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October 26, 2014
Whilst DriveClub has finally released this month, the other upcoming racing sim we've all been waiting for has had yet another delay, pushing it back past the holiday season and on to next year.
The game I'm talking about is of course Project Cars, and the developers have recently confirmed that after talks they have decided to push back the game, but the reason for the delay may not be what you may have expected.
Considering that Project Cars was set for a release in November, it's understandable to think that Bandai Namco may have wanted to push it back a month or two, simply because there are just so many other games planned for release next month. (Call of Duty, Halo, GTA V, to name a few..)
However, Bandai have taken the plunge to release the game next year instead, and their reason behind this involves both wanting to stay away from the huge competition in November, and to have more time to fine tune the title.
"Our goal has always been to deliver a landmark
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October 24, 2014
DriveClub was under development for much longer than planned, but despite this, the launch was plagued with a variety of issues, mainly relating to the network performance, giving some players no chance of even downloading and playing the game.
Luckily, Evolution Studios have been working round the clock to ensure that the server performance is at it's best as quickly as possible.
There are still some server performance issues at the time of writing, but most of the launch lag has dissipated. Evolution Studios have managed to do a pretty good job at keeping things under control, especially considering the game debuted as a free title for PSN players, which probably drove the download count to thousands more than Evolution Studios initially anticipated.
Launch server issues are certainly not new, and even developers like Rockstar and Infinity Ward often have server performance problems on the new launch of a game, typically because the huge influx of players simply causes
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October 09, 2014
After a two week delay, Sony have finally revealed the next lineup for the monthly free PlayStation Plus games, and for October, PS Plus subscribers are in for a big treat.
Firstly, DRIVECLUB has now been released, and players can pick up a free copy of the game with a limited amount of features - whilst DRIVECLUB has debuted this month, it will remain free for PS Plus subscribers forever.
The PlayStation Plus version of DRIVECLUB is fairly limited. For example, PS Plus subscribers who do not pay for the game will only get access to 10 different cars and 11 different tracks to race on. In essence, the PS Plus version of DRIVECLUB is more like an extended demo.
As for the actual October PlayStation Plus games, The PlayStation 4 has Dust: An Elysian Trail and Spelunky available for free this month.
On PlayStation 3, Batman Arkham Asylum has been put up for free, and players can also grab Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystaria. Finally, for the PS Vita,
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October 03, 2014
A brand new gameplay video for DriveClub has been released, and it shows off footage of the final, finished build of the game. All I can say is that DriveClub is looking absolutely stunning.
It may not offer the same, open world opportunities as other racing games, such as Forza Horizon 2, but DriveClub certainly looks very incredible. It seems that racing games these days are often used as the benchmark of gaming graphics - we always see the most stunning visuals in racing games before they make their way to new FPS's, RPGs or other genres of video games.
In the new gameplay footage of DriveClub, a few cinematic fly-overs of a selection of cars can be seen - the sun is shining off of the smooth chassis of each vehicle, the world can be seen reflected off of the cars' glass windows, and every crack and crevice can be seen in the detailed world below.
At first, it seems like a very ordinary trailer - the cinematic graphics are stunning, and then the actual gameplay shows
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October 02, 2014
The game director for DriveClub, Paul Rustchynsky, has just revealed the list of cars we can expect to see in the game once it has been released.
Paul revealed the cars on twitter, and split them into five different categories: Hot Hatches, Sports, Performance, Super and Hyper.
Within the Hot Hatches category, Paul announced the Audi A1 quattro, Mini John Cooper Works GP, Renault Clio RS, Volkswagen Golf GTI, and Volkswagen Beetle GSR.
Sports cars will include the Audi RS5, Audi TT RS Plus, Bentley Continental GT Speed V8, BMW M135i, BMW M235i, Lotus Evora Sports Racer, Mercedes-Benz CLA 45 AMG, and Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG.
In the performance category, players will be given access to the Alfa Romeo 4C, Aston Martin Vanquish, Aston Martin V12 Zagato, Audi RS6 Avant, Bentley Continental GT Speed, BMW M3 GTS, BMW M5, Ferrari California, Ferrari FF, Lotus Exige S, Maserati Gran Turismo MC Stradale, Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG Coupe Black Series Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG 45th
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September 20, 2014
The Forza franchise has now been out for so long that Turn 10 have managed to amass a rather large collection of cars that they have been able to move into each game quite easily. This year, Forza Horizon 2 is set for launch, and Turn 10 have just revealed details on the amount of cars we can expect from the game, as well as any rewards players can receive from the monthly loyalty program.
