Disney Speedstorm gets new trailer showcasing a Monster’s, Inc track

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Today, Disney Speedstorm got a new trailer during the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase. The game is a cart racer featuring a stylized take on characters from a wide range of Disney properties. On display in the latest trailer was Mulan, Mickey Mouse, Captain Jack Sparrow, and Sully from Monsters, Inc.

While the trailer was primarily cinematic, it did showcase some gameplay including a Monsters, Inc.-themed track. In the Disney Speedstorm trailer, various other characters from Monsters, Inc., including Mike Wazowski, also made their way to the driver’s seat.

Disney hasn’t yet confirmed a release date for Speedstorm yet with the game’s Steam page merely touting a 2022 placeholder. The game does appear to be fairly far along in development however, so there’s every chance it could make it’s launch window before year’s end. The game had a closed beta back in June, and it seems to have won over quite a few fans. However, plenty of games have had successful betas and catastrophic launches.

Something that will be challenging for Disney Speedstorm will be overcoming the increasingly saturated kart racer genre and carving out a niche for its player base. Releasing on PC as well as other non-Nintendo platforms will certainly be a boon, but even so it will have several multi-platform games to contend with.

With Disney’s ever-widening access to people’s favorite IP, it certainly has a large roster of beloved characters with which to populate the new racer. And for PC gamers particularly, this could become the go-to kart racing game, purely due to an under-crowded space. Certainly the idea of Tron cycles racing alongside Jack Skellington in a sleigh is a very appealing thought. It will be interesting to follow Disney Speedstorm as it