Crazy Taxi is returning with World Tour, a long-awaited reboot that significantly expands the arcade classic's formula. The new entry introduces multiplayer modes where players compete as rival cabbies vying for passengers within shared city spaces - a competitive dimension the series hasn't explored before. SEGA is preparing a closed network test in September across PS5 and other platforms ahead of a full 2027 release on Nintendo Switch 2 and elsewhere.
Early previews indicate World Tour strips away modern conveniences like skill trees and crafting systems, keeping the straightforward arcade action intact, though some coverage questions whether the new "world" scope delivers meaningful variety beyond familiar mechanics. The game brings back the series' distinctive soundtrack. Series creator Kenji Kanno has hinted at further announcements still to come as the project moves toward its full launch.
Ten in 2010. I played the original Crazy Taxi on my Dreamcast so much the disc doesn’t really work anymore. To be fair, SEGA’s GD-ROMs were notable for scratching easily, but I didn’t have this problem with any of my other games from the era. I generally look after all of my thin…
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We sat down with Kanno at this year's Gamescom, who talked us through everything we can expect in the upcoming World Tour.
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Crazy Taxi: World Tour showed its multiplayer for the first time at Gamescom, with rival cabbies competing for fares in a shared city. We look at whether competitive multiplayer was the missing piece the formula needed all along.
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SEGA has released a new multiplayer-themed trailer for the upcoming Crazy Taxi World Tour which comes to Nintendo Switch 2 and other platforms in 2027. The closed network test isn’t available on the Nintendo Switch 2, but the full game will be available on the platform. It looks…
Sega is at Gamescom to showcase {Crazy Taxi: World Tour}. If you're unable to visit the German expo, you'll still be able to try it out soon, as a Multiplayer Closed Network Test is scheduled for September, and Sega has now shared more details about it - including news we suspect…
As we've previously reported , Sega will be conducting a closed network test for {Crazy Taxi: World Tour} in September, with August 31 as the registration deadline (you can read more about that here ). Unfortunately, not all countries will be able to participate, and we know that…
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Crazy Taxi: World Tour is an almost refreshingly uncomplicated palette cleanser free of skill trees, crafting systems, and the other chaff that seems to be in every game you play nowadays. I just hope they manage to make the levels worthy of the “World Tour” moniker this new ride…
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Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! from developer Strange Scaffold merges a wild premise with intuitive, pick-up-and-play arcade action
Closed beta coming in September. You can be among the first in the world to play Crazy Taxi: World Tour in September, as SEGA plots a closed beta test for the long-awaited arcade reboot. Sign ups are open now through 31st August on PS5, ahead of the test getting underway from 11t…