Sony has announced the servers powering the online component of Gran Turismo 5 will be closed on May 20, 2014. You'll still be able to play all offline modes, but you'll otherwise need to make the leap to Gran Turismo 6. GT5 was originally announced in 2005, and was eventually released on November 24th, 2010. As the best-selling PS3 exclusive game, with sales of more than 10 … [Read more...]
WRC 4 – Milestone’s Rally Returns
Italian developer Milestone is back with this year's sole entrant in the 'official' World Rally Championship stakes, WRC 4. Building on the 'sleeper' success of the preceding trio and echoing the developer's history of Superbike titles, the new FIA-authorised game sits on the annually improving foundations of those predecessors – a meritorious novelty in a world of roster … [Read more...]
Safari Rally DLC now available for WRC 2
You can now download the WRC 2 "Safari Rally" DLC pack for 400 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 Marketplace or 4.99 Euros on Playstation Network. The downloadable content pack includes one exclusive special stage which is set in Tanzania and Kenya, and is longer than any current stage on the WRC calendar. And if you want to tackle it in a classic Safari car, the options … [Read more...]
ORD hits the Wales Rally GB
Despite playing almost every rally game ever released over the years, I have to confess that I've never actually been to watch rallying live - my experience of rally cars was the circuit-based Rallycross alternative when the legendary Group B cars needed an outlet after being banned from the world stage. However, that changed last weekend, thanks to Black Bean and Milestone, … [Read more...]
Urban Stages unveiled for WRC2
WRC2 is the official game of the 2011 FIA World Rally Championship, and is due for release in October, 2011. Building up to the launch date, Black Bean Games has announced that in addition to 78 Special Stages from 13 official locatins, and five Super Special Stages, the game will also feature Urban Stages. The first Urban Stage is Berlin, and will be included at release, … [Read more...]