CTR Remake: Beenox Are Buzzing

Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled (developed by Beenox) was released today to rave reviews from many prolific review sites. Beenox’s passion for the Crash Bandicoot franchise appears to have paid off as the remake seems to have pleased both casual fans and critics alike. Since it’s the announcement at The Game Awards in 2018 many of the people in the Crash Bandicoot community had several fears regarding the development of the remake which the team at Beenox promptly addressed.

The Beenox team had been taking the game to all sorts of different gaming events, showing off what they had developing. Many die-hard CTR fans attended these events and managed to get a chance to play various builds of the game – Every time constructive feedback was given to Beenox they always seemed to have rectified it by the time they showed off the next build; they were listening. More and more interviews were recorded with the developers and it soon became clear that this was a passion-project to them. They are fans of the series, just as we were, and they too also wanted the remake to be the best it can be – And sure enough, everyone’s fears were put to rest knowing that the remake was in good hands.

Beenox seem to have a mixed bag of developed games, mainly ports of existing games such as Call of Duty, or movie tie-in games such as The Bee Movie Game. It’s delightful to see them so openly excited about their latest title, adding their own charm to the remake that wasn’t possible in the original. Now… I’m not a betting man but I’d gamble that there’s gonna be cause for celebration this weekend at the Beenox offices – And I’d say, well earned!