The Crew Motorfest
| The Crew Motorfest | |
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| Developer(s) | Ubisoft Ivory Tower |
| Publisher(s) | Ubisoft |
| Director(s) | Stéphane Beley |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | 2023 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
The Crew Motorfest is an upcoming racing video game developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower and published by Ubisoft for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. It will be the sequel to 2018's The Crew 2 and the third game in The Crew series. As with its predecessors, the game is set in an open world environment; however, unlike the predecessors (which were set in the Contiguous United States), Motorfest would set in a scaled-down version of the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu.
Gameplay
The Crew Motorfest will be set in a scaled-down version of the island of Oʻahu in Hawaii.[1][2] It will be themed around a festival that will serve as the main area for accessing the various events in the game, which is similar to that of the Forza Horizon series of games.[3][4] Its gameplay is similar to that of the previous games in the series, featuring online multiplayer features referred to in game as a "crew", as well as being able to control vehicles other than cars such as planes and boats.[5]
Development and release
Motorfest is being developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower.[2] It was internally known as Project Orlando during development until October 2022 when the title and setting of the game was leaked.[6] It was announced with a teaser trailer released on January 31, 2023.[7] A closed testing period for Motorfest on PC began on February 1, 2023, with testing for consoles coming at a later date.[8] The game is expected to release in 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.[1] Journalists noted the similarities between Motorfest and the first two Test Drive Unlimited games (2006 and 2011), which several developers from Ivory Tower worked on previously and also share Oʻahu as a main setting.[2][8]
References
- ^ a b Good, Owen S. (January 31, 2023). "Ubisoft racer The Crew gets another sequel: The Crew Motorfest". Polygon. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ a b c Reilly, Luke (January 31, 2023). "Ubisoft Reveals The Crew Motorfest, Heads to Hawaii". IGN. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ Wales, Matt (January 31, 2023). "The Crew Motorfest takes Ubisoft's open-world racer to Hawaii this year". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ Franzese, Tomas (January 31, 2023). "The Crew Motorfest brings a racing festival to Hawaii this year". Digital Trends. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ "Ubisoft announces 'The Crew Motorfest', opens beta registrations - Times of India". The Times of India. February 1, 2023. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Kuhnke, Oisin (October 18, 2022). "The Crew 3 Might Have Been Renamed To "Motorfest"". GameSpot. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
- ^ Jones, Ali; West, Josh (January 31, 2023). "With The Crew Motorfest, Ubisoft finally brings the thrill of Forza Horizon to PS5". GamesRadar+. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.
- ^ a b Ivan, Tom (January 31, 2023). "Ubisoft has announced The Crew Motorfest for release this year". Video Games Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved February 1, 2023.