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2015 · Gameloft · Arcade · Racing

Asphalt Nitro

Asphalt Nitro is a spin-off of the Asphalt series, based on the 2013 mainline rendition Asphalt 8: Airborne.

Released: 1 May 2015
Platforms: Android Legacy Mobile Device
Genres: Arcade Racing
Developers: Gameloft
Publishers: Gameloft
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person

About

Asphalt is a series of racing video games mainly developed and published by Gameloft. The series typically focuses on fast-paced arcade racing set in various locales throughout the world, where players compete in illegal street races while evading the local law enforcement.

Originally Asphalt had been made and released for mobile and handheld systems but recent titles have expanded to home consoles and computers as well as arcades. Incarnations of the original game from 2004 for various other platforms soon followed, the latest in the main series being Asphalt 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. The series has remained one of the most globally popular mobile games since the late 2000s.

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Development

The first mainline game in the series is Asphalt: Urban GT, which was released for the Nintendo DS and N-Gage in 2004, with simplified versions for J2ME mobile phones being released on December 2. Asphalt Urban GT (which was a paid game, not free-to-play) was a considerable success, with over 5 million units sold. A video on Gameloft's YouTube channel however lists their mobile phone adaptation of Speed Devils as the first game in the series.

Asphalt 5 was the first game in the series to be released for Android. Asphalt 4: Elite Racing was the first game in the series to be released for iOS. Asphalt 6: Adrenaline marks the first game in the series to be released for macOS; later home computer releases in the series are exclusive to Microsoft Windows, with Asphalt 7: Heat being the first to be released on the Windows Store.

Reception

In April 2008, Gameloft reported that the series has had 10 million downloads, making it the most popular mobile game franchise in the world at the time.

In 2020, Pocket Gamer wrote that "The Asphalt series has been one of the biggest names in mobile gaming for, oh, 15 years now."