Fancy getting your race on from above? Remedy Games has ported the 1996 top-down racer, Death Rally, for Windows and now they're re-releasing the game - free of charge. Talk about cool beans.


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Mention Shenmue III to any Shenmue fan and you'll probably get one of two reactions: a breakdown followed by uncontrollable sobbing or a vicious and expletive -filled rant against Sega. While that series doesn't seem to be getting any closure anytime soon, series protagonist Ryo Hazuki is making a comeback of sorts. In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, no less.

Heads up NFS fans! EA has just released the first ever PC patch for Need for Speed Shift (Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PSP).. The update brings support for LAN (Local Area Network) play, enhancing the multiplayer experience and mouse support.

"Monster closets" are spawn points that only activate when certain trigger points are reached in a game. This system, while quite surprising and scary the first time but almost always becomes repetitive and very easy to anticipate in subsequent playthroughs, was one of the major criticisms laid against Doom 3. For the upcoming Rage, id Software is making a point of avoiding the monster closet system altogether.

Blur (PC, Xbox 360 and PS3), Bizarre Creations' first title since severing ties with Microsoft, is a racer that features races ranging from the realistic to the more frantic and arcadey thanks to a variety of customization options and power-ups. If that sounds right up your alley, you might want to make sure you have some extra money this November.

Yesterday we reported about some framerate issues dogging the PS3 version of id Software's upcoming multiplatform title, Rage. As id puts it, word of the framerate issue -- which had the game running at 20 to 30 FPS on the PS3 compared to a smooth 60 on Xbox 360 and PC -- caused "quite a ruckus." They have now moved to assure gamers "a great Rage experience" on all platforms.

Last year, id Software generated some... rage for the shooter/racer hybrid Rage when the issue of the Xbox 360 version being gimped due to the lack of disk space cropped up. id has since clarified that the decision to split Rage's 360 version over two discs hasn't gimped it in any way. But why only two? They would have been able to fit in more textures if they went with three DVDs, right? Perhaps, but id co-founder John Carmack says that the nature of the game doesn't allow for it to be spread across three DVDs.

With the arrival of DirectX 11 expected to happen this second half of 2009, Codemasters is jumping on this opportunity to make the most out of this new technology and its performance enhancing features for the PC version of its racing title, DiRT 2. In other words, the game will be delayed.

We've got more assets right here for you to check out, in time for the release of the PC version of Asobo Studio and Codemasters' FUEL. We have both screenshots and a launch trailer, for you to better see the diverse locations that up to 16 players at a time can fully explore. Check them out after the jump.

This E3 gameplay teaser from Codemasters for DirT2 is about to leave the competition in the dust. Wanna see how it is to live in the fast lane? This is the one for you - choose from a variety of contemporary racing disciplines such as rally, rallycross and raid, and see if you've got what it takes.