I’m sure that won’t cause any friction down the line. Adding to Butler’s douchey appeal, it looks like Butler has his own management agency, Butler Global, and it looks like it shares twin-billing with Konnersport on first reference. His hair looks a little different, but for the record, that is still a punchable mugshot. In this fictitious F1 studio show spoke to (very real) hosts Naomi Schiff (formerly of Formula W’s Hitech GP and a Sky Sports personality) and Dickens Junior “ durkchocolate” Ngoma, a motorsports Twitch streamer and influencer who just signed with Red Bull Racing’s esports department as a content creator. So, what does Butler look like in live action? Unfortunately, we only got a look at a still photograph with a voice over. In a preview for that game, creative director Lee Mather was delighted that fans “gelled with Devon,” despite Codemasters deliberately casting “somebody who’s got a face you wanted to punch.”
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To whet that appetite, fans got an extensive (8-minute) trailer introducing the fictitious racing team to F1 23’s grid on Friday - Konnersport Racing Team, whose top driver is yep, you guessed it, Devon Butler.īutler has been the breakout star of Codemasters’ prior attempts at a narrative: F1 2019’s “taster” of three Formula 2 races heading into a standard career, and F1 2021’s “Braking Point,” a much larger, chapter-based mode which brought Butler back against two new playable protagonists.
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We’ll learn more about Codemasters plans for the latest edition of its Formula 1 video game series on Monday. It’s the first AAA game to do so, so we’ll have to see if this decision pays off, and filming live-action scenes on Extended Reality sets becomes a new tool for live-action video game cutscenes.F1 23 will feature a narrative mode with live-action scenes like 2022’s Grid Legends, if a new teaser from publisher Electronic Arts is any indication. Interestingly, the developers say that “Driven to Glory” uses the Extended Reality technology pioneered by the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian. After players finish this story, they can carry progress over into Career mode. It follows several teams as they compete in the fictional Grid World Series. Grid Legends’ flagship mode is called “Driven to Glory,” which is a narrative-focused story mode with live-action cutscenes starring Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa. As for brand new features, there’s a new Electric Boost racing mode and a race creator that allows players to adjust a race’s cars, weather, time of day, and more.
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It evolves the formula that the title reestablished, with EA confirming that the game will feature over 100 cars and have full cross-play at launch.Ĭareer mode returns, now featuring 250 events, while Drift and last-car-standing mode Elimination modes also come back after being absent from the 2019 game. This is a traditional racing game, so it does not feature an open-world like Forza Horizon 5.
This is the first new entry since 2019’s soft reboot, titled Grid. Grid is a long-running series that has existed since 2008. This hefty DLC will give players exclusive access to the following cars and customization options: Those who pre-order will receive the Seneca & Ravenwest Double Pack. Yes, pre-orders are now available for Grid Legends. It not only revealed the release date but showcased gameplay for the first time and gave us another glimpse at its “Driven to Glory” story mode.
Yes, there is! A new trailer for Grid Legends was released on December 3, 2021. Unlike other games like Sifu and Saints Row that moved their release dates away from Elden Ring, Grid Legends still has the potential to do well on that date because it appeals to a very different audience.
That’s actually the same day as FromSoftware’s Elden Ring, one of the most anticipated games of 2022.
When is the Grid Legends release date?ĮA and Codemasters have announced that Grid Legends will be released on February 25, 2021. Can the game live up to the hype? Everything we know about Grid Legends so far suggests that it might. On top of that, we’ve learned that it’s launching just ahead of Gran Turismo 7. It is the first notable simulation racing game of 2022, and it’s following up November 2021’s critically acclaimed Forza Horizon 5.
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