Asphalt (series)

Asphalt
Genre(s)Racing
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First releaseAsphalt: Urban GT
November 15, 2004
Latest releaseAsphalt: Moto Blitz DX
September 11, 2023

Asphalt is a series of racing video games mainly developed and published by Gameloft. The series typically focus on fast-paced arcade racing set in various locales throughout the world, tasking players to complete races while evading the local law enforcement. Gameplay includes teaming up with allied racers and gang groups to assist in police pursuits and shootout races against rival groups such as crime families and terrorists.

Incarnations of the original game for various other platforms soon followed, the latest in the main series being Asphalt Legends Unite (formerly Asphalt 9: Legends) released in 2018; a number of spinoffs were also released, such as the endless runner Asphalt Overdrive, Asphalt Nitro, a minimal version of Asphalt for low-end devices with procedural generation as a selling point, Asphalt Xtreme, an off-road-centric entry into the series, and the drag racing game Asphalt Street Storm.