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Sunday Comics: Dead Island I’m going to tell you a secret. My favourite racing series of this generation has been neither Gran Turismo nor Forza. It’s been Codemaster’s Dirt series. A new game in the franchise should be cause for joy, then, but, well. Hrm.
We’ve seen plenty of games trying to achieve photographic realism, but how often do we come across attempts to make real life look more like a game? The folks over at Codemasters have done just that, with their latest tie-in video for last month’s racing title Dirt 3.
Darksiders II. Tekken: Wii Successor.Assassin’s Creed. Dirt. Ghost Recon: Online. Aliens: Colonial Marines. These are some of the hardcore games coming to Wii U – which Nintendo showed off in its E3 press event.
Ah, Monaco. A charming Principality, famous for its azure harbours, Grace Kelly and… car rallies. Lots and lots of car rallies. The folks over at Codemasters would like to invite you to this car-racing paradise in their newest gameplay trailer for Dirt 3, giving a glimpse of the title’s Rallycross, Gymkhana and Head 2 Head stages.
Dirt 3 due out Tuesday, will also include a single-use code to enable online access – a growing trend, if not the new norm, in console games with heavy online components. The “VIP Pass” also comes with a set of five vehicles, and it’s free in retail copies. If you get a used copy of the game and the code doesn’t work, you’ll have to pay Codemasters to get one over Xbox Live or PSN. [MCV]
We’ve spoken to a few sports stars in our time, in various guises, trying to sell their latest game, but very few are as informed, or as friendly, as Rally legend Cody Crocker. We spoke in-depth to Cody about his love of racing games, his aborted game development career, and the art of creating the perfect steering wheel set up.
You know, for all the Gran Turismos and Forzas and Need For Speeds of the past couple of years, my favourite racing game over that time has actually been Dirt 2. So, yeah, Dirt 3 is of interest.
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Alright, I take back what I said about trashcan luge and moped biathlon. The X-Games are a strangely watchable sports spectacle, and a good platform for Codemasters to launch its official DiRT 3 trailer last night.
