Hot Wheels: Rift Rally

Platform(s): PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, iOS
Genre: Racing
Developer: Velan Studios
Release Date: March 31, 2023

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'Hot Wheels: Rift Rally' Brings Mixed Reality Racing To Mobile And PlayStation Next Month - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Feb. 8, 2023 @ 12:00 a.m. PST

Hot Wheels: Rift Rally combines the thrill of a AAA racing game with RC mixed reality tech for a unique new Hot Wheels experience that blends the real world with over-the-top digital environments.

Rev your engines, racing fans!

Hot Wheels: Rift Rally puts players behind the wheel of their favorite Hot Wheels vehicles using the Chameleon RC car, which can digitally transform into more than 140 vehicle variations. This includes iconic Hot Wheels such as Twin Mill, Bone Shaker, Mach Speeder, Gotta Go, and more fan-favorites; as well as several Rift Rally original vehicles.

In Hot Wheels: Rift Rally, players have two ways to play. In Campaign mode, players set up Rift Gates to create the ultimate mixed reality track and explore different challenge maps where there are multiple challenges to complete and races to race. In Stunt mode, players drive and stunt the Chameleon without gates as they chain together drifts, wheelies, and burnouts to hit high scores and earn rewards.

 


“Our mission at Velan has always been to create breakthrough games that feel magical to players,” said Karthik Bala, CEO, Velan Studios. “Our background combining digital and physical play taught us a lot about the mixed reality racing genre we invented, which we used to bring a transformational new experience to Hot Wheels: Rift Rally.”

"Velan Studios' innovative game design and technology introduces a breakthrough play experience for Hot Wheels fans by transforming their home into the ultimate Hot Wheels track for their digital car collection,” said Mike DeLaet, Global Head of Digital Gaming, Mattel. “Hot Wheels: Rift Rally unlocks an exciting new kind of creative play for Hot Wheels fans by bridging physical and digital play in a way we’ve never seen before,” added Chris Down, Chief Design Officer, Mattel.

Players can now pre-order the Standard Edition for $129.99 (SRP) or the Collector’s Edition for $149.99 (SRP) at www.riftrally.com and coming soon to GameStop.

Included with purchase is the Chameleon RC car, four Rift Gates for track building, and a charging cable. Game software will be free to download. The Collector’s Edition includes a special edition Chameleon with black deco and gold accents and a limited edition McLaren Senna Hot Wheels die-cast car in a display case.

Key Features

  • Two Ways to Play: In Campaign mode, players set up Rift Gates to create the ultimate mixed reality track, exploring maps that feature multiple challenges to complete and races to race. In Stunt mode, players drive and stunt the Chameleon without gates as they chain together drifts, wheelies, and burnouts to hit high scores and earn rewards.
  • Vehicle Variety: The Chameleon can digitally transform into 22different core cars with more than 140 variants, allowing players to get behind the wheel their favorite Hot Wheels cars, including fan favorites like Twin Mill, Bone Shaker, Mach Speeder and Gotta Go, as well as all new vehicles.
  • Custom Cars-There are endless options to customize the look and performance of cars so players can bring their own flair and style to the game. In-game performance customizations translate into real world Chameleon behavior-for instance, increasing acceleration performance means the Chameleon accelerates faster across the living room.
  • Exciting Challenges-Hot Wheels: Rift Rally offers a variety of mini-games, puzzles and challenges to earn new vehicles and customizations.
  • Play Solo or with Friends-Players can play solo or by connecting multiple Chameleons on separate devices with cross-platform play. Players can also play co-op with friends on PlayStation using a single Chameleon, where action hands off to different controllers
  • Chameleon RC Car Specs:
    • 1080p onboard camera provides 3rd person view that enables immersive mixed reality play
    • Battery drive time is roughly 2 hours of play under normal play conditions
    • Charge times: ~1hr from 50%, 2-3hrs from 0%
    • Size: H: 100mm, W: 101mm, L: 91mm

Hot Wheels: Rift Rally will launch for iOS, PS4 and PS5 on March 14, 2023.


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