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Old 06-05-2010, 02:10 AM   #104
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Remember Joy Ride? The free XBLA game that was due out last summer but never appeared? Well, it's not free now.

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Microsoft's free-to-play Avatar racing game Joy Ride is reportedly getting a major motion-controlled tune-up. The BigPark-developed racer is now planned as a Project Natal launch title, CVG reports, and may no longer be free.

CVG cites a "senior retail source" in its report, who says Joy Ride will "no longer be free to play, but that it's been completely reworked into a bigger, richer game than before." The cartoony racing game made its debut at E3 2009, then pitched as a downloadable, stunt-filled title that would be supported by plenty of downloadable content. It was playable then, but its product page recently disappeared from Xbox.com. Yeah, something's up.

We're a little more than a week away from Microsoft's big Xbox 360 and Project Natal events, so expect confirmation or denial of Joy Ride's fate soon.
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I would have liked it to be free but I'm betting it would have been like Game Room and had nothing to do at all unless you bought stuff for it which sort of defeats the "Its free!" idea. If we're paying for it, we should get a decent bundle of things to do from the start.
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