Genre
RacingPublisher
UbisoftSteering wheel compatible
YesDeveloper
Ivory TowerUK Release Date
01/12/2014-
The Crew Open World Driving - E3 2013 Gameplay
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The Crew - Gameplay E3 2013
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The Crew - Preview Event Gameplay
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The Crew Multiplayer Gameplay E3 2013
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Gamescom: The Crew part 4
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Gamescom: The Crew part 1
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The Crew - Car Customisation on iPad
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The Crew Preview Event Gameplay - Part 2
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The Crew Triple Screen Gameplay E3 2013
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The Crew Triple Screen Multiplayer Mode Gameplay E3 2013
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Gamescom: The Crew part 3
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The Crew - Coast to Coast - McLaren 12C Gameplay
Our Review
Summary
Calling All Units is an enjoyable expansion for The Crew, but it lacks the variety and lasting appeal of Wild Run, and doesn’t offer returning players enough content to justify the steep asking price, while newcomers will find the restrictive progression system too frustrating. It’s a shame, because the police chase missions are entertaining and exhilarating for a while, particularly with groups of competitive online players, but the less said about the negligible narrative in the single player, the better. Where Ivory Tower takes the series next is anyone’s guess, but The Crew is starting to show its age – it could do with either a substantial map expansion or a sequel to reinvigorate the series and keep players invested.
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Ubisoft have released The Crew's Wild Run expansion today which brings a plethora of new content to the huge open-world racer. Chief among the new content is “The Summit” which is basically a monthly competition between players “that lasts a limited amount of time” according to Ivory Tower. Here you'll find various missions, PVP events, […]
NewsUbisoft Ivory Tower Managing Director Ahmed Boukheifa has recently confirmed that work on The Crew's incoming graphical update actually started very shortly after the game's launch in 2014. The new graphical update coming November 17, to coincide with The Crew's Wild Run expansion, will be free for all The Crew players and not only involves updated […]
NewsWe catch up with Stephane Jankowski, producer of The Crew: Wild Run and he gives us some new details on the upcoming expansion. Jankowski chats about the various new vehicles and specs such as the monster trucks, drift cars and motorcycles and touches on the new work that has gone into the engine to improve […]
InterviewsAfter checking out a full preview version of The Crew's upcoming Wild Run expansion, we now turn our attention to the The Crew's Wild Run PC beta with a random drive. We're running the game on our triple-screen setup and we go for an extensive drive just for some fun. In fact it's this ability […]
NewsWe continue our preview footage with the full version of The Crew: Wild Run by trying our hand at some drifting in rainy conditions. The game is running on a PC but is simulating what console owners can expect to see, also we are also using a controller for this preview. We take part in […]
NewsFollowing on from our recent drift car video we now turn our attention to the monster trucks within The Crew's upcoming Wild Run expansion which is set to release on November 17. Straight from the off you can see the monster truck bouncing around on its suspension as Ivory Tower let us know in no […]
PreviewsWe've got lots of preview action coming shortly (not to be confused with the PC closed beta) for the upcoming Wild Run expansion for The Crew, our first video takes a closer look at the drift spec cars. Alan immediately holds his hand up as being pretty terrible at drifting so don't expect us to […]
PreviewsAs many will already know, The Crew: Wild Run PC closed beta will start tomorrow, October 15, so let's have a run down of all of the content you can expect to get your hands on. Players taking part in the PC closed beta will have access to all of the new “extreme” vehicles, this […]
NewsUbisoft have posted a video of their recent community event where many people from the racing game community (YouTubers, site admins, competition winners etc.) were invited to the Ivory Tower studios to get a hands on with The Crew's upcoming Wild Run expansion. During the video, (below, around 3:17) Ivory Tower producer Stephane Beley drops […]
