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The exciting racing game ‘Headlong‘ by Ottawa-based studio PsychicParrot Games is on a ‘Pay What You Want’ sale over at Indievania.com for the Canadian Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  Headlong is an adrenaline-fuelled racing game where players drive more than 25 unlockable vehicles across 7 environments in 30 career mode events. From monster trucks to super-cars and semis, each vehicle has a unique driving style and handling capability meaning that no two races will ever be the same! The arcade driving physics are specially designed for exciting drifting, jumping, crashing and racing action! Read the rest of this entry »

Ottawa-based game developer PsychicParrot Games has announced that ‘Headlong’, a Unity3d-engine powered arcade racing game for PC and MAC, is available for purchase on Indievania for $3.99. From monster trucks to super-cars, each vehicle has a unique driving style and handling capability meaning that no two races will ever be the same! The arcade driving physics are specially designed for exciting drifting, jumping, crashing and racing action.  In career mode, players drive over 25 unlockable vehicles across 7 environments in 30 career mode events. Read the rest of this entry »

Need for Speed™ World, the free-to-play, massively multiplayer online (MMO) racing game from Electronic Arts, turns two years old today and celebrates with a brand new reveal or free item giveaway each day this week until Friday, July 27. To kick things off, today’s goodies include: Read the rest of this entry »

Developed by the makers of the hit mobile game Drag Racer: Pro Tuner, the original franchise that created the drag racing genre, Drag Racer World is the next generation in mobile gaming. The revamped side-­scrolling racing game will allow players to create racer profiles in XMG’s proprietary cloud system and become part of the global Drag Racer World Community. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal publisher Strategy First, Inc. and indiePub are proud to present the high speed arcade racing game Fireburst to more than 40 million Steam users. Order Fireburst between April 25 and May 2, 2012, and receive a red hot 20% savings off of the regular $9.99 price. Read the rest of this entry »

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has today announced LittleBigPlanet^TM Karting, the newest adventure in the award-winning LittleBigPlanet^TM franchise, exclusively for PlayStation^®3. Developed by United Front Games, in conjunction with Media Molecule, LittleBigPlanet^TMKarting takes the ‘Play, Create, Share’ ethos of LittleBigPlanet and brings it to a fast-paced karting game set within an endlessly imaginative world. Read the rest of this entry »

Montreal digital publisher Strategy First Inc has announced that FLATOUT 3: CHAOS & DESTRUCTION™, developed by Netherlands-based Team 6 Studios,  is now ready for Pre-Order on Steam  The destructive and high-octane game is fully integrated with Steam Works, and the Razer  Hydra Controller powered by  the revolutionary Sixense Motion tracking technology. Read the rest of this entry »

The best-selling racing franchise of all time is back — and the stakes have never been higher. Get ready to race for your life in a heart-pounding cross-country race from the Golden Gate to the Empire State as Electronic Arts  announced that Need for Speed™ The Run is now available at retail stores in North America. Need for Speed The Run has already earned a perfect 5/5 from Stuff Magazine, while Men’s Health heralds the game for its “killer racing action.” Univision highlights Need for Speed The Run for its “spectacular cars and intense racing” and GameTrailers declares the game “a blast to drive.” Read the rest of this entry »

EA has announced that Hollywood action director Michael Bay has joined forces with the Need for Speed franchise to deliver a spectacular one-of-kind, blockbuster television commercial for this holiday’s most anticipated release, Need for Speed™ The Run, developed by EA Black Box. Starting today, fans of the Need for Speed Facebook page will work together to unlock the trailer which features Need for Speed The Run game footage to showcase a heart-pounding, adrenaline-fueled race that perfectly reflects the game’s action-packed sequences. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Box and Electronic Arts Inc. have announced that Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and Sean Faris (Vampire Diaries) will star in the upcoming action racing game Need for Speed™ The Run. The video game will feature the actors as lead characters in an intense race-for-your-life story taking players on a cross-country race from San Francisco to New York. Powered by Frostbite™ 2, Black Box Studio makes its return and takes the action racing genre to new heights with stunning visuals and car physics that hug the road at insanely fast speeds. Read the rest of this entry »