Black Bean Games has revealed the first details about its new World Rally Championship game, which will be based on the 2010 season and released in a few months. The game is said to include all 13 rounds featured in the real championship as well as a rendered co-pilot, career mode and online modes. The first image of the game in action was also released today:

Sega has released a brand new trailer of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing today. The new video reveals that the game will have twenty four different tracks and shows the Crazy Taxi car in action for the first time. There’s also a reminder that the Sumo Digital developed game will be arriving next month.

Turn 10 has revealed that Autoweek will be lending its name to the next wave of Forza Motorsport 3 DLC, which is due to be released on January 12th. Once again the contents are cars only, but there seems to be a nice variety of vehicles on offer:

• 2010 Aston Martin One-77
• 2009 Audi R8 LMS
• 2009 Audi RS 6
• 2010 BMW Motorsport M6 Coupe
• 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport
• 2010 Ford Shelby Mustang GT500
• 2010 Saleen S5S Raptor
• 2009 Lotus 2-Eleven
• 2010 Pagani Zonda R
• 2010 Porsche Boxster S

The pack will sell for 400 Microsoft Points, and a few images of the new content have been released:

When Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing releases early next year, the cast of Sega characters in the Xbox 360 version will be backed up by a few others. Most notably, Rare’s Banjo & Kazooie will appear (as a single playable duo) in their Nuts & Bolts vehicle, probably ready to blast all of the small fries like Tails out of the way.

Additionally, you’ll also be able to play as one of Rare’s other creations – your Xbox Live avatar.  Once you’re on the circuit in the thoughtfully named “Avacar”, you can call in the avatars of your Live friends to help if you fall too far behind.

Today’s Blur news is both good and bad. The bad is that Activision is clearing the decks to make way for the release of Modern Warfare 2 and as a result, Blur will now not go on sale until early 2010. The good news is that there’s now some boxart to look at, and it’s very pretty (and very Wipeout) indeed. Full image after the jump. Continue Reading »

Turn 10 has revealed four new images of Forza Motorsport 3 to supplement the array of Japanese screenshots released last week. The new additions include a first look at the Mazdaspeed 3, some more GT action and two trackside images from Tsukuba and Suzuka.

A couple of weeks ago we were treated to a plethora of images from Le Mans, which is one of the new circuits to appear in Forza Motorsport 3. This week Turn 10 has decided to move the focus East to Japan and has revealed the three Japanese tracks from the game as well as a bunch of new cars from the country.

There’s the usual low-slung Japanese race cars but more interestingly there are also images of cars with quite a bit less power, such as the Honda Jazz/Fit, Toyota Yaris and Nissan Versa. It’s refreshing to see extremely detailed cars which the normal man on the street can afford and it’s the ability to drive cars you see every day that makes me so excited about games like this.

The three tracks from Japan which are to be included in Forza Motorsport 3 are Suzuka, Twin-Ring Motegi and Tsukuba, all of which were present in its predecessor.

There has been a bit of criticism on some message boards that Superstars V8 Racing’s content does not match the series on which it is based. Now that the game is released, it’s possible to look in detail at what is included and just as importantly, what is not. Most notably, several manufacturer licences are missing, as well as a significant new addition to this year’s calendar of circuits.

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Electronic Arts’ latest reveal of Need for Speed Shift focuses on a much less expensive car than the McLaren-Mercedes SLR seen last week. It’s time for Volkswagen’s Scirocco to enter the spotlight. In the images released today, there’s a good look at the body and headlamps which set it apart from other VW models, as well as a chance to see the distinctive glowing blue dials on the dash.

EA has released five new screenshots of Need for Speed Shift, showing the game’s action from a variety of angles. There’s a first chance to see the McLaren-Mercedes SLR, as well as some on track activity from the Ford GT and Lotus Exige.