Sega remains to be but to point out off something of its Loopy Taxi reboot, however it is going to apparently be open-world and massively multiplayer.
Once you consider Loopy Taxi, you nearly positively consider the very odd event the place you see it in an arcade and suppose “yeah I will spend a few quid and in the end not try this effectively as a result of who has the cash to truly get good at arcade video games.” You additionally most likely do not consider it as way more than a wacky arcade sport, as a result of that is precisely what it’s. However, it has been 17 years because the final non-mobile tackle the basic driving collection, so the upcoming reboot of Loopy Taxi sounds prefer it’s skipping over a couple of traits and heading straight for what everyone seems to be doing lately: an open world, and multiplayer.
Sure, as noticed by Automaton, in an interview revealed at the moment on the Japanese Sega YouTube channel, collection producer Kenji Kanno spoke of the upcoming sport the place he stated it is being developed as a “utterly new” Loopy Taxi that a lot of folks can play without delay. Apparently specifics are nonetheless being discovered in locations, and multiplayer remains to be within the testing part, however the final objective is to retain these basic Loopy Taxi hijinks whereas nonetheless introducing new mechanics. Alongside a sensible metropolis, areas like a theme park-like map and one impressed by the US’ West Coast are being labored on.
The recruitment web page for the sport additionally options numerous job roles, which notes that Sega is aiming for a giant hit with the reboot, and is the place the point out of it being open-world and massively multiplayer comes from – the developer has additionally beforehand stated it needs it to be a triple-A sport, so it sounds fairly completely different from its arcade roots. Personally, I am undecided if Loopy Taxi will probably be broadly interesting as a multiplayer sport, however stranger issues have occurred. Within the meantime, we’ll simply have to attend for Sega to point out off extra.