Here's another fun title shown off at Ubisoft's conference today - one that harkens back to the days of old arcade machines and old school racers. In its brief segment it was given, Trackmania gave gamers a glimpse at some truly dynamic race tracks that enabled them to truly put their pedal to the metal in a way not many arcade racers can venture to. Its cartoonish look, whilst not incredibly mind blowing, is rather endearing in a quirky sort of way - utilising bright colours to further compliment the outlandish race courses that look as though they've just emerged from a Hot Wheel's set. The developers also showed off a new level creation system - one that builds tracks on the fly at the press of a button, where they are then constructed from the ground up in front of the player's eyes. It looks absolutely zany despite its apparent shortcomings, and will no doubt charm a great many fans come its release on the 27th November. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3piye62BYf4
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
