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Mayhem begins this March on Xbox 360 and PS3
Mayhem, an arcade racer we caught on radar recklessly announcing itself last October, is now officially set for March. The Xbox 360 and PS3 game will get you behind the wheel at a budget price of $40 and plans to get in-your-face with 3D gameplay. You won't even need a fancy TV for the popping visuals, the game is rockin' it old schoool, Rad Racer-style with glasses in the box. The game will feature a "noir comic book aesthetic" (i.e. Sin City-style, MadWorld), four car-crunching game modes and 120 vehicles. It'll also have players accumulating "Mayhem Points" for their disorderly driving on the track, which can be used to unlock new levels. Mayhem is being developed by Left Field Studios, the developer behind Excitebick 64 and SCORE International: Baja 1000 -- the latter of which we only remember because of that fun box art lawsuit. %Gallery-117563%
Score International Baja 1000 captures 'world's most grueling off-road race'
Judging by the rather long title (and resulting headline), though, it doesn't do so very efficiently. We much prefer THQ's elegantly singular "Baja" (it's the Madonna of dirty bikes), but hey, we'll keep an open mind about Left Field Productions' take on the "world's most grueling off-road race." To be published by Activision on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Windows PC, Score International Baja 1000 will let players experience the "unforgiving conditions and blistering speeds" as seen in the popular, off-road event.The desert-bound racer will offer up to 90 different vehicles across multiple classes (trophy trucks, class I, motorcycles, ATVs etc.), with "hyper-realistic dirt and damage modeling" threatening to do them all in just as you're about to cross the finish line. We've got the first screenshot in the gallery below, though it's stunningly devoid of any gas-guzzling machinery. The race only starts this Fall, you see.%Gallery-23870%[Via press release]
Anniversary aftermath: Next year's awesome games that you forgot about
We spent yesterday going through the big releases that've been announced for next year so far -- Smash Bros. Brawl and/or Wii Fit likely topping your personal "must get" list -- but what about the second-tier games that don't usually receive much press or attention? Though we haven't forgotten about the low-key releases, we've collected a selection of games and media to ensure that these titles stay on your mind too! Read on for our top ten list of awesome 2008 games that you totally forgot about!
