Disney Games and Gameloft Barcelona have announced that Disney Speedstorm will officially exit Early Access on September 28, 2023.
On September 28, Disney Speedstorm will be free to play on Switch, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PS5, PS4, and PC and will bring with it many lessons the development team learned during the early access period that began on April 18, 2023. .
“Since the launch of Early Access, we have received invaluable player feedback and support, which has been instrumental in shaping Disney Speedstorm into the amazing racing experience it is today,” says Aska Suzuki, Game Director. “Our amazing community’s enthusiasm, dedication, and love for the game has inspired us from day one, and we can’t wait to continue this journey together as we enter this exciting new phase.”
As of this writing, currently the only way to play Disney Speedstorm in Early Access is to purchase one of the Founder’s Packs, which all offer exclusive content, limited-time racing suits, liveries, in-game codes and credits, a racer unlock, and more.
There are three packages – Standard, Deluxe, and Ultimate – and they’ll see “special discounts from 20% to 30%” on all platforms.
In our Disney Speedstorm Early Access review, we said it’s “a basically good kart racer that’s currently too light on the tracks and too frequent to warrant the required investment. Worse yet, it’s buried under a veritable splash mountain of gacha rubbish and tons of separate coins that do different things.” Seems like a parody of the whole free-to-play genre. Nothing’s as bad as gacha, swallows your dollars like gacha, makes you jump through Donald Duck’s hoops like gacha.”
We can only hope that the Early Access period has given the team enough time to make or plan some of these changes that will address some of these complaints and make it a more enjoyable experience for everyone. There is definitely promise and did we say the racing itself is good!
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