Overview
- SEGA unveiled Crazy Taxi: World Tour as a revival of the arcade series that preserves single-player content while emphasizing competitive online multiplayer.
- The official trailer highlights familiar cabbies such as Axel, B. D. Joe, Gus, and Gena racing on a San Francisco–inspired map and uses Bad Religion's “Ten in 2010” from the original soundtrack.
- SEGA is accepting sign-ups through August 31 for a closed network test that will let a limited number of players try the game's online systems.
- According to Beebom’s Gamescom coverage, the closed test is reported to include two multiplayer modes called Pickup Race and Cops n Cabbies plus two maps, four characters, six cars, and tuning options, and it will not feature the single-player story during the test.
- The move to add ranked multiplayer shifts Crazy Taxi from a solo, score-driven arcade format toward social competition and will let SEGA test matchmaking, latency, and balance ahead of the fuller release that Beebom reports is planned for 2027.