One of YouTube’s most exhilarating web series has returned for its eighth installment. Gymkhana, in which DC Shoes co-founder and stunt driver Ken Block drifts his way through an automotive gauntlet, has launched a new video that takes place in the desert landscape of Dubai.
Block’s Gymkhana series stands as YouTube’s answer to the Jason Bourne film series: Each episode is a nonstop wave of action, and recent ones have tended to feature major cities as their backdrops. After ‘Gymkhana Seven’ brought Block to the streets of Los Angeles, the series’ eighth round sends him to Dubai, where he blitzes down lonely highways, dances with glittering skyscrapers, and weaves his way through grand housing developments. At certain points, the new Gymkhana episode is almost balletic in nature; other times, it forcefully bursts its way forward.
This particular edition of Gymkhana, co-produced by Ford Performance, XDubai, and Block’s company Hoonigan,...
Block’s Gymkhana series stands as YouTube’s answer to the Jason Bourne film series: Each episode is a nonstop wave of action, and recent ones have tended to feature major cities as their backdrops. After ‘Gymkhana Seven’ brought Block to the streets of Los Angeles, the series’ eighth round sends him to Dubai, where he blitzes down lonely highways, dances with glittering skyscrapers, and weaves his way through grand housing developments. At certain points, the new Gymkhana episode is almost balletic in nature; other times, it forcefully bursts its way forward.
This particular edition of Gymkhana, co-produced by Ford Performance, XDubai, and Block’s company Hoonigan,...
- 3/1/2016
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Need for Speed ran the gamut of review scores earlier this month, but the audience called near-unanimous attention to one defect: the rubber-banding AI. Because a Dodge Challenger could overtake a Lamborghini Huracán the moment someone tapped its brakes, each race’s outcome only mattered during the last five checkpoints.
Flash forward three weeks. Ghost Games heard everyone’s complaints and will adjust the AI’s catch-up behavior soon. Like, Wednesday soon. Although the developers withheld specifics, perhaps players could, at long last, wreck their cars and not lose a half-mile lead before they reset. Granting sudden, aggravating speed boosts to the game’s rivals has been a staple of each Need for Speed, and I would be happy to see the “feature” go.
Ghost Games discussed further changes, too. In the team’s latest Under the Hood update, they highlighted community events, icon cars, rep increases, and typical bug fixes.
Flash forward three weeks. Ghost Games heard everyone’s complaints and will adjust the AI’s catch-up behavior soon. Like, Wednesday soon. Although the developers withheld specifics, perhaps players could, at long last, wreck their cars and not lose a half-mile lead before they reset. Granting sudden, aggravating speed boosts to the game’s rivals has been a staple of each Need for Speed, and I would be happy to see the “feature” go.
Ghost Games discussed further changes, too. In the team’s latest Under the Hood update, they highlighted community events, icon cars, rep increases, and typical bug fixes.
- 11/24/2015
- by Joshua Kowbel
- We Got This Covered
Twenty-one years ago, the first Need for Speed game hit retail and started to engrain itself in pop culture. Now, after numerous iterations, all bearing different subtitles and driving styles, the venerable racing series is back with a rebooted effort. Though, while the effort was made to create a game that would appeal to all arcade racing fanatics, the end result is a merely decent experience that is marred by one dimensional storytelling, technical problems and occasionally frustrating gameplay.
Following in the footsteps of 2013’s solid and immersive Need for Speed: Rivals, Ghost Games’ Need for Speed 2015 is a game that tries something different. Instead of telling its story through cutscenes featuring computer generated characters, it uses FMVs with real life actors. It does the job, and isn’t too jarring with its mix of real environments and CG vehicles, but things are all rather one dimensional. The characters,...
Following in the footsteps of 2013’s solid and immersive Need for Speed: Rivals, Ghost Games’ Need for Speed 2015 is a game that tries something different. Instead of telling its story through cutscenes featuring computer generated characters, it uses FMVs with real life actors. It does the job, and isn’t too jarring with its mix of real environments and CG vehicles, but things are all rather one dimensional. The characters,...
- 11/3/2015
- by Chad Goodmurphy
- We Got This Covered
On the eve of its arrival – a time when Ghost Games is putting the final touches on its slick, retooled ride – the thundering launch trailer for the studio’s Need for Speed reboot has drifted online, showcasing thrills, spills and some truly novel live-action cutscenes.
Returning to the neon-drenched underground that helped define EA’s sub-franchise, Ghost’s creative overhaul cherry-picks some of the more intriguing gameplay elements from the entire series – intense events along with races and chases with the law – and every sliver of footage has us feeling cautiously optimistic.
