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Friday22nd Nov 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Is Still Getting A New Map Next Month
We now have a release date
Prior to the extremely rocky launch of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, developer KT Racing committed to a year one roadmap for the game, and now the first major content drop of that roadmap is upon us - the return of Ibiza. Now dated for December 11th, Ibiza returns from
Monday4th Nov 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Is Finally Compensating Launch-Window Xbox Players
Performance improvements are also coming
Since shortly after the game's rocky launch, Nacon has been promising rewards for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown players who hopped on before the game's first major patch - and those rewards have finally been detailed. If you playe
Friday27th Sep 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Dev 'Still Discussing' Compensation For Broken Launch
Give us the goods, Nacon
Open world racer Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown was quite broken at launch, particularly during the game's 'early access' window, where Gold Edition owners were supposed to be able to hop in and play early. Since then, we've heard bits and pieces about what's next for the game, but today's developer update is a more...
Thursday5th Sep 2024
News The Always-Online 'Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown' Suffers Launch Day Outages On Xbox
So much for online-only
Gold Edition owners of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown are supposed to get access to this new open-world Xbox racer today, however, Nacon and KT Racing aren't having the smoothest 'day zero' launch as it turns out. For several hours now, the entire game has been inaccessible due to server errors. Yep, the teams opted to go...
Friday30th Aug 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Lays Out Year 1 Roadmap For Xbox
Including the return of TDU2's Ibiza!
The team behind upcoming open world racer Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown has just revealed what's coming to the game beyond launch - with a robust year one roadmap already planned for the Xbox Series X|S title. Nacon and KT Racing have the first four post-launch seasons already mapped out, with new content...
Tuesday13th Aug 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Dev Reveals Tech Specs For Xbox Series X|S
And we have some fresh Series X gameplay!
Today, the 'VIP' console beta for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown has gone live, which means we have some fresh details on the Xbox versions of this open-world racer. To coincide with the beta release — which is exclusive to certain pre-order editions of TDU: SC — Nacon has revealed the game's tech...
Monday3rd Jun 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Preview Showcases Brand-New Extended Gameplay
Coming to Xbox this September!
So, we have the big shiny release date now for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, but what about a bit more extended gameplay? Most Solar Crown trailers so far have been fairly brief, but a new video preview from YouTube channel
Thursday30th May 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Officially Launches This September On Xbox
"Experience the ultimate racing & lifestyle experience"
It's finally official - the new Test Drive Unlimited is coming to Xbox this September! Yep, after a recent teaser for a 'major announcement', the team has done just that - confirming that Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown will launch for Xbox Series X and S on September 12th, 2024.
Monday27th May 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Is Teasing 'A Major Announcement' For This Week
Will we finally get an Xbox release date?
So, it's about time we got a release date for Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, right? Nacon's upcoming open-world racer has been publicly announced for years at this point, even if we've never had a proper, nailed-on release date for the title. However, that looks like it might be about to change. The team...
Friday1st Mar 2024
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Showcases Open-World Exploration In New Gameplay
Become an explorer of Hong Kong Island
We're quite excited to see a brand-new Test Drive game launch on Xbox Series X|S, and this week Nacon has delivered even more gameplay from the upcoming Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown - and the new-gen title is looking rather nice indeed. This time out, developer KT Racing has focused on off-road cruising...
News Lots Of New Games Confirmed For Xbox At Nacon Connect 2024
From Terminator to GreedFall!
Yesterday's Nacon Connect 2024 event was a busy one, treating us to plenty of new reveals for a bunch of Xbox games including Terminator: Survivors and GreedFall 2! We also got a few new release windows in the process. Here's the full list of Xbox games that were newly announced and/or received new trailers at th
Monday19th Feb 2024
News Terminator 'Survival Project' Will Feature In New Nacon Games Showcase This Month
This sounds like a packed show!
Publisher and game maker Nacon has announced a new showcase for later this month - featuring some pretty big projects from its in-house and partner studios. Dubbed 'Nacon Connect' — as has become the norm for the team — this 30-minute showcase takes pace on February 29th at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm GMT via Twitch...
Wednesday13th Dec 2023
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown's Open World Looks Impressive In New 'The Racer' Footage
Hong Kong island looks lush!
Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown is our most anticipated racing game of 2024 so far, and the team's latest trailer is only getting us more hyped for cruising around Hong Kong Island on Xbox next year! Feast your eyes on KT's 'The Racer' trailer up above - showing off a chunk of Test Drive's new game world and car upgrade...
Wednesday12th Jul 2023
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Extended Gameplay Debuted Ahead Of Xbox Launch
Finally, real gameplay footage!
During today's 'TDU Connect' event, developer KT Racing has finally revealed real gameplay of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. The presentation started out with a short, sizzle reel-style trailer before the dev team presented a lengthy demo - showcasing open world driving, racing, player houses, clubs and more. All...
Monday3rd Jul 2023
News Open World Racer 'Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown' Delayed Into Early 2024
Coronation postponed
We've had our eyes locked onto Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown pretty much since it was initially announced, and April's first look at proper in-game screenshots had us excited that things were progressing nicely for a 2023 launch. However, a new publisher document shows that the game has been pushed into 2024. Nacon's latest
Monday17th Apr 2023
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Is Looking Like Forza Horizon's Biggest Competitor
Here's what to expect from the game's 1:1 scale Hong Kong island!
Developer KT Racing has been a bit sheepish on showing information about Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown so far, but the team's latest Steam blog post is probably its most revealing info drop yet. In here, the team discusses its 1:1 scale rendition of Hong Kong Island, along with...
Wednesday1st Mar 2023
News Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown Begins Showing Off Some Of Its 14 Car Dealerships
There'll be dedicated spots for Ferrari and Lamborghini
Recent months have been a little quiet regarding news on the much anticipated Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, but it looks like 2023 will be a different story. The team behind the upcoming series revival has announced a brand new 'Solar Club Letter' blog series, and the first newsletter is...
Thursday7th Jul 2022
News Here's Your First Look At Hong Kong Island In Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown
Hey Forza, you watchin'?
A fair few of us have been hoping and wishing to see Forza Horizon head to Japan, or a similar locale, for years now. It's a region that's alluded us in Xbox's open world racing series thus far, but, what if we told you another series was beating Playground to the post? That's right, 'Test Drive Unlimited' made its grand...
Wednesday18th May 2022
News Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown Now Next-Gen Only, Coming In 2023
Flight to Hong Kong delayed
One of our most anticipated racers, Test Drive Unlimited: Solar Crown, has unfortunately been delayed into 2023. The open world racing subseries kicked off in 2006 with Test Drive Unlimited, and its third and latest entry was due this September. That's no longer the case, as another game bites the delay bullet. Still,...
