Codemaster’s are bringing their Race Driver brand over to handhelds with the Create & Race game developed exclusively for Nintendo DS. The game, which is set for release in late September, makes use of both the Stylus and the DS wi-fi capability. With the stylus the player can create tracks and personalize their cars and then challenge the world through wi-fi.

Racing into stores in late September exclusively for Nintendo DS, Race Driver™: Create & Race™ is the ultimate in handheld racing. With up to 4-player, Single-Card Play sharing, even the most extreme petrol head will have never-ending hours of intense racing ahead of them. Catch the latest video and the full car & track listings over at www.codemasters.com/createandrace.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will launch the Speed Racer videogame based on the upcoming film written and directed by the Wachowski brothers. Speed Racer is a Warner Bros. Pictures presentation in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, of a Silver Pictures production. The game will be available in 2008 on the Wii and Nintendo DS systems as the Speed Racer film hits cinemas. It will be released on the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system with the DVD launch.

In the Wii and PlayStation2 system games, developed by Sidhe Interactive and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, players will be able to take on the role of the characters from the film, getting behind the wheels of each character’s signature vehicles to experience firsthand the film’s high adrenaline, combative racing style. The car-fu style of action within the game will closely represent the action style being designed by the Wachowski brothers for the film itself as they lend direction and assets to the development team directly from their Berlin set. John Gaeta, a long time Wachowski collaborator and Co-VFX Supervisor on the Speed Racer film, is working with Sidhe and WBIE to assist in maintaining a close film-to-game aesthetic connection.

“Speed Racer is an exceptionally creative property and teamed with the Wachowski brothers’ vision it makes for action-packed racing gameplay,” said Samantha Ryan, senior vice president, development and production, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “The game will capture the intensity of the racing in the film to give gamers and movie fans a chance to take the wheel after the experience the film.”