Become an icon of urban car culture in Need for Speed. Race in and explore a huge nocturnal open world, express your style with authentic car customization and become immersed in a narrative staring real world icons like Magnus Walker and Ken Block.
Ghost Games also confirmed some time ago that its Need for Speed overhaul would be always-online,...
Returning to the neon-drenched underground that helped define EA’s sub-franchise, Ghost’s creative overhaul cherry-picks some of the more intriguing gameplay elements from the entire series – intense events along with races and chases with the law – and every sliver of footage has us feeling cautiously optimistic.
Become an icon of urban car culture in Need for Speed. Race in and explore a huge nocturnal open world, express your style with authentic car customization and become immersed in a narrative staring real world icons like Magnus Walker and Ken Block.
Ghost Games also confirmed some time ago that its Need for Speed overhaul would be always-online,...
- 10/30/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
If you’ve been following the game since E3, then you’re likely aware of the fact that Ghost Games’ upcoming Need for Speed reboot will continue its series’ trend of featuring live actors. It’s how they’ll fit in, however, that’s news.
It seems that the idea behind the game’s career mode is to align oneself with a particular icon, via its five different ways of playing. Perhaps your driving style will best suit trickster Ken Block’s mantra, or you’ll be more of a build or crew type of person and fit in better with those styles’ respective icons. In the end, it’s really up to you and how you want to play the game.
Ghost Games did mention how the new Need for Speed was going to be a mix of the old and the new, and this is surely what they meant.
It seems that the idea behind the game’s career mode is to align oneself with a particular icon, via its five different ways of playing. Perhaps your driving style will best suit trickster Ken Block’s mantra, or you’ll be more of a build or crew type of person and fit in better with those styles’ respective icons. In the end, it’s really up to you and how you want to play the game.
Ghost Games did mention how the new Need for Speed was going to be a mix of the old and the new, and this is surely what they meant.
- 8/5/2015
- by Chad Goodmurphy
- We Got This Covered
The latest trailer goes live action and blends it with gameplay, come check it out along with lots of other information on the latest reboot of Need for Speed.
EA showed off the latest Need For Speed at Gamescom today and it blends live action cut scenes with in-game racing. This is cool in a way, but I personally find live action cut scenes in games super cheesy!
EA thinks it is awesome:
...Create a powerful story that’s emotional but also pushes the boundaries of technology by adding real-time compositing to the power of Frostbite. This allows us, for the first time ever, to blend live action film seamlessly with your in-game car and garage.”
The good news is that we also got a bunch of new info to go with it. The game has 5 ways to play and will dynamically change as you evolve within the game including...
EA showed off the latest Need For Speed at Gamescom today and it blends live action cut scenes with in-game racing. This is cool in a way, but I personally find live action cut scenes in games super cheesy!
EA thinks it is awesome:
...Create a powerful story that’s emotional but also pushes the boundaries of technology by adding real-time compositing to the power of Frostbite. This allows us, for the first time ever, to blend live action film seamlessly with your in-game car and garage.”
The good news is that we also got a bunch of new info to go with it. The game has 5 ways to play and will dynamically change as you evolve within the game including...
- 8/5/2015
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Dustin Spino)
- Cinelinx
YouTube introduced its skippable video ad format, TrueView, five years ago on April 8, 2010. In celebration of this milestone, Google’s online video site has compiled a variety of data points surrounding TrueView ads, including the fact that the number of advertisers using this format grew 45% in 2014.
In a company blog post, YouTube noted that brands who have gotten more creative with their video ads over the years have seen some impressive results on the online video platform. YouTube cites a Pixability stat which found that the top 100 brands are earning 42% more views on average per month on Google’s online video site. Additionally, YouTube found all of these brands ran TrueView ads in 2014.
Google’s online video site also put together a list of the top five trending video ads from when TrueView launched in 2010. Old Spice landed on the list twice, with the #2 spot for the classic “The Man...
In a company blog post, YouTube noted that brands who have gotten more creative with their video ads over the years have seen some impressive results on the online video platform. YouTube cites a Pixability stat which found that the top 100 brands are earning 42% more views on average per month on Google’s online video site. Additionally, YouTube found all of these brands ran TrueView ads in 2014.
Google’s online video site also put together a list of the top five trending video ads from when TrueView launched in 2010. Old Spice landed on the list twice, with the #2 spot for the classic “The Man...
- 4/8/2015
- by Bree Brouwer
- Tubefilter.com
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