Project Gotham Racing 3 is getting a fresh infusion of high-end hotrods today in the form of a new downloadable content pack. Dubbed the Style Pack, the full download that includes a staggering 12 new autos costs 400 ($5) Microsoft Points through the Xbox Live Marketplace. If you don't need all of the jammin' jalopies, you can elect to purchase individual cars at 60 (a little less than a buck... ugh, math) Microsoft Points each. In addition to the pack of pimped rides, this content download ... » Read More

The Extreme Sports Channel has announced the creation of a series of live video gaming events which will be added to the channel's programming line-up to tap into the rapidly growing competitive video games market.

The first programme in the series, Pro Videogaming: Xbox Cup is a four and half hour live broadcast from the Adidas World of Football in Berlin this Saturday July 1st. The broadcast will feature the culmination of the Xbox Cup, a global competition which brings gamers from all over the world together to compete in their own virtual World Cup.

For the second show in the season, Extreme Sports Channel have commissioned British fashion and videogame event label Joystick Junkies to produce the Pro Videogaming: Project Gotham Racing 3 tournament at the Ripspeed Donny car show on Sunday 13th August (www.donnyshow.co.uk). Ripspeed Donny expects 20,000 visitors at their show which takes place on North Weald Airfield in Essex.

Joystick Junkies are bringing together hundreds of the UK's very best gamers to compete in the UK's first live televised pro-racing games tournament. After 7 days of gruelling heats on Xbox Live and in the morning at Ripspeed Donny, the final 16 competitors will be pitting their racing skills against the very best the UK has to offer. They will be playing Project Gotham Racing 3 on an open air 20ft x 15ft LED screen on live television and the pressure will be on to give their best ever performance with a huge audience, and a hot list of prizes up for grabs.
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Old skool fans rejoice, the Mini returns! The latest downloadable content for Project Gotham Racing 3 is due for release in the coming months but would you like to know what your hard earned Microsoft Points will get you now?

The list in full includes:

365 GTB4 ("Daytona")
BMW M3 CSL
BMW M6
BMW MINI COOPER S
BMW Z8
Chrysler Firepower Concept
Ferrari 430 Challenge
Gumpert Apollo Coupe 4.2 V8
Mercedes CLK DTM AMG
Pagani Zonda F
RUF R.K. Spyder
Vanwall GPR V12
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Registration is now open for the Project Gotham Racing 3 WCG USA Championship Online Qualifiers! This is the first step on the road from the US to Monza, Italy for the worlds largest video game tournament and festival. Anybody who is interested in participating in the upcoming events must register now before their regional deadlines.
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Need a high dose of horsepower-packed hotrods? Microsoft and Bizarre Creations have announced the release of three new vehicles from the Cadillac V-series of dream cars, now available for free download in Project Gotham Racing 3. The 400 horsepower CTS-V, the 443 horsepower XLR-V and the 469 horsepower STS-V may not be all that interesting in name, but who needs cool names when you've got a stampede of stallions under the ... » Read More

If, for some reason, you've decided that you're bored with your Project Gotham Racing 3 garages full of exotic sports cars, here's good news: the PGR 3 Speed Pack is now available via the Xbox Live Marketplace, offering a dozen new cars and some gameplay improvements that all players should ... » Read More

Thursday 13 April 2006 Bizarre Creations has announced the first downloadable content for its rather spiffing Xbox 360 hit Project Gotham Racing 3. The first PGR3 pack, appropriately named Speed, will be available via Xbox Live from Monday 17 April, and will cost gamers 400 Microsoft Points (£3.00). Inside you'll find 12 new cars, including the rather gorgeous Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, as well as some as-yet undisclosed gameplay enhancements. In addition, there will be an automatic update ... » Read More

Over the next few months, from April to June, Project Gotham Racing 3 racers will have their chance to qualify for the global PGR 3 championship. Competitions are to be held as qualifying challenges and single-elimination knockout rounds. The 12 fastest speed demons get to travel to the Lamborghini factory in Italy in order to vie for the global championship crown. No word on what the Grand Prize is - unless it really is the crown - but the fact that the competition is at the actual factory ... » Read More

