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Shenmue-Inspired "Forklift Racer" Coming to Steam

 And it is exactly what you think it is.

Source: Forklift Racer's Steam page

Directly inspired by that game with the monotone stalker kid and the kung fu QTEs, indie dev Team Wulinshu has recently unveiled Forklift Racer, a beat-for-beat homage to Ryo’s extracurricular jobsite pastime. After rolling out updates for the game over the last couple of months, the game's Steam store page is now live.

Forklift Racer (if you can see it)

In a recently-revealed trailer, racers roll through industrial courses lifted directly from familiar depictions of Yokosuka Harbor and Hong Kong. Forklift Racer promises a relatively fleshed-out racing experience featuring single player and 8-player online multiplayer modes, modernized physics, post-race replays, forklift customization, capsule toy turbo boosting, extremely dark warehouse interiors, and a work-in-progress HUD. So, if you ever wanted to know how Shenmue’s racing minigame would play out with friends and more forgiving collisions, Forklift Racer promises to do precisely that.

Now this is Forklift Rac(er)ing!

Forklift Racer is set to release on Windows and Linux/SteamOS but there are no specific launch date or pricing details just yet. You can wishlist the game on its Steam page and follow that and Team Wulinshu’s Twitter profile for future updates.

The Fork and the Furious

Cancelled Dreamcast Game Coming Soon to Steam

Yesterday (Boxing Day 2015), an event was held in Akihabara, Japan known as Transition 2015, which showcased some shoot 'em up games for the PC market. While the Android and iOS mobile markets get the most attention, the event was designed to get Japanese developers more interested in spreading the shmup love to the PC master race. In attendance was Triangle Service, who had an exciting announcement: Shmups skill test was coming soon to Steam.
Wish I was there
If those names don't mean anything to you, allow me to illuminate. Triangle Service is a very small boutique developer specialising in old-school arcade gaming, notably for their retro style shoot 'em ups that eschew the modern curtain-style bullet-hell gameplay for a more traditional style of shooter. They were notably the last developer to score a third party development license from Sega (catalog code T-479), and the 'company,' if you can call it that, consists of only one man - Toshiaki Fujino