Blast gets its grubby little hands on EA’s latest racer and feels the need…the need for–well, you know the rest.

Blast talks to VW’s Clark Campbell about the Jetta TDI Cup.

While the Las Vegas Motor Speedway was being created before his very eyes, NASCAR Sprint Cup and Vegas native Kyle Busch was cutting his racing teeth at the half-mile short track right next door.
The younger brother of 2004 Sprint Cup champion Kurt Busch won two track championships at the “Bullring” in Legends cars before he moved [...]

After nine years of waiting, Isopod Labs and Activision have come to bring us a fully-loaded remake of the original “Vigilante 8″ with online functions. [...]

Is this one just for the fans?

Hey all you wicked street racers.
Blast is giving away a Midnight Club: Los Angeles prize pack that includes a Rockstar Games/Midnight Club license plate frame, a bunch of video game stickers and a “Speed Limit 245″ sticker to any reader who writes the most decent review of any other video game!
Reviews should be of a [...]

Shipping for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2 and Windows, this is the first MotoGP title released under a 5-year dela with Camcom. The game looked sick at all the trade shows this year

It looks like everyone was saving the E3 news for Leipzig this year.
Electronic Arts and tis Black Box studio released some new details on Need for Speed: Undercover, which comes out November 18 in the U.S. for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 2 with PSP, DS and mobile versions available.
“Need for [...]

Russian developer Akella is showing off an impressive-looking driving title at E3 this year.

The ultimate goal of Boss Rally is to play through several seasons of racing, earning points and unlocking faster cars and harder tracks to become the ultimate rally champion. You can play against the computer or via modem, LAN or serial cable to play with a friend. You can control your game with either a [...]

“The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue soundtrack gives fans the perfect audio accompaniment to high-octane racing from Daytona to Eiger Nordwand,” said Jeff Reese, director of software marketing at Sony Computer Entertainment America. “The edgy variety of music complements the pure adrenaline rush fans experience as they eclipse 200 miles-per-hour in the most authentic driving simulator [...]

Electronic Arts Inc announced Wednesday that legendary NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon of Du Pont 24 car fame, will be the cover athlete for EA Sports NASCAR 09. [...]

From Electronic Arts:

Redwood City, CA – January 22 – Electronic Arts Inc. today announced that Burnout Paradise for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360 video game system is now on store shelves in North America and will be available in Europe on January 28. The much anticipated Burnout Paradise is critically [...]

Race against developers and the all-girl “PMS Clan” starting Friday

This is the official Blast Magazine preview for the upcoming Electronic Arts game Burnout: Paradise coming soon for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360.
Gamers can be a fickle bunch. Change too much in a well-established series, and watch the flames arise, but rest on your laurels too much and you’ll be hearing cries of the series [...]

EA makes it known, this franchise is not dead! Need for Speed: ProStreet is the epitome of a solid racing game. [...]

Electronic Arts released today “a fully explorable slice” of the award-winning and highly anticipated racing game, Burnout Paradise.
The demo is available now on the Playstation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace. It allows players to check out a portion of Paradise City before the game hits shelves in North America on January 22.
Discover jumps, billboards and [...]

Electronic Arts has released the box art and screenshots for the next chapter in the classic Burnout racing franchise. Burnout Paradise is out January 8 for PS3 and xbox 360.
Tear through the streets of Paradise City, filled with insane super jumps and hundreds of smashable targets, looking for shortcuts to give you that competitive edge! [...]