The Asphalt franchise has evolved immensely since its debut in 2004, though it’s never lost the sense of thrilling arcade action that inspired that very first entry. Asphalt Legends Unite, which is the latest entry in the franchise, has expanded the toy box even further while still retaining that arcade-style, and now Gameloft is going all out and celebrating the history and legacy of the franchise for its 20th anniversary in a truly unique way. ComicBook had the chance to speak to Gameloft Barcelona Marketing Director Arnaud Benefice all about the big anniversary milestone and celebration, which includes an epic track that literally combines three different tracks from the franchise’s history, though we also talked about some of the big-time collaborations for Asphalt Legends Unite and even got some teases for what’s coming up down the line.

Asphalt Legends is entering its 7th year, but the team isn’t slowing down on the content, and it’s also continuing to add new features to the game that fans have been asking for. “Asphalt Legends, the latest entry in the series, has been on the market for seven years now. It’s a game that has been built and built and built over, so it has a wealth of systems. We started with things that were very straightforward, but we’ve added co-op modes, and we’ve added team-based modes where you have security versus criminals, where you’re actually doing a chase. We’ve added the gauntlet mode recently, which is a mode where you have five races in a row and you have to pick a car for each new competitor, and so it’s five different stages that you’re doing in a row when you’re competing. So yeah, Asphalt has become sort of aggregative, adding modes and adding different options for playing,” Benefice said.