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Battle Derby Blends Racing, MOBA, and Web3 in One Frenzied Free-to-Play Arena
23.4.2025
Mario Kart on-chain with rocket launchers — that’s Battle Derby. Race, strategize, and earn in this fast-paced Web3 thrill ride. Regina’s Web3 Gaming Odyssey: Episode 24 From high-stakes battlegrounds to zany, car-fueled chaos! Welcome to a Web3 racing shooter that’s redefining competitive gameplay...
Mario Kart World's Free Roam Looks Like The Burnout Paradise Sequel I've Been Dreaming Of
17.4.2025
I’m excited to play Mario Kart World for all the obvious reasons, not least among them that it’s the first new Mario Kart in 11 years. But today’s mini Mario Kart Direct confirmed for me that I’m most interested in the Free Roam mode. It’s the Burnout Paradise sequel I’ve been waiting for since...
Mining Grid Revolutionizes Bitcoin Mining With Cores Racing: A Competitive, Rewarding New Model
6.4.2025
This content is provided by a sponsor. PRESS RELEASE. As Bitcoin continues to dominate financial markets globally, Mining Grid, a pioneer in blockchain innovation, has successfully launched Cores Racing—a groundbreaking program that transforms Bitcoin mining into a more fair, competitive,...
Gate.io Becomes Exclusive Crypto Partner of Oracle Red Bull Racing
10.2.2025
Crypto exchange, Gate.io has signed a multi-year partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing, with the collaboration aiming to accelerate crypto adoption. Gate.io Partners with Red Bull Racing for Increased Crypto Visibility in Formula 1 Gate.io, a global crypto exchange has announced an exclusive...
Open-World Racer Forza Horizon 5 Is The Next Big Xbox Exclusive Coming To PS5
30.1.2025
PlayStation 5 players are about to get access to another hit Xbox exclusive. Multiplayer racing hit Forza Horizon 5 will come to Sony’s platform four years after it was first released. It’s the latest Xbox Game Studios release to make the jump as Microsoft transitions to being one of the biggest...
Art Of Rally Dev Is Back With A New Off-Roading Game And It Looks Stunning
23.1.2025
Art of Rally was a beautiful, stripped-down meditation on racing. Over the hill, the next game from Funselektor, looks like an equally minimalist and gorgeous take on off-roading van life. Read more
5 Details Fans Noticed In The New Mario Kart Trailer
16.1.2025
Right now we only know about one game for the newly announced Nintendo Switch 2: the next Mario Kart. Nintendo didn’t reveal a title, but fans are already calling the kart racer Mario Kart 9 and scanning every frame of footage we got from the announcement trailer. We’ve gathered a few of those...
Did Nintendo Just Reveal Mario Kart 9?
16.1.2025
Hello, good morning. If you missed it, Nintendo finally revealed the Switch 2 after months of leaks and teases. It’s coming out this year, has a bigger screen, magnetic joy-con controllers, and can play the original Switch’s games through backwards compatibility. Also, Nintendo may have...
Microsoft Is Racing To Bring The Xbox Experience To PC Gaming Handhelds
8.1.2025
Microsoft has once more made some loud noises about a possible handheld gaming device. Back in November of 2024, Xbox CEO Phil Spencer confirmed the company is “working on” a handheld gaming device, but said that it was “years out.” Now, speaking to The Verge at tech show CES, another senior...
Xbox Game Pass Subscribers Are Losing Big This Month
3.12.2024
Xbox giveth and Xbox taketh away. November saw some big names come to the Game Pass subscription service, like Stalker 2, Flight Simulator 2024, and Aliens: Dark Descent, but December sees some some real bangers removed. One of them—Forza Horizon 4—is even worse affected, entering the misery of...
Ubisoft Facing Lawsuit Over Shutting Down Always-Online Game
11.11.2024
Two people in California have filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft after the company turned off servers for 2014's The Crew, an open-world racing game released on PS4 and Xbox One, making it impossible to play the game. Read more
New Test Drive Is So Bad Players Are Getting A Free Car As An Apology
5.11.2024
Earlier this year, Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown was released in a pretty bad state. People complained about bugs, broken servers, and other serious issues across console and PC. Things have improved a bit since then, but the game is still in a rough place. As an apology for all this, players...
Lamborghini brings cars to Web3 games with Animoca, Motorverse partnership
2.10.2024
Lamborghini has teamed up with Animoca Brands to launch its first interoperable blockchain-based digital vehicles, bringing the cars to Web3 gaming
Ubisoft Promises Offline Modes For The Crew 2 & Motorfest
10.9.2024
Last year, Ubisoft yanked The Crew from digital stores and a few months later killed its servers, making it impossible to play the driving game even if you bought it on disc. People didn’t like this and now Ubisoft is promising not to kill its sequels, The Crew 2 and The Crew: Motorfest. Read more
People Who Paid Extra To Play The New Test Drive Early Can't Due To Server Issues
6.9.2024
Test Drive Unlimted Solar Crown, the long-awaited next entry in the popular online open-world racing series, launched yesterday for folks who purchased the game’s $90 Gold Edition. Unfortunately for them, the game has been mostly unplayable due to server issues. Read more
A Sims Game Is Finally Coming To The Nintendo Switch, Sorta
23.8.2024
For years fans have been saying things like, “Why aren’t there any Sims games on Switch?” and “Will we ever see a Sims game on Switch?” Well, now their desperate pleas have been answered with a port of a a Sims spin-off from 2007. Kotaku understands that a remaster of MySims of sorts is headed...
Where To Find Astro's Playroom's Special Gran Turismo Bot
12.8.2024
Astro’s Playroom has added its third Special Bot since it began counting down to Astro’s return in his upcoming full-length adventure, the aptly titled Astro Bot. This latest bot pays homage to Sony’s long-running racing sim franchise Gran Turismo.Read more
Daytona USA Arcade Cabinet Was Hiding $400,000 And A Gun
30.7.2024
Daytona USA was a hit ‘90s arcade racing game by Sega that helped millions of kids pretend they were bad-ass NASCAR drivers, and sported a famous theme song that certain Kotaku editors still get stuck in their heads to this day. This week, it was discovered that one of the old cabinets was hiding...
Gran Turismo 7 Update Breaks Cars, Turns Them Into Wacky Missiles
26.7.2024
Gran Turismo 7's most recent update was meant to improve and tweak the racing sim’s car physics. But something went wrong (or right, depending on how wacky you like your racing games), leading to flying cars and an apology from the devs. Read more
Toys 'R' Us' New AI-Generated Ad Is Truly Horrible And More Of The Week's Takes
29.6.2024
Toys ‘R’ Us—or, more accurately, the brand’s reanimated corpse—made waves this week with the release of an AI-generated ad that inadvertently reveals so much about this era of widespread “enshittification.” Our piece on that, as well as a lament for the way expiring licenses are killing Forza...