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Google Chrome Racer experiment connects Android and iOS devices for multiplayer gaming

By Carl Franzen on May 15, 2013 01:36 pm + 7 comments

Google showed-off its Chrome browser's ability to sync Android and iOS devices together to create Continue reading…
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Play this: 'Real World Racing' uses satellite maps to let you race on real streets

By Kimber Streams on February 8, 2013 11:14 am + 12 comments

Real World Racing, a top-down PC racing game built using real satellite images, is finally available Continue reading…
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Designing race cars of the future in ‘Distance’

By Andrew Webster on December 26, 2012 10:14 am + 42 comments

In 2011 a group of students at the DigiPen Institute of Technology released an experimental racing Continue reading…
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Play this: 'Pyongyang Racer' is the first game developed in North Korea for Western audiences

By Chris Welch on December 20, 2012 11:32 am + 39 comments

Let's just lay it out there: Pyongyang Racer isn't going to take home any Game of the Year awards. Continue reading…
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The difficulties of capturing motorsport's best onboard footage

By Dante D'Orazio on September 3, 2012 05:09 pm + 34 comments

The pinnacle of motorsport footage is undoubtedly that which is captured from onboard cameras, but, Continue reading…
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Play this: 'HexGL' is an unabashed 'Wipeout' clone built with HTML5, JavaScript, and WebGL

By Chris Welch on September 1, 2012 07:59 pm + 90 comments

You'll recognize the inspiration for HexGL just moments after launching the game: this "futuristic Continue reading…
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Free-to-play iPhone game 'CSR Racing' is earning $12 million per month

By Andrew Webster on August 15, 2012 05:16 pm + 30 comments

According to publisher NaturalMotion, free-to-play racing game CSR Racing is amassing $12 million Continue reading…
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Life-size Hot Wheels double loop track coming to Summer X-Games

By Sam Byford on June 21, 2012 01:35 am + 12 comments

In a stunt that could leave the Summer X-Games' usual menu of skateboarding, BMX, and motocross Continue reading…
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Sony's PlayStation Move Racing Wheel announced with paddle shifters, twist throttle

By Jeff Blagdon on June 4, 2012 11:37 pm + 22 comments

One more little tidbit from Sony at E3 is the PlayStation Move Racing Wheel; a new add-on driving Continue reading…
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The Indianapolis 500: a remarkable test-case in the future of transmedia programming

By Tim Carmody on May 22, 2012 02:48 pm + 20 comments

Sports and sports media compose a gigantic global business. Neither are untouched by technology. In Continue reading…