We've seen hundreds of off-road racers before, but we've never seen one with the realism and high-speed intensity of MotorStorm, which keeps looking better and better as it moves closer to release. We've been ripping through an unfinished version of the full game for a little while now, and we're more impressed with it - and the PS3 - than ever. When it hits in spring, MotorStorm will enable players to tear their way through a muddy, incredibly dangerous racing festival in the mesa-studded ... » Read More

12 Dec 2006

MotorStorm - updated hands-on

PS3 Preview | MotorStorm

There's a big storm a-brewin' - a MotorStorm, in fact. You might already know this is a crash-filled, manic racing game, and that it's become one of the PS3's most anticipated titles. While we've offered up several hands-on impressions of this sand-filled cargasm in recent months, publisher Sony loosened the game's leash to let us play with it a little more. She's a feisty puppy, this one. The selection of vehicles we've been given the keys to has been amped up dramatically. Joining trucks and ... » Read More

17 Nov 2006

MotorStorm - updated hands-on

PS3 Preview | MotorStorm

Whether you're just starting to use your new PS3 hardware or scouring eBay for a listing that isn't insanely overpriced, you might be wondering what's worth playing on the shiny new hardware. The sad answer at this point is "not much," but the system does have a few absolutely stellar titles to its name. One of these, strangely, is the demo for the off-road racer MotorStorm, which can be downloaded for free from the PS3's online store. MotorStorm has come a long way in the past year. When we ... » Read More

20 Oct 2006

MotorStorm - hands-on

PS3 Preview | MotorStorm

Dirt and explosions - that's MotorStorm. Running through the desert, high on top of a crazy-big mesa overlooking a barren wasteland below, crowded with jeeps and motorcycles bouncing around, careening off the edge ... that's the sort of chaotic gameplay experience we just had, and we're ready to go back for ... » Read More

23 Sep 2006

MotorStorm - hands-on

PS3 Preview | MotorStorm

While its showing at E3 in May was roundly proclaimed less than stellar, the muddy racer MotorStorm has come a long way since then. Once derided as boring, it's quickly shaping up to be the dirtbike-and-dune-buggy answer to Burnout, with spectacular crashes, aggressive opponents and plenty of balls-out mayhem in the middle of a ... » Read More

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