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If you enjoy kart racing games, then you'll feel pretty much at home playing Blur. However, the game has a more grown-up feel to it due to the fact that it uses licenses cars and tracks based on real world locations. Grabbing power-ups along the racetrack to use against other players isn't a new concept, but it's one that Blur embraces with a lot of enthusiasm. By itself, Blur is an average racing game and the twist on it (using power-ups) is pretty straightforward, but it does a good job on bring the two together to be greater than the sum of its parts. However, there are some gameplay issues to prevent the game from reaching its full potential.

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Amazon.com's Deal of the Day rarely has PC games on the docket but today is an exception as they have cut the price of the very recent driving game Blur down to just $19.99 for today only. That's a 50 percent discount from its current PC price of $39.99.

Just a recap: Blur is a Mario Kart-type game with power-ups and abilities but with real world vehicles in a slightly more realisitic setting than Nintendo's racer. It's also the first game from developer Bizarre Creations under their current owners Activision. Rumor has the developer working on some kind of James Bond action game for their next project.

[Via Joystiq]

Current players of the powered-up racing game, Blur, might recognize this as the game's intro video. It's new for everyone else, so now everybody can enjoy the slow motion look at the destruction the game has to offer.

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The action racing game, Blur, released today giving players the chance to use special power-ups to knock opponents out of the race. Alternatively, these abilities can be used in a team racing mode to crank the action up even further. Additionally, even though the power-ups add a bit of fantasy, all the tracks are based on real-world locations.

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The last full week of May has yet another action driving game heading to stores. There's also a downloadble chess-like game due for digital download. In addition look for EVE Online to get its latest free expansion, Tyrannis, this week and both Bioshock 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction will also be getting paid multiplayer downloadable updates.

Blur - Developer Bizarre Creations releases their first game for Activision since the publisher bought the developer way back in 2007. The arcade racing game has real world cars drive driving on tracks that contain power ups designed for the player to use to take out other cars a la Mario Kart.

To get ahead in Blur, players putting their racing skills to work blasting away opponents and pleasing fans. Acquiring enough fans earns the player extra lives. Continue after the jump to watch more fan related videos like how to fulfill fan demands and how to complete fan runs. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like these fans will actually cheer you on or send adoring letters, but you can still brag about how many you've accumulated when Blur releases next week on May 25th.

Download HD Blur 'Fan Target' Tutorial Video (67 MB)
Download HD Blur 'Fan Demands' Tutorial Video (124 MB)
Download HD Blur 'Fan Run' Tutorial Video (86 MB)
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This developer video for Blur introduces a few of the team racing modes, where players work cooperatively to outrace the competition. Benefits of working together include being able to drop power-ups like repair so that that teammates can keep from being destroyed. Other benefits include using power-ups in coordination with each other to knock out the other racers. Players will have a chance to plan out strategies when the game releases next week on May 25th.

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Blur takes racing to a different level with the use of power-ups to help change things up. So, players will have use abilities strategically to stay ahead and win. Continue after the jump for another tutorial video featuring advanced tactics, including how to use power-ups to hit players behind you, use power-ups defensively or to gain an edge when performing sharp turns. Players will be able to put all these lessons to use when the game releases on May 25th.

Download HD Blur 'Race' Tutorial Video (137 MB)
Download HD Blur 'Advanced Tactics' Tutorial Video (268 MB)
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If you're a racing game fan and still unsure what Blur has to offer, professional race car driver Danica Patrick provides a complete run down of the game and its features for your viewing pleasure. Players will have a chance to unleash devastating power-ups on each other when Blur releases on May 25th.

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In Blur, players will get to use spectacular power-ups against opponents to get ahead. These tutorial videos use gameplay to demonstrate teach racers how to play. The video shown above provides a brief rundown of each power-up and how to use them. Continue after the jump to watch a video showing how to get ahead in the single player career mode. Blur is scheduled to release on May 25th.

Download Blur 'Power-up Basics' Tutorial Video (104 MB)
Download Blur 'Career Mode' Tutorial Video (65 MB)
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