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Read More »Codemasters acquires Project Cars developer, Slightly Mad Studios
Here’s our first look at The Mad Box
Internal configurations are "still in discussions"
Read More »Slightly Mad Studios announces plans to release ‘the most powerful console ever built’ by 2022
"We're not playing around here. This is beyond next gen"
Read More »Veteran racing developer joins Slightly Mad Studios for unannounced title
Paul Rustchynsky heads up new project at Project Cars studio
Read More »Slightly Mad Studios: Project CARS 2 ‘wouldn’t ship without elite brands like Ferrari and Porsche’
When Project CARS 2 launches tomorrow, it will be the culmination of several years’ hard work for developer Slightly Mad Studios, not just in terms of getting the game to market, but also in its quest to secure over 180 car licences from almost 40 different manufacturers, giving the series …
Read More »Project CARS Game of the Year SKU launching this spring
A new version of last year’s Project CARS is coming to stores in the coming months. Imaginatively called Project CARS: Game of the Year Edition, the SKU will launch with both the core game and all of its DLC. This brings the total car count up to 125, over 60 …
Read More »Project CARS TV ads to hit almost four months after launch
Surprise hit racing game Project CARS is getting its first lot of TV advertising this weekend – almost four months after launch. The game arrived on May 8th, and this post-launch advertising highlights a growing trend of games being promoted long after they first reached shelves. Although post-launch TV activity …
Read More »Project Cars 2 announced, crowdfunding opens
Slightly Mad Studios has announced a sequel to Project Cars is in development, following the oft-delayed title’s release last month. The developer has already launched acrowdfunding campaignvia the World of Mass Development portal – the same platform the first Project Cars gathered funding on. Slightly Mad has made a 250,000 …
Read More »The racing game renaissance
The racing genre can be incredibly difficult to keep up with. One moment it is among the biggest sectors and everyone is releasing their own driving game; the next moment, the bubble bursts, titles start underperforming, the big publishers lose interest in the sector and declare it dead. Repeat ad …
Read More »Project CARS Wii U release looking unlikely
It’s starting to look unlikely that the Wii U version of Project CARS will ever be released. Taking to the developer Slightly Mad Studios’ own forums, studio head Ian Bell said that the Wii U SKU was running at 23 frames per second at 720p. Bell also said it was …
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