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Despite the fact that Crash Team Rumble is barely staying afloat and Crash Bandicoot 5 is rumoured to be cancelled, the franchise about the beloved bandit continues to show some success. The real triumph was Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, which, according to the official Twitter account of the series, has sold more than ten million copies worldwide.
PlayStation has released a new trailer showcasing the improvements its powerful PS5 Pro console brings to Xbox's flagship game, Forza Horizon 5. And it's still hard to imagine what a strange time we live in.
Less than a month after finalising its licensing deal with Electronic Arts and Codemasters, the FIA has announced a new agreement that will bring back the WRC games in 2027 with a "brand new series of games" to be developed by Nacon. This marks a fresh start for the iconic franchise, promising to "revolutionise" the rally simulation genre.
Polyphony Digital and PlayStation have announced the latest update to Gran Turismo 7, which adds four new cars, expands the World Circuit events and extends support for Sophy artificial intelligence. The update is now available for PS5, PS4 and PSVR2, so all players can enjoy the new content.
Gran Turismo 7 is available on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 and has received many updates since its release in March 2022 that have significantly enhanced the gaming experience.
Forza Horizon 5 has become a real gift for arcade racing fans - the release on PlayStation 5, which took place on 29 April 2025, brought more than 1.2 million sales in the first week. This demonstrates the huge demand for the game, even considering that it was released on Sony consoles almost four years after its launch on Xbox.
Gran Turismo has long been a symbol of PlayStation, but few people know that at the start, the cult series could have remained a niche game for hardcore car simulation fans. Former president of PlayStation Studios Shuhei Yoshida shares the story of how his advice changed the fate of the first game - and possibly the entire franchise.
We wrote that Codemasters, the studio that gave the world the Colin McRae Rally and DiRT series, announced that it would stop developing future games. And now it has become known about the layoffs within Codemasters.
It is a sad time for fans of virtual rallies. Codemasters, the studio that brought the Colin McRae Rally and DiRT series to the world, has announced that it will stop developing future games. This decision puts an end to the more than twenty-year history of creating high-end racing simulators, which began in 1998 with the release of the first Colin McRae Rally.
It seems that the long-awaited release of Forza Horizon 5 on PlayStation 5 has already brought Microsoft a good number of new players to the huge arcade racing game. Users of the ResetEra forum managed to take a screenshot of the game's leaderboard about 12 hours before its early access on Sony's console last week, on 25 April. At that time, the counter showed about 45.1 million players.
After the high-profile scandal of the original The Crew server outage, Ubisoft Ivory Tower has finally shared details about the upcoming offline mode for The Crew 2. The developers have announced that they will launch a "hybrid" mode first, which will allow them to thoroughly test and improve the offline mode before the full launch scheduled for the end of this year.
PlayStation 5 owners, get ready for an exciting race in the open world of Mexico. Microsoft continues to expand its presence on Sony's console, and the next big release will be one of the most popular arcade racing games - Forza Horizon 5. In anticipation of the release, which is just around the corner, Microsoft has presented a fresh trailer that demonstrates the beauty and drive of the upcoming version of the game.
Microsoft continues to harness the power of the PS5 Pro for its ported games, and this time it's the wonderful Forza Horizon 5 that has fallen under the knife of Digital Foundry's technical experts. Their detailed analysis of the PS5 version has shown that the open world of this racing arcade game is at its best on PS5 Pro.
On 29 April, one of the hottest car simulators of our time, Forza Horizon 5, will finally open its Mexican expanses to PlayStation 5 owners. And while we already know that the game will attract millions of new virtual racers, it has already managed to conquer one cool achievement.
Following the closure of The Crew, a racing simulation game, Ubisoft was sued, accusing the company of misleading players about "permanent ownership" of the game. Although Ubisoft insists that customers have always only received a licence for the game, the new amendments to the lawsuit from the players focus on California's digital rights laws. The case is expected to be resolved by 29 April.
