Screamer - 26 March 2026

[sirjim73]

With it being close to release date, I feel this needs it's own thread.

£59.99 or £69.99 for the Deluxe edition.
It's also Xbox Play Anywhere which is good news.

A gameplay trailer came out last week.
4 player split screen! 3 lap time trials, multiple MP modes and much more besides.

This might actually be a cracker if they don't screw up the launch, though Milestone don't seem to have a history of poor launches.

 

[tomo 427 S/C]

Was anyone else hoping for a Screamer 4x4 remake? Just me?
Oh well.

 

[DG_Silva]

This looks an utter mess. They had the chance to reimagine a classic game, maybe bring in an Rage Racer/R4-style upgrading system in a championship event to bring in some longevity, but instead we have something which akin to an episode of Monkey Dust with the rebranding agency:

'We need to create a new racing game, what name shall we give it?'
Looks through a list of old games 'What about Screamer?'
'But that's an old game.'
'Yeah but the kids won't know that and the old guys will get retro.'
'How do we make it then?'
'UE5 engine?' **
'Perfect! What game features shall we have?'
'Well Burnout sold well, so we'll have takedowns.'
'Love it! What else?'
'Well the kids love Mario Kart, so we'll have power ups.'
'Now we're cooking, what else?'
'Well, people love a story, NFS Heat sold well.'
'Cool, keep going.'
'Well, NFS Unbound kinda looked good...'
'Hell yeah, we'll have that! Keep going that man.'
'..... Erm, well... I don't know. We've got these bunch of ideas we could try out, just choose one.'
'One?! Are you mad? We'll have them all! Don't forget to make it anime, kids love cartoons!'

Fade back through gauss

Possibly one of the only innovative features is the split-screen multiplayer which I hope more studios implement. Maybe I'm looking at through rose-tinted glasses but just give me a good old-fashioned arcade game. If there's a demo I will give it a try, but I don't have £60 to dump on a chance.

**UE5 Engine may or may not be true.