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Speed Force Wireless that is. Hitting stores November 2008, just in time for both the holiday season and the launch of Need for Speed Undercover, is the new Logitech wireless racing wheel. Before this, Wii users were pretty much stuck using the Wii Wheel or Brando’s multi-axis racing system . At least now there is a third option on the table for racing fans.

Logitech teamed up with EA to support force-feedback in their upcoming Need for Speed racing game for the Wii which will run you about $100 if you…

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According to Kotaku, Xbox 360 racer Project Gotham Racing 4 will be receiving two new downloadable “challenge packs” this Valentine’s day (February 14, 2008). The free challenge pack will allow players to drive the “hydrogen-powered 2007 Peugeot Flux” and includes two new game modes: Tourist mode (which allows you to “sightsee” with friends) and Free Roam Cat and Mouse (which pits a slow “mouse” car against several faster “cat” cars in a chase around the city).

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On Saturday (February 2, 2008), the Arizona Republic published an article about professional race car drivers who are using videogames to practice for actual races.

The article begins with Denny Hamlin, a rookie NASCAR driver who played videogames featuring Ponoco Raceway to get himself acquainted with the Pennsylvania race track. Hamlin won first place for the actual race…

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Ubisoft has proven is it not a one trick pony. Already the third largest western independent developer, Ubisoft looks to strengthen its position within the gaming world in 2008 with another strong lineup of highly anticipated original games, continuing franchises and multi-platform titles.

With the success of Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft is riding high after a groundbreaking year. Sales jumped 44 percent during Ubisoft’s fiscal third quarter with $625 million in sales. With last years success, Ubisoft is projecting that the company will make somewhere around $1.2 billion in total sales in 2008 and…

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There’s a different type of console available exclusively for men in Belgium that is essentially a screen mounted over urinals and features a racing game. One word comes to mind on this matter - Ewww! Grossness! (Editor’s Note: That is one noise and one word.)

The game in question is called The Piss-Screen. Seriously that’s the name. If you’re looking for a less vulgar name try A Place to Pee. The urinals were installed in the restrooms of a GamePower Expo in Gent, Belgium. Belgium police did not find the game amusing and the game was banned.

The urinal design was created by Marcel Neundörfer. The basin has a pressure-sensitive screen recessed into it. I’d hate to be the one to clean that in the morning much less think about it. I’m feeling grossed out just typing this at the moment.

Supposedly this game also improves a male’s “aim” as well as add entertainment in the bathroom. It was designed to help intoxicated males at bars to make the decision of choosing a taxi over driving home by engaging them in a racing game displaying over the urinal. If the “driver” swerves too much, crashes or misses then he is too drunk to drive themselves and should call a taxi.

I had no clue a bathroom game existed and, being a girl, I probably never would until I came across this article about a wee game in the men’s room.

But then again, on those long sits in the ladies room I could use a PSP or handheld game to bide my time. Hey, you can only read about who’s being a jerk and who’s a slut in the area or look at lewd and gaudy artwork but so many times on stall door.

Read [Game Politics] Also Read [Shiny Shiny] Site [Yanko Designs] Site [Marcel Neundörfer]

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Game developer Bizarre Creations announced today (August 23, 2007) that its popular arcade racer, Project Gotham Racing 4, is set for a release date of October 2, 2007, in North America on the Xbox 360.  While originally slated for a release in September 2007, Bizarre Creations apparently decided not to compete with the slew of highly anticipated titles due out for the Xbox 360 that month, most notably Halo 3 and Mass Effect. 

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Demos for All Pro Football 2k8 and NASCAR 08 have been released on the Xbox Live Marketplace. In All-Pro Football 2k8, Take Two returns to the football scene sans NFL license but with a lot of classic football players in tow. The demo weighs in at 681 MB. The demo for EA's 2008 NASCAR title features the Daytona International Speedway. The teaser text notes this is the first NASCAR game to appear on the 360. The circular driving experience weighs in at 589 MB. The last demo to appear on the marketplace was for Starbreeze Studios' The Darkness. Read [Major Nelson] Site [All-Pro Football 2k8] Contributed by Cory Birdsong. Related

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1UP confirmed today (June 25, 2007) that futuristic racer Wipeout HD will be coming to the PS3 as a Playstation Network title this year, with an official announcement and more details expected by August 2007.

It should come as no surprise is that HD won’t be a major new release but rather a stepping-stone to a truly next-gen Wipeout title, slated to arrive sometime in 2008. The game will support an online multiplayer mode and, possibly, a number of HD-enabled tracks from the upcoming Wipeout Pulse game on the PSP (currently a September 2007 release).

This isn’t the first popular Playstation series to get…

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Microsoft and publisher D3 have announced micro-racer Mad Tracks was scheduled to be made available on Xbox Live Arcade this past Wednesday at 2 a.m. Pacific time.  Mad Tracks is a racing game where the players take control of miniature toy cars. 

For 800 Microsoft Points ($10), the game includes nine mini-games and six different races playable in both Championship and Arcade modes, as players race each other through giant sized levels such as living room, ballroom, kitchen, mini golf course and the open road.  Mad Tracks will have 12 different cars to choose from, and offers online or offline split-screen play for up to four players. 

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