Crazy Taxi: City Rush Coming Soon to Mobile

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If you spent any time in arcades or department store lobbies in the late 90s or early 2000s, you’ve probably yet to get Crazy Taxi out of your head. The Offspring songs, the product placement, the “craaazy money” were all part of the experience. A new mobile game out today hopes to recapture it, but is that feeling compatible with today’s mobile gameplay and monetization strategies?

SEGA Networks, Inc.’s Crazy Taxi: City Rush has original Crazy Taxi creator Kenji Kanno and Hardlight Studios behind it, so it might have a chance.

“I’m very excited to finally be able to share with you the first news of Crazy Taxi: City Rush,” said Kanno in a press release. “We are delivering a truly fun game that captures everything our fans love about the original and infusing it with several new features to create an even more fantastic and memorable experience.”

The game features one-touch controls based on swipes. There are also a great deal of customization options for the cabs. The game is free-to-download, so it’s likely the quickest way to unlock those options is with cash.

Crazy Taxi: City Rush is set for a global release for iOS and Android “later this year.”