Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled is coming in June, 2019.
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Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled hands-on — Like Mario Kart, with Crash Bandicoot

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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I got a first hands-on driving session with Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled, the latest retro game revival from developer Beenox and publisher Activision.

Last year’s Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy was such a hit that franchise owner Activision released Beenox long enough from its Call of Duty work to create the latest Crash Bandicoot kart racing game. The new game debuts on June 21, just a year after the previous title that started the retro return of Crash. It will be the 20th anniversary of the original title.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.