Once Nintendo’s mobile variant of the world’s best-loved racer switched to landscape mode, there was no stopping Mario Kart Tour from dominating the charts. Since that switch, the game has been churning out tour after tour for racers to shred with their tyres, and the next event pits two iconic characters against each other. Bowser […]
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‘Meme stock’ rally rescues AMC theaters from $600M debt
This week’s bizarre “meme stock” rally, which has delivered lottery-like windfalls for holders of GameStop stock, also wiped out $600 million in debt owed by the AMC theater chain. That’s because, on Wednesday, a private equity firm named Silver Lake — and private equity firms are popularly considered the “bad guys” in this snobs-versus-slobs drama […]
Gen.G Partners with Rally, Launches New Fan Held Digital Currency GG Strike Coin
Gen.G‘s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squad has partnered with Rally, an open blockchain network that helps create token communities, to create GG Strike Coin. This new digital currency aims to “engage and reward Gen.G fans in a number of unprecedented ways” such as using the currency to get direct access to players, coaches and staff, receive exclusive […]
New Dirt 5 Trailer Shows Rallycross Cars In Italy
DIRT 5, the upcoming racing video game developed and published by Codemasters and set to be released on November 6, recently revealed its latest batch of new cars and locations. The fourteenth game in the Colin McRae Rally series has been steadily unveiling new details for fans via an ongoing series of online clips. This week’s […]
Art Of Rally Review: Top-Down Rally Cry
Do you hear that? It’s the sound of the rally cry that’s been ringing out within the realm of video games this month. Inertial Drift brought its twin-stick drift controls and light-hearted retro vibe to players, while WRC 9’s in-depth rally mechanics succeeded in its goal of providing rally racing fanatics with hyper-realistic gameplay. Being […]
World Rally Championship enters multi-year deal with Fanatec
The World Rally Championship (WRC) has entered a multi-year partnership with simulation racing hardware manufacturer Fanatec. The agreement will see the manufacturer become the official partner of all esports activities from the World Rally Championship. RELATED: Fanatec become official sponsor and supplier of F1 Esports Series They have already collaborated with each other in 2020, with Fanatec providing […]
Rally driver Adielsson beats top sim racers to win WRX Esports opener
Swedish rally driver Mattias Adielsson beat two of the top virtual rallycross drivers to win the first World Rallycross Esports Invitational at the Catalunya RX circuit. In partnership with Motorsport Games, the series launched with a grid of 20 drivers for the opening round, including reigning real-life World RX champion Timmy Hansen and two-time champion […]