GKART
GKART, also known as QQ Speed, Speed Drifters, or Zing Speed (due to having been released by VNG Group), is a massively multiplayer online kart racing game developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by Tencent Games and Garena. The game was originally released in China as QQ Speed in 2010 and gained enormous popularity in China, with a record number of 2 million players online at the same time in 2011. The game was heavily inspired by Nintendo's Mario Kart franchise.
Also recorded as QQ Speed · GKart · Garena Speed Drifters · Speed Drifters
GKART
- Date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Garena
- Genre
- racing video game
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GKART, also known as QQ Speed, Speed Drifters, or Zing Speed (due to having been released by VNG Group), is a massively multiplayer online kart racing game developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by Tencent Games and Garena. The game was originally released in China as QQ Speed in 2010 and gained enormous popularity in China, with a record number of 2 million players online at the same time in 2011. The game was heavily inspired by Nintendo's Mario Kart franchise.
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Garena introduced GKART to 13 countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the United States in 2011. Selected into the World Cyber Games (WCG) at Singapore and China the same year. The game was shut down on 31 March 2012, before it was later re-released. The mobile game version was launched on 29 December 2017 as QQ Speed: Mobile in China, on 16 January 2019 as Garena Speed Drifters for markets outside mainland China, and on 18 December 2018 as Zing Speed in Vietnam.
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• Title — GKART • Developer — TiMi Studio Group • Publisher — * Tencent Games • Garena • VNG Games • Engine — PhysX • Released — Microsoft Windows October 1, 2010 Android, iOS, HarmonyOS • Genre — Racing • Modes — Multiplayer • Platforms — * Microsoft Windows • Android • iOS • HarmonyOS
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• Illustration — Screenshot of the mobile version of the game
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