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Based on the always-online reality of the newly minted Xbox One, it’s no surprise really that there’s a significant social component to most of the driving games we’re seeing at Los Angeles’ Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) this year. Ubisoft’s The Crew writes that message in large type, with racing action that attempts to seamlessly blur the line between single-player and multi-player fun.
Available early next year for both Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s Playstation 4, The Crew will present gamers with an expansive open-world version of the United States. Developer Ivory Tower is calling the game “unprecedented” in terms of scope; hinting that everything that you can see in and around the landscape is both reachable and drivable. We’re not exactly sure if that means one could, for instance, drive from Los Angeles to New York without interruption, but it seems at least that loads of major cities will be extensively rendered.
This huge world is designed to be populated with other gamers rather than car-toting bots, whom you may choose to compete with, team with or ignore completely, as you prefer (your “Crew,” as it were). The second video below, which shows some real game play, details how this works very well, at least in theory.
Of course, as with all of the next-gen games we’ve seen to date, The Crew looks positively jaw-dropping in its graphical presentation. Scroll down to have a look for yourself, and to read the official press release.Continue reading E3: The Crew to blur line between single- and multi-player racing
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