There is something mesmerizing about vehicular carnage. Car accidents are strange moments, as no matter how violent and tragic they are, we cannot look away. In real life, they are terrible moments, but in movies and video games, there is a stunning amount of work done to produce a great cinema style car crash, leaving to unforgettable scenes, such as the spectacular ending to the Steve McQueen’s pursuers in Bullit. That level of cinematic destruction leads to the creation of

Wired Productions have been bringing forth stellar, unconventional titles to the gaming space, such as 2016 Super Dungeon Bros and last year’s Vostok Inc, which was a personal favorite game last year. Now, this year, Wired Productions bringing Grip, a futuristic combat racing game greatly inspired by the PlayStation Classic, Roll Cage to PAX East. Grip is a vehicular action and racing game coming to PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch Xbox One and PC. As a fan of sci-fi and anythi

Simulation racing games are revving up for a return. Microsoft is bringing is famed simulation franchise, Forza back this holiday season, while Sony PlayStation is bringing a fresh coat of paint for legendary Gran Turismo franchise with Gran Turismo Sport. Not to be left in the dust, Eden Games is bringing Gear.Club: Unlimited, the Nintendo’s Switch’s first big non-kart racing title. Gear.Club has players hop into the driver’s seat of their favorite real licensed vehicles. Wi

In 1995, when the first PlayStation launched, a small game was launched beside it as part of its launch lineup. Coming from UK based Psygnosis and Sony LEEDS Studio, this was known as WipeOut. over the coming decades, WipeOut would be known as one of the fastest racing video games ever made, with tight gameplay, well-imagined courses, and a wildly creative futuristic city constantly running at a smooth 60fps. The game would also be a launching point for EDM and Dance artists

Few franchises have aged as well as the Burnout franchise. Known for their ridiculous sensations of speed, incredible visual style, and a plethora of gameplay modes to play, the Burnout franchise was a revolutionary racing franchise that paved new roads and laid the first tire marks on them. Its legacy has carried over into Three Fields Entertainment, a new 11-person studio that consists of core members of the Burnout team. Coming hot off the release of last year’s Dangerous

For may decades, Hasbro brought us a long-running, highly successful toy line, featuring a large assortment of vehicles, from planes, cars, to spaceships. They were known as The Micromachines. Micromachines took the larger-than-life vehicles in our world, and movies then miniaturized them into cool playable toys. In particular were the incredibly popular Star Wars Action Fleet, a line of micro machines that took the star wars vehicles to scale and down-sized them, with accura

There is an old, tested saying that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Where one game paves a new path, another game will flow, with new, interesting designs and ideas. For PlayStation owners, futuristic racers go back to one, classic title: Wipeout from Sony’s Liverpool Studios. Originally released as a launch title in 1995, Wipeout introduced lightning fast racing, set within a vividly realized future, that also featured a tremendously pulsating soundtrack. The fr

NASCAR Heat Evolution was released on September 13th. There was not as much press out there for this game as one might think. I knew about it being released back in June but never saw any hype on it. People were not able to pre-order it till about 2-3 weeks before release. The developer of the game is “Monster Games”. They have been out of the racing video game genre for a while now, but they previously also developed the game Dirt to Daytona. I was actually excited to final

RedOut by 34 Big Things Studios. Taking inspirations from high-speed games, such as F-Zero, Wipeout, and Switch Gravity Ultra, Redout is a high-speed racing game, where players take to their ships in blisteringly fast speed across a variety of futuristic tracks on multiple planets. Despite the resurgence of cyberpunk and future games in the main spotlight of the industry, there have hardly been any future racers, if at all. I sat down with a representative of Redout as I wait