During PlayStation’s State of Play, it was revealed that Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled will also feature remastered content from Crash Team Racing’s sequel, Crash Nitro Kart.
Crash Nitro Kart, which was released in 2003 on PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox and Game Boy Advance, featured 13 tracks which will all be remastered for Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, as well as the title’s karts, battle arenas and battle modes.
In our review of Crash Nitro Kart back in 2003, we said that while there is a lot to enjoy, it feels very similar to Crash Team Racing and doesn’t do a lot to evolve the formula set by those that came before it.
Microsoft has been courting indies for years through its ID@Xbox program, but now the company is giving independent games their very own showcase. The newly titled ID@Xbox Game Pass stream will premiere on March 26 and showcase a variety of indies coming to Xbox One.
Though a full line-up hasn’t been announced, Microsoft did mention a few by name including Afterparty, Void Bastards, and Supermarket Shriek. Plus, given the name, it seems likely this will emphasize the indies that are included as part of the company’s Game Pass subscription service. That service offers all-you-can-eat from a curated selection of games for $10 per month.
This show will follow a spate of publisher showcases, including the spring Nindies showcase that featured a collaboration with Microsoft to bring Cuphead to the Nintendo Switch. Similarly, Sony announced its own State of Play stream, airing March 25. Between the regular Nintendo Direct presentations, Microsoft’s Inside Xbox and new ID@Xbox Game Pass streams, and Sony’s new State of Play streams, all three major platform holders are now hosting their own streaming programs.
Check below for a schedule of times, and come back here at show time to watch it all go down.
Microsoft ID@Xbox Game Pass March 26 Livestream Start Time
As we approach Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone reboot, a couple of inevitable questions come up: What made the show so special in its original run, and what do Peele and his team need to do to recapture the spirit of Rod Serling’s opus without just copying it?
There’s a lot to be excited about regarding the new Twilight Zone. With his brand new hit Us, 2017’s Get Out, and even some of the stranger Key & Peele skits, Peele has proven that he has the kind of incisive mind that can look at social situations and pick out what makes them weird and potentially uncomfortable. This is exactly the kind of talent you need to revisit TV’s classic creepshow for the thinking man.
When The Twilight Zone premiered, the television landscape was a very different place. Generally speaking, primetime television wasn’t meant to make neurons fire. It was visual comfort food as far as the eye could see – sensible chuckles and mild anxiety that would be resolved in no longer than 23 or 50 minutes, plus commercials. Then comes The Twilight Zone, a show that had people shivering and, 60 year later, still has the capacity to leave the viewer uneasy.
YouTube’s Head of Original Content, Susanne Daniels, clarified that the Google-owned company has not canceled its high-end comedies and dramas, as reported earlier by Bloomberg.
Per Reuters, YouTube said that Daniels is not looking to move on from her position – Daniels was formerly an executive at MTV and has been with YouTube for 5 years. “While it’s strangely flattering to be the topic of Hollywood gossip, please know I am committed to YouTube and can’t wait to unveil our robust slate of new and returning originals,” Daniels explained in a recent statement.
The mobile gaming industry is in a tough spot. As free-to-play games have overtaken their premium brethren, the design of those games has changed—and not necessarily for the better. The newly announced Apple Arcade aims to improve iOS’ gaming ecosystem by providing a paid subscription service filled with quality, premium, offline games. But will it work?
When game developers discovered that free-to-play games—laden with enticing microtransactions—made more money than pay-once premium games, the industry started to shift. Now, most of the big-budget games in the App Store are free to play, but are excessively grind-y or limiting, encouraging you to buy in-app purchases that make it faster to progress. This doesn’t exactly make for a fun, engaging experience, but if a developer can get even a small number of players to shell out large amounts of cash, they can make more money than they did with the $5 premium games of yore.
Sony’s first Nintendo Direct-style State of Play presentation has ended, and it’s given us a look at a number of games on the way to PS4 this year. The broadcast kicked off with the reveal of a new Iron Man VR game, but that was hardly the only announcement; we also learned about a No Man’s Sky VR update and got to see new trailers for Days Gone and Mortal Kombat 11, among other titles.
If you missed out on the presentation, we’ve rounded up all of the biggest news and announcements from it below. You can also watch a replay of the stream here.
Marvel’s Iron Man VR
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Sony started off its State of Play presentation by unveiling Marvel’s Iron Man VR. Developed by Camouflaj in conjunction with Worldwide Studios and Marvel Games, the game puts players behind the visor of the Iron Avenger. No further details were shared beyond that, but Iron Man VR is slated to release for PS4 this year.
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
The remastered kart racing game Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled launches on June 21, and we learned the PS4 version will include some exclusive content in the form of blocky, PS1-style character skins for Crash, Coco, and Cortex, along with a retro track and karts.
No Man’s Sky VR Update
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Developer Hello Games is adding PSVR support to its sandbox space exploration game, No Man’s Sky, this summer as a free update. Rather than being a separate mode, however, players will be able to play through the entire game in VR. Additionally, the PS4 version of No Man’s Sky: Beyond will receive a physical release, and it’ll come with the base game, VR support, and every update through Beyond.
ReadySet Heroes
The isometric dungeon crawler ReadySet Heroes is coming to PS4 later this year. The game features four-player multiplayer and pits you against another team in a race through a monster-filled dungeon. Reach the end of the dungeon and you’ll face off in a winner-takes-all showdown.
Five Nights At Freddy’s VR
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Arriving on PSVR (as well as HTC Vive, Oculus, and Steam) next month, Five Nights At Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted is a new VR take on the fan-favorite horror series, featuring remastered levels from the original games along with “all-new nightmares.”
Concrete Genie
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Sony revealed the PS4-exclusive action adventure game Concrete Genie is arriving this fall. Additionally, the company shared a new trailer that sheds more light on the game’s story.
Days Gone
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Sony’s zombie survival game Days Gone has been a long time coming, but it finally arrives on PS4 on April 26. Ahead of its release, Sony has shared a new trailer that sets the stage for the game’s story.
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Sony capped off the State of Play presentation with a new trailer for Mortal Kombat 11, confirming three more returning fighters in the process: Lui Kang, Kung Lao, and Jax. The video showcases the modern-day characters coming face-to-face with their younger selves from the past.
Sony announced Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted during PlayStation’s State of Play live stream Monday.
The frightening fan series will be back in full VR experience for PSVR. Players will try and survive in both original levels, along with brand new ones.
Five Nights at Freddy’s is a survival-horror game where the original 2014 game focused on players surviving through five nights in Freddy Fazbears Pizzeria. The franchise has had six main titles, with numerous spinoffs and other media.
In the new PSVR version, players will reportedly hold the role of a technician who is tasked with repairing animatronics. The game is in first-person perspective, and players need to navigate through dark hallways and solve puzzles while staying alive from any terrifying and malicious animatronics.