Dear nostalgics,

Some of you may remember that back in the ’90s, games, posters, and cheat-code magazines often came bundled with something else as well: hacker culture! Burned CDs covered in marker scribbles, chipped consoles, mysterious demo discs, swapped CDs passed between friends, and memory cards packed with suspicious save files for games you didn't even have.

In true retro fashion, today we’re giving you a bootleg copy of the User Manual, the actual core book containing the system that ties together every game in the anthology: test resolution mechanics, button-mashing rules, outcome handling, zones and areas, and all the foundations of the MemoryCore system.

Anyone willing to dive into the underground can download the Bootleg Manual from the link below and get access to the system’s core framework.

But be warned: like every respectable bootleg copy, this version may not contain everything you expect… and it’s probably full of glitches.

Last week we asked you to decide what will be the main area in Vulture Creek, the town where Extinction Protocol takes place. The Mansion was your choice and it will be included in the game!

Our second poll is still up and waiting for your votes! In Overdrive Crew the garage will be full of cars to race and wreck, but among them one vehicle will carry a special designation. A machine with its own identity, its own legend, its own reason to exist beyond crossing the finish line first. Two candidates are competing for that honor, and they represent two very different visions of what a car (and a race) can be...

Which car earns a spot as Overdrive Crew's special vehicle? 
Click below to vote!