Whilst Turn 10's previous game, Forza Motorsport 5, was filled with microtransactions that allow players to purchase new cars, Forza Horizon 2 has much less of that, and instead has a much larger free collection of cars. In total, players will be given access to a huge range of 210 free vehicles in Forza Horizon 2, and it's expected that future DLC will add even more cars to the game.
On top of this, Turn 10 revealed the Forza loyalty program that will reward loyal players with monthly awards. Don't worry, you won't have to spend any money to be a part of the Forza loyalty program. Instead,
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August 29, 2014
New images have surfaced of Forza Horizon 2, depicting the large world size we can expect to find in the game. Forza Horizon was the first time Turn 10 took the game to an open world platform, and whilst the concept was pretty neat for a Forza game, it wasn't all that it could be.
This time round though, Forza Horizon 2 could be everything we could want from an open world racing sim, and the newly released pictures show off just how large the world will be in the new game.
Turn 10 have taken inspiration from some of France's and Italy's most beautiful areas and combined them into one single open world area that expands to three times the size of the original Forza Horizon game.
On top of having what we expect to be a set of incredible environments, Forza Horizon 2 will have a variety of different random weather effects that can change the road conditions and the overall appearance of the game. As you can see in the map picture shown above, a large amount of the world
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June 10, 2014
Just last week, Turn 10 Studios announced plans to extend their Forza 5 Motorsport Car Pass, and offer two new DLC car packs for absolutely free to anybody that has bought the $49.99 car pack season pass.
The Car Pass was originally meant to give players 80 cars over the course of eight months, but since Turn 10's announcement last week, that number has gone up to 100 cars, for no extra cost.
Despite only being a week since the announcement, Turn 10 Studios have already released one of the car packs now being bundled as an freebie in the $50 car pass. The new DLC pack has been named the Bondurant Car Pack, and it comes with a selection of 10 different new cars.
For those interested, the Bondurant Car Pack comes as part of the June update, and it includes a wide variety of different rides. Below, the different cars in the Bondurant car pack DLC have been listed.
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
2013 Bentley Continental GT Speed
2013 Infiniti #77 Schmidt -
June 03, 2014
I have good news to anybody who's already purchased the Forza 5 Car Pass - Turn 10 and Microsoft have decided to be generous and include two more upcoming DLC car packs into the pass.
This means if you already purchased the Car Pass for Forza 5, you'll be able to get access to the two future DLC packs for free, as well as the previous DLC car packs previously bundled with the Forza 5 Car Pass.
So far, Microsoft and Turn 10 have been releasing car packs every month since Forza 5's launch, but previously they had plans to disclude cars that were released after May, 2014.
These new changes will mean players will get access to June's car pack, as well as July's pack for absolutely free, so long as they have ownership of the Forza 5 Car Pack.
Both the July pack and the June car pack will come with 10 new cars, adding an extra 20 cars to the game via add-on DLC, which totals up to 90 add-on cars since Forza 5's release.
When Forza 5 first came out, any purchased
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May 23, 2014
EVIL CONTROLLERS JOINS THE FRAY ON WII U WITH CUSTOMIZED PRO CONTROLLERS
Evil Expands Their Product Line-Up To Include Nintendo's Newest ConsoleTempe, AZ. (May 2014) - On May 23rd, Evil Controllers will be expanding their lineup to include Custom Wii U Pro Controllers for Nintendo's newest console. The line-up will feature the awesome shell options our loyal customers have come to expect, as well as controllers inspired directly by legendary Nintendo characters.
"We have always had interest in offering Nintendo products; we grew up playing Nintendo, but not until the Wii U did the perfect opportunity present itself," mentions Jonah Coe, Chief Operating Officer. "During our last creative brief, we got to talking about our love of Nintendo, and the passion was evident. We decided then that we should just jump right in; if this is how excited we were, we knew our customers would feel the same."
The starting lineup will include the most popular shell options