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The Anime-Inspired Racer 'Screamer' Has Been Rated For Switch 2

Rebooting... Screamer, the arcade-style racing game set in an anime-inspired dystopian world, could be on its way to Switch 2 in the future. A rating has been spotted on the USK in Germany for a Nintendo version of the game. This "high-speed" game, which is filled with "merciless combat and a gripping storyline", launched on other platforms earlier this year.

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The Anime-Inspired Arcade Racer 'Screamer' Has Been Rated For Switch 2

Rebooting... Screamer, the racing game set in an anime-style dystopian world, could be on its way to the Switch 2 in the future. A rating has been spotted on the USK in Germany for a Nintendo version of the game. This "high-speed arcade racing" game, which is filled with "merciless combat and a gripping storyline", launched on other platforms earlier this year.

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While You Wait for Forza Horizon 6, Try One of PS5's Most Unique Racing Games with Free Playable Demo

Screamer from the rooftops. If you're a racing game fan, odds are you're either playing Forza Horizon 6 already, or you're patiently waiting for that PS5 version to drop later in the year. Those in the latter category may be interested to know that one of the generation's most interesting racers now has a playable demo available, and we'd definitely encourage you to give it a shot. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

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Screamer’s multiplayer chases unleash the racer’s full chaotic potential, trapping you inside a relentlessly boosty, bashy, and boomy washing machine

When James and I published our impressions of anime racer Screamer the other week, I mentioned I was keen to give its online races a go once it’d pulled out of the garage. Would the sights and sounds of sliding around its twisty tracks and slamming into real people make for as much fun as I’d had racing the computer in its story mode?

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren

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Arcade racer Screamer’s first update nerfs AI difficulty, with an "additional balance pass" coming soon

If you read our verdict over the weekend, you’ll know that Mark and I found the anime-flavoured Screamer reboot to be a delightfully exaggerated bit of slidey arcade racing – albeit one that, in the story-based Tournament mode, sometimes becomes randomly, viciously hard for no readily apparent reason. Judging by Screamer’s first update, which launched yesterday alongside game access for Digital Deluxe pre-orderers, those difficult spikes were an oopsie on the part of developers Milestone. Rather

Rock Paper Shotgun / James Archer

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RPS Verdict: Anime racer Screamer slides sideways into success with its colourful, characterful driving

Ed (RPS in peace) has, finally, posthumously, got his wish: another Screamer. This one’s gone all cyberpunk and/or anime-styled, with a heavy focus on story – it follows multiple, multinational merc-drivers entering a lightly murderous racing tournament – but can it still deliver on drifty driving thrills? After much practice, Mark and James both avoided clattering into the track barriers long enough to find out.

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