Mode Is Coming In April

Psyonix's continued effort to add every ball game known to man to their competitive RC-car sports game Rocket League continues, and this time basketball is set to make its debut at some point in…

March 30, 2016 | 08:00 EDT