It was 1999 when a new bright yellow machine called Crazy Taxi started hitting the arcades. Its design was the first thing that attracted attention, but that was only the beginning because As you got closer, you began to experience a hypnotic feelingthe result of its striking graphics, its devilish rhythm and of course the soundtrack with the names of some of the bands that were most popular at the time.

The premise of Crazy Taxi, which later jumped to many other platforms (consoles, PCs and smartphones), was pretty simple at its core, You are a young taxi driver who has to navigate the streets of a city with a clear Californian inspiration. However, the elements I mentioned above made it practically an instant classic, which also started a prolific franchise that, of course, never reached the level of the original title.

Yet, and this is entirely defensible, Sega has never given up, whether with sequels that build on the original premise or with spin-off inspired by the original base. Of course, until now the “most recent” continuation of the main line of the saga was Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller, released in 2002. So it was a big surprise that Sega showed it in a video broadcast at the Game Awards. 2023, which worked on the return of the most “sugar” taxis in video game history.

Aware of the interest the saga is generating, the company has been slow to release more information about it, but recently provided some very, very interesting information in a video (in Japanese) where they tell us that The next Crazy Taxi will be production level A, it will be multiplayer, it will take place in an open world and at worst the way game as a service (It couldn’t all be good, could it?)

Although the video above the previous paragraph mainly consists of the team talking about development, in the same Here we also find several short sequences in which the current state of development is shown. of the new Crazy Taxi and after seeing them a few times, it seems that they have successfully reproduced the frenetic pace of the first installment. So imagining this approach in open world and multiplayer is quite promising.

There is no planned launch date yet. and in fact, the lead developer uses the video to announce that they are expanding the team, which makes us think that we will have to wait a little longer to enjoy it.