Here are the stats:

• 78 rally stages
• 558 km of varied road conditions
• 13 countries to race in
• 50 trophies to compete over

WRC will be released in the UK on October 8th, PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Track news on the official WRC game website or follow the Milestone’s developer blog.

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Several hours later we were still playing it, which for a driving game is a very good sign. So why were we still playing it? Well it’s simple, fun and quick to play. You don’t wait around ages looking for a match, the power-up icons are easy to see and use and you’re straight back in the game when you crash or get wrecked (i.e. your car takes too much damage). It makes the racing interesting from start to finish.

Also its easier to play than WipEout HD, so Weefz enjoyed playing it. Given all the races are over either 2 or 3 laps in the beta, you can swap quickly between people, if there is more than one of you. You don’t have to suffer 10 minute races. Also given Blur is essentially Mario Kart crossed with Project Gotham, it’s spectacular to watch all the power-ups causing mayhem.

Blur is also the most accessible game that I have played from Bizarre Creations. They have taken all the game mechanics from their Project Gotham racing games, like Kudos points for driving “with style” and made them, well, just more fun. You now earn fans during races when you use power-ups, inflict damage on other cars and drive with style. But since the focus of this game is arcade action, you don’t lose fans for crashing into walls, or not taking the perfect racing line. As a result Blur is a more enjoyable game.

My only criticism of the beta is that it only contains 6 tracks. These are:

• Barcelona Gracia “Passeig de Gracia”
• Docks “Pacific Reach”
• Amboy “Badlands Traverse”
• Tokyo Shutoko “Wangan-sen”
• Amboy “Devil’s Dip”
• LA Downtown “Downtown Loop”

So after a few hours, I did crave a bit more track variety. Although I did learn these tracks inside out, which meant I made full use of all the short cuts. And also this is just a beta and we are promised more tracks in the finished game. After playing this beta I’m certainly looking forward to playing the full game in May 2010.

And finally, I have a code to give away for the Blur multiplayer beta to the best comment on this post. So make sure you enter a valid email address and then I’ll send you the code to enter on http://www.blurgame.com/beta.

Update 14th March 2010: The code has now gone to the lucky reader – Lcom :-) Enjoy the beta.

Blur is released on the 25th May 2010 on PS3, PC and Xbox 360.

Exor Studios’have recently announced that you can now download and play a demo of Zombie Driver. The demo consists of the first 3 levels from the game.

You can download the Zombie driver demo from the usual download sites (FilePlanet, Gamespot, BigDownload.com) as well as Steam.

Zombie driver is out now for the PC

The latest game from Exor Studios’ is Zombie Driver. A game that appears to be solely based on that tried and tested combination of zombies and cars. It’s not exactly original, but looks fun none the less, and its got zombie dogs. Grrr arrrgghhh woof!

According to the website, Zombie Driver will feature:

• 17 story missions with sub quests and bonus objectives
• Huge, free roaming city, infested by thousands of brain hungry zombies
• 6 different cars including an unlockable super car
• 9 different upgrades for each car
• All cars can be mounted with miniguns, flamethrowers and rocket launchers
• All weapons have 3 upgrade levels which come with unique features
• Dynamic combo system with tricks and hordes of zombies to try it on
• Many vicious zombie types including even zombie dogs

Here’s a trailer showing your typical Zombie Driver gameplay. Drive car, splat zombies. Awesome.

Zombie driver is due for release on the PC in Nov 2009