Microsoft is organising several Project Gotham Racing 3 events designed to establish the 100 best PGR drivers in Europe. This elite group of drivers will then be given membership to the first ever PGR 100. To take part in this chance to be part of the PGR 100, Xbox Live gamers must download the PGR 100 Gamer Picture from the Xbox Live Marketplace which is available now, until 11.59am GMT on 10 March. Downloading this picture will automatically enter you into a draw to win a place in the PGR ... » Read More

It's been almost two full weeks since we've seen anything new of Project Gotham Racing 3 - one of , along with Perfect Dark Zero and Quake 4. So if you'd started to forget just how stunning looking this next-gen street racer is going to be, developer Bizarre Creations has come up with the perfect reminder in the shape of a new 3D screenshot. The image shows off Gotham 3's TVR Sagaris, which is sitting on Tokyo's Tochomae Loop. (Flash, 6.5MB) and then drag the file into your web browser to ... » Read More

If there's one game that's going to make punters rush out to buy an Xbox 360 at launch, then surely this is it. The incredibly fast street racer retains the sheer playability of its predecessors while mixing in snazzy next-gen visuals, a new Playtime mode that allows players to distinguish between 'serious' racing and just larking about, plus 10 unlockable concept cars that have never before appeared in a game. But, if nothing else, Bizarre Creations' design manager Gareth Wilson suggests you ... » Read More

A clutch of new shots from Xbox 360 title Project Gotham Racing 3 have sped away from the Tokyo Game Show and parked rather neatly in the gamesradar.com garage. As has been established countless times already, PGR3 looks absolutely awesome and continues to do so in these latest images, which feature two incredibly hot little movers in the Ferrari Enzo and Saleen S7. So, cast your peepers over the pics on the right and gaze agog once again at PGR3's sheer beauty.Project Gotham Racing 3 will ... » Read More

Bizarre Creations has released a whole grid of new shots of Project Gotham Racing 3 as part of the Xbox 360 summit in Japan. With 80 different customisable cars and tracks, PGR3 already looked like a wonderful racer, but now the team has revealed that every car will comprise a huge 40,000 exterior and 40,000 interior polygons. Which, just to give you some idea of scale, is 70,000 more per motor than the already pretty tidy-looking Project Gotham Racing 2.Project Gotham Racing 3 will be ... » Read More

Liverpool-based developer - and one of many jewels in Microsoft's gold-plated crown - Bizarre Creations has released four new development shots of Project Gotham Racing 3, showcasing some amazing scenery detail. One of the shots was released last week, but was quickly dismissed by forum crowds. This prompted the release of three more images from Bizarre - two of which are wireframe development shots, provided to legitimise the others. "As a small gift to all of you who still refuse to ... » Read More

Race supercars online and in front of thousands of community spectators - that's the alluring prospect that gamers have got to look forward to in the absolutely splendid-looking Xbox 360 racer Project Gotham Racing 3. The game's developer, Bizarre Creations, has incorporated a feature called GothamTV, which will be used as a medium to proactively link PGR3 with the online community. GothamTV will feature six channels, each one providing the player with a different service, enabling you to ... » Read More

It's all happening today folks (and on a Friday the 13th as well - spooky). Let today be known as the day of Xbox 360! A new bank holiday should be introduced in its honour. Even more in-game Xbox 360 movies have now become available. Stunning titles such as Project Gotham 3 (which looks amazing - you really need to check out this video), Quake 4 and Ghost Recon 3 (plus many more) are now available for download. And here they ... » Read More

Hoping to get to the bottom of the 'secret' image that briefly emerged from the recently, we embarked on some intensive sleuthing and have been informed by reliable insiders that the picture is, as was widely suspected, a hi-res render from Project Gotham Racing 3. The image, which you can find on the right, was briefly made available when players that successfully solved the latest ourcolony.net challenge were given a URL leading them to the close-up bumper shot. Keen automobile types ... » Read More