Highlights
- Shrek is returning to video games in DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing, along with other beloved DreamWorks movie characters.
- The game will feature classic locations from the movies, as well as additional characters in the Deluxe Edition.
- Shrek's return to gaming is exciting for fans, as it has been a while since he last appeared in a video game.
The beloved animated icon Shrek is making his triumphant return to video games in the upcoming DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing. The original Shrek first hit theaters in the summer of 2001 and became an overnight sensation, winning moviegoers of all ages over with its charming cast of characters and willingness to poke fun at the classic animated Disney fairytale films of old. Three mainline Shrek sequels were produced, with a fifth rumored in partnership with Illumination Entertainment, the same studio behind this year’s blockbuster Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Meanwhile, there were several licensed Shrek video games released during the lovable (if crude) green ogre’s theatrical heyday. While most of these games were standard movie tie-in fare that was soon forgotten, there are still plenty of gamers with fond memories of playing the team-oriented Shrek 2 game or 2005’s Super Smash Bros. clone Shrek SuperSlam. In the years since Shrek’s last cinematic outing, gamers have kept his memory alive through memes and mods that inserted him into titles like Resident Evil 3 and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Now Shrek is set to make a gaming comeback as a playable character in DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing, a newly announced racing title from GameMill Entertainment and Bamtang Games, the publisher and developer behind the similar Nickelodeon Kart Racers series. Shrek will be one of 20 DreamWorks movie characters available to race as, with the rest of the game’s line-up including Puss in Boots, Po and Tigress from the Kung Fu Panda series, Boss Baby from the series of the same name, and Hiccup and Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon.
Two additional characters will be available as part of DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing’s Deluxe Edition: Master Oogway from Kung Fu Panda and Wolf from Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. Characters from the Troll movies will host each race, and players will be able to collect Trolls to race alongside them for added support. The game will also feature classic locations from the movies these characters hail from, such as the Kingdom of Far Far Away from the Shrek sequels, Bergen Town from Trolls, the Spirit Realm from Kung Fu Panda, Baby Corp from The Boss Baby, and New York City Zoo from Madagascar.
DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing looks like it will be a treat for fans of the studio’s most acclaimed animated films, but it could be especially exciting for Shrek enthusiasts. Mike Myer’s iconic ogre hasn’t been seen in a video game since the days of the Xbox 360, which makes his return in this newly announced, Dreamworks-themed kart racer all the more exciting for gamers who grew up laughing along with his movies in the early-to-mid-2000s.
DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing is being developed for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: VGC
