Sega lifted the curtain on Crazy Taxi: World Tour during today's Xbox Showcase, unveiling plans to bring the revived arcade classic to PC, PlayStation 5, Switch 2, and Xbox Series X/S in 2027.
The announcement marks the full reveal of a project first teased in late 2023. This time around, Sega is swinging for the fences: the new Crazy Taxi is being built as an open-world, massively multiplayer AAA experience that goes well beyond the straightforward driving chaos of the original games.
Kenji Kanno, who created the original Crazy Taxi, is back directing the reboot. The game will span five cities across the globe and bundle together multiple ways to play. Alongside online multiplayer modes, players will find a classic arcade mode that recreates the feel of the original titles, plus a story-driven campaign that gives the franchise narrative weight for the first time.
The soundtrack leans into the game's energy with an assist from The Offspring, whose track "All I Want" will feature on the game.
This Crazy Taxi revival arrives as part of a broader push by Sega to dust off its vault. The company is simultaneously developing new entries in Jet Set Radio, Shinobi, Golden Axe, and Streets of Rage. The publisher is clearly betting that nostalgia-driven reboots paired with modern game design can draw both veteran players and newcomers.
Author Emily Chen: "Sega betting its Crazy Taxi legacy on a massive multiplayer open-world model is either genius or a recipe for chaos, and honestly, that's exactly what this franchise needs."
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