NewsUbisoft has acquired Ivory Tower, the French developer based in Lyon who worked on The Crew. “We’ve always enjoyed a very positive relationship with Ubisoft," Ahmed Boukhelifa, the Managing Director of the studio, commented. "Working together on The Crew, and celebrating its success, made us both understand that we have huge potential in continuing to work together […]
NewsIvory Tower, the developers of The Crew will soon be inviting players to participate in a PC closed beta to sample the upcoming content from the Wild Run expansion, due for release on November 17. Automatic access will be granted to all PC players of The Crew, players who have tried the PC trial version […]
NewsIvory Tower have released some gameplay footage of The Crew's Wild Run expansion showing a monster truck driving through the streets of the US and smashing through a police roadblock. Looking at the footage leaves me somewhat disappointed, as much as I love the idea of driving these massive monsters through the streets it would […]
NewsWe get on our bikes with our last Gamescom gameplay video of The Crew's Wild Run expansion which is set for release in November. Looking rather cool on our Ducatti we take a ride to the nearby Hoover Dam. Along the way we once again get to sample the Wild Run's improved draw distance, lighting […]
PreviewsWe've already covered lots of new and exciting additions that will be coming to The Crew over recent weeks and here's one more for you – FreeDrive Stunts. FreeDrive Stunts are challenges that can be activated by anyone at any point and anywhere on the huge open-world map. While you free roam the map you […]
NewsThe highlights of the The Crew's upcoming updates for most will be the addition of the new vehicles and specs such as the monster trucks, bikes and dragsters from the Wild Run expansion along with the updated graphics and wet weather conditions available to everyone. However, fans should also get themselves excited for other more […]
NewsIvory Tower have recently revealed they are working on FreeDrive Challenges for their massive open-world racer The Crew. The FreeDrive Challenges are basically instant races between yourself anyone who accepts your challenge. However the actual races take place whilst still in FreeDrive mode meaning you'll still be able to see other online players driving around […]
NewsWe return to some biking action from The Crew's upcoming Wild Run expansion. Alan rides through a forest area taking the bike off road at times which seems to be no problem for it at least with the arcade settings selected, hardcore settings may be another matter entirely. Riding on the bumps gives us a […]
NewsWe cruise around in our Ferrari 458 Speciale and have a look at The Crew's updated graphics at the Gamescom show floor. Although still in development, the difference in graphics is impressive. The wet weather effects look decent and the wet roads offer a fresh challenge for veterans of The Crew. You may notice that […]
NewsWe've covered the new monster trucks and dragsters from the upcoming Wild Run expansion for The Crew, now it's time to focus on the newly added bikes! Alan takes to his bike very quickly thanks to its intuitive controls. Much like the four wheel vehicles in Ubisoft's open-world racer, the bikes have a distinct arcade […]
NewsFollowing the monster trucks video, we now turn our attention to the newly added dragster spec in The Crew's upcoming Wild Run expansion. We take part in three 1-mile long drag races on the salt flats and the first task you need to complete is to spin your tyres to warm them for an optimal […]
NewsOur very first gameplay video from Gamescom takes a look at some of the content of offer within the Wild Run expansion for Ubisoft's massive open-world racer The Crew. The gameplay footage also gives us a decent look at the game's improved visuals which includes a greater draw distance. Also improved are the physics and […]
NewsDeveloper Ivory Tower have confirmed that dynamic weather will be coming to the massive open-world “carpg” racer The Crew. We recently got a short glimpse at The Crew's wet weather effects in The Crew's Wild Run expansion trailer although it was not clear just how the wet weather would be implemented until now. Ivory Tower […]
NewsUbisoft have released a new trailer which showcases The Crew's upcoming Wild Run expansion which was first revealed at this year's E3 back in June. The most impressive part of the trailer has to be the comparisons between the current graphics and the new updated graphics which have had a complete overhaul and will launch […]
NewsIvory Tower have announced that their huge open-world racer The Crew will be getting two additional classic cars over the next couple of months or so. The first of the two cars is the Nissan Fairlady Z 423, although Ivory Tower haven't specified the date, after a quick search it looks like the car debuted […]
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