Codemasters ha fornito numerose informazioni in merito al suo prossimo racing game DiRT Showdown, new entry nell'ambito della fortunata serie DiRT. Il publisher, infatti, ha ufficializzato la data di rilascio del gioco, che sarà disponibile il 25 maggio in Europa e il 29 dello stesso mese in Nord America per le piattaforme di gaming Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 e PlayStation 3.

Inoltre, Codemasters ha reso noto che DiRT Showdown, il primo titolo a essere pubblicato dalla nuova label Codemasters Racing, sarà anche disponibile in versione demo per tutte le piattaforme di gioco a cui è indirizzata la versione completa a partire dal prossimo 1 maggio presso i circuiti di Xbox Live Marketplace per Xbox 360, PlayStation Network per PS3 e Steam per PC. La demo includerà un solo evento relativo alla modalità multiplayer.

Codemasters, infine, ha reso disponibile il seguente trailer con cui mostra il gameplay offerto dal titolo in abbinamento alla nuova modalità di gioco denominata "Hoonigan".

Codemasters announced that DiRT Showdown, the new all-action racing game from the award-winning DiRT series, will race into retail on May 25th. DiRT Showdown will be the first game to launch on the company’s new publishing label Codemasters Racing.

To mark the news, Codemasters has released the ‘Ultimate Hoonigan’ gameplay video featuring the spectacular tricks and stunts players can perform in DiRT Showdown’s Hoonigan game modes. The video features Ken Block’s Ford Fiesta H.F.H.V Gymkhana 5 which features exclusively in DiRT Showdown, going head-to-head with a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X JUN, and is now playing at www.dirtgame.com.

Codemasters also announced that the playable demo of DiRT Showdown is due to launch worldwide from May 1st. The demo will feature a solo and multiplayer event and will be available from Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation Network and Steam on PC.

When the DiRT Showdown demo goes live, Codemasters will invite fans to join the free new online hub for Codemasters Racing games, RaceNet. RaceNet will launch in beta as an evolving interactive community platform for Codemasters Racing games and allow fans to track their Races, Rivals and Rewards.

A special ‘Hoonigan’ edition of DiRT Showdown is now available to pre-order exclusively from Game. Sporting unique packaging, the DiRT Showdown: Hoonigan Edition will include an in-game cash boost, an online XP multiplier plus Monster Energy liveries for the Kohler D350, Duke Coupe and Ford Fiesta Gymkhana 3 and Hoonigan liveries for the Holbrook Growler, Logan Vulture and Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X JUN(as seen in the ‘Ultimate Hoonigan’ video), redeemed via an online code.

DiRT Showdown will deliver a new world of competitive and combative racing as players race, crash and hoon their way to ‘Showdown’ finals on a chaotic tour of motorised mayhem when it launches May 25th for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system and PC. For all the latest updates straight from the studio, crash over to www.dirtgame.com, www.facebook.com/dirtgame or follow the team at www.twitter.com/dirtgame.

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