UK-based indie studio Glitchers has announced that Drive Buy, its upcoming vehicle combat game, will launch on Nintendo Switch and PC on 12th March.
Said to be inspired by games like Twisted Metal, Rocket League, and even Mario Kart, Drive Buy is described as a "short-session multiplayer vehicle combat game with a delivery twist." You're tasked with using over-the-top power-ups to take down your competitors as you complete as many deliveries as possible, and there are three different game modes to check out:
• 4 Player, head-to-head Online Battles
• Seamless AI Play designed to auto fill the roster during play
• 3 game modes -
Delivery Battle - Hustle the most deliveries and shake down rival drivers with powerups found around the map. Strategic, unpredictable & full of surprises.
PayDay - Hold onto the most coins on the map whilst dodging power ups left, right & centre
Piggy Bank - Tag… with a Pig! Hold the pig to earn coins, other players hunt you down keeping the action really focused and players tight.
• Choose from 6 diverse characters with more added in each season update.
• Vehicles have unique handling and stats so make sure you pick the best for each mode.
• Find and unlock an array of Common, Rare, Epic, Legendary and even Special Giftable Cosmetic Items for every character
Glitchers co-founder, Hugo Scott-Slade, says, "At its heart, Drive Buy is a vehicle-based party game with intuitive, pick up & play controls, we wanted to create an experience which avoids the frustration of track-based racing games - hence a street-based delivery battler was created! We want everyone to be in with a chance of winning - so even the player in last position can turn it around and steal a last-minute victory. Or they can flood the leader’s screen with emotes and emojis to get revenge."
If you can't wait for that 12th March launch date on Switch, a free demo is live on Steam starting from today.
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Terrible name for a game.
I also love how in the one screenshot of the game the chat just says HAS THE PIG!
Crazy taxi meets twisted metal could be fun. I feel like rogue trip for psOne was like that. Or did I dream it...
Twisted Metal was great. Will keep an eye on this but not real hopeful. Maybe it will surprise us.
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Looking at this game makes me nostalgic for Carmageddon series... The second one and TDR2000 were one of my favourite games growing up.
Meh. Doesn't look great.
This could be cool. There needs to be more open city driving-mission/racing games. (other than the driving school shovelware on eshop) Forgive me, I'm not into burnout or need for speed. I'm very close to doing another playthrough Simpsons Hit & Run (gamecube).
I fail to see relevance to rocket league. Maybe I missed something.
Sounds great but visuals look a bit ropey. We shall see....
@AG_Awesome I'm glad someone else remembers Rogue Trip! I played that game to death and found it infinitely more enjoyable than the more famous Twisted Metal.
I'd also like a new Vigilante 8.
Was hoping for a 'Vigilante 8' style game tho this looks rather different.. The art style also feels like a mobile game, so not sure what to think here, will keep an eye out nevertheless.
nice! I like it and will buy it for the couch multiplayer.
Wait, does it have splitscreen??
@sketchturner @SoapMonkey Yeah watching that just made me really want another Vigilante 8 game. I obsessively played that on PS1 when it first came out. I never played the remake Vigilante 8 Arcade but I knew it had mixed reviews.
So there's this and Destruction All Stars on the playstation. Its nice to see more combat vehicle games but could we not just get a new high quality burnout game
We need a new Vigilante 8 game!! I've been saying this for years!
@arekdougy So true.
I hope this is good. My favorite games as a kid were Twisted Metal 2, Rogue Trip and Vigilante 8 and I have been feeling the loss of the genre for about a decade. Seems like a hard nut to crack though, as many car combat titles exist but we only ever seem to talk about Twisted and Vigilante. Interstate '76 if you prefer PC.
Price will be an important factor of whether I pick this up or not, and the wording of 'season update' has me both concerned and curious. Lack of additional maps is also concerning.
I feel like the quality expectations got really low on the Switch if this makes the news.
But now I want to have Carmageddon or Twisted Metal on Switch. But nope. Drive Buy.
I'm still waiting for Vigilante 8: Third Offense.
There really should have been more Twisted Metal games and inspired games over the last decade or so than we saw. Glad to see the genre is starting to come back. Hopefully Sony announces a new Twisted Metal one of these days.
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