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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The second Closed Beta for The Crew began yesterday, another opportunity for the developers to test out the huge playing area online in refining and fixing a range of key issues before the game is released in November. If you haven't seen our coverage, check out our dedicated page and stacks of preview videos already […]
NewsThe Crew is being hailed as one of the first truly next-gen racing games, thanks to its mesmerisingly-massive open world map encompassing the entire US. With such ambitious scale, making The Crew only available for PC and next-gen consoles made sense, but Ubisoft has now made the surprise announcement that The Crew will also be […]
NewsThe Crew publisher Ubisoft has confirmed the release date for the title's closed beta has been brought forward to July 21st. Originally scheduled to go live next Wednesday on July 23rd, the revised dates now means the closed beta – which ends on July 25th – will run for five consecutive days before being wound […]
NewsThe Crew publisher Ubisoft has confirmed an enticing new car for the open world racing game: Ferrari's LaFerrari hypercar. Showcased for the first time in-game through the latest batch of The Crew screenshots, the LaFerrari is the first licenced Ferrari to be announced for the game, and will almost certainly be one of the fastest […]
NewsUbisoft has officially confirmed a November 11th release date for its upcoming 'CarPG' racing game, The Crew. First revealed during Ubisoft's press conference at this year's E3 trade show, the November 11th date puts The Crew in a mildly congested launch window for racing games: the PS4-exclusive DriveClub is currently scheduled for an October 10th […]
NewsUbisoft has officially confirmed the latest car to feature in The Crew: the fifth-generation Ford Mustang GT. Whilst not shown in any official gameplay footage at time of writing, the new Ford flagship has been showcased in a preview image of the upcoming 'CarPG' racing title. Though the Mustang GT won't be making its racing […]
NewsAlan presents some more exclusive footage of The Crew from the preview event held in Paris, with some off-cuts covering aspects of the game we didn't see in part one such as the car customisation and an overview of the map. Of course, there's more hands-on gameplay too, as Alan takes a leisurely drive across […]
NewsWith all the focus on The Crew's expansive open world map and crazy RPG car customisation, it's easy to overlook the fact there's actually a narrative driving your road trip across the US. Contextualising the 50 story missions is a narrative that essentially acts as a guided road trip across the map, starting in Detroit […]
NewsIn 2006, Eden Games’ revolutionary Test Drive: Unlimited pioneered the Massively Multiplayer Online Racing scene. Set in the idyllic Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, we still have fond memories of basking in its glorious open world paradise of multiplayer motoring exploits, fueled by the passionate petrol-head community. Pity, then, that TDU’s online roads were closed as of September […]
FeaturesHere it is, our first look at some brand new gameplay of Ubisoft's The Crew taken from a press preview event in Paris, where Alan had a chance to get a thorough hands-on with the highly-anticipated open world next-gen racer. From his play-through, first impressions are extremely positive. It's clear that The Crew has come […]
NewsTo say that The Crew’s sprawling open world recreation of the entire US is mind-blowingly-massive is a serious understatement. At 5,000 sq km, it's one of the largest open world maps to feature in a game by some margin. It’s so vast that it takes around 90 minutes – two hours to drive from coast […]
NewsDriveClub isn't the the only next generation driving game playing hard-to-get, y'know. Ubisoft created quite a buzz when they announced The Crew at last year's E3; a hugely ambitious MMOR set on a map the size of the US. Like DriveClub, it too was delayed until later this year and has fallen off the radar […]
NewsUbisoft's ambitious next gen open world racer The Crew has been delayed until at least Spring 2014. Originally slated for release during Ubisoft's 2013 – 2014 fiscal year, this means the earliest we will possibly be playing The Crew is now April 1st 2014. Update: Joystiq has since reported that Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot has stated […]
NewsDuring our visit to Gamescom, Alan managed to speak with The Crew's Creative Director Julian Gerighty to find out more about Ubisoft's ambitious open world next gen racer. One of The Crew's defining features is its enormous map that covers the whole of the United States. When asked exactly how large the game map will […]
InterviewsThe unveiling of Ubisoft's ambitious open world driving game The Crew was one of the undisputed highlights of E3 for racing game fans, principally because it's one of few next generation racing games that offers true innovation with its daringly diverse open world map covering the whole of the USA in staggering detail that has […]
PreviewsWe've finally done it. We've finally found another man of Alan's ginormouse stature who is willing to clamber into a cramped racing cockpit for the cameras. This latest 'tall man friendly test' was performed at E3 on the Ubisoft stand displaying The Crew in its showpiece triple screen setup and motion rig. Our mysterious tall […]
NewsUbisoft Reflection's Driver San Francisco featured some of the most refreshingly innovative open world multiplayer modes thanks to its ingenious shift mechanic that allowed you to zoom out of the map and span instantaneously into other moving cars, making for some frantic, chaotic and unpredictable matches that often resembled the chase scene in The Matrix […]
NewsIt's fast becoming common knowledge that The Crew will put the 'massive' into massively multiplayer online racing. Spanning some 5,000sq km, Ubisoft have taken on quite an audacious task to say the least: to create a richly detailed open world representing the entirety of the US.- So far, we've seen condensed versions of New York, Los […]
NewsAfter its next-gen debut last week in Los Angeles, Ubosift has revealed the first post-E3 stats regarding The Crew's licensed car roster. As shown on the official The Crew website, several cars that featured prominently in the E3 announcement trailer and the gameplay demos are present in the list, such as the pair of Chevrolet […]
NewsWe've got some more gameplay action from The Crew's triple screen setup at E3, this time focusing on a team-based multiplayer match where the objective is to track down and take out an enemy Hummer. Suffice to say, the random player we recorded could probably do with some driving game lessons and spends the majority […]
NewsWhile trawling through the exciting E3 show-floor we were surprised to find The Crew available to play on a triple screen with a wheel – a swanky setup normally reserved for high-end racing titles. Indeed, f the handling from Driver: San Francisco is anything to go by i'm not entirely convinced The Crew will lend […]
NewsUbisoft's ambitious open world driving game The Crew was one of the standout surprises at E3 for automotive fans, and we're now able to blow the doors wide open with a series of gameplay videos taken directly from the show-floor. I'm a massive fan of open world city driving games having racked up the hours […]
NewsThe rumours were right: Ivory Towers and Ubisoft Reflections have been busy bunnies (sorry, my mind is still overloaded with bunnies after watching Ubisoft's E3 conference…) preparing their take on the next generation of driving games. As we were expecting, it's called The Crew, a next-generation, mission-based driving game set in in a sprawling open […]
NewsWith Forza Motorsport 5, Gran Turismo 6, Need for Speed Rivals and Driveclub set to make an appearance, this year's E3 promises to be an eventful show for racing game enthusiasts. Last year Ubisoft arguably stole the show with their surprise unveiling of Watch Dogs, a new open world IP set in a sprawling alternate […]
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