Live Life on the Edge (of a Yak) in Yak Racing: Horns of Glory

Horse racing is for fools. Yak racing is where it’s at. This traditional Tibetan sport offers what it promises: Yaksmen racing horned mounts, often with displays of daredevilry. Yak racing is reportedly a lot of fun to witness, and it’s that sense of fun Mutant Labs appears to be reaching for in its upcoming racing game Yak Dash: Horns of Glory.

Yak Dash takes place across several mountainous race courses equipped with ramps and dips. At the word “Go,” players thunder across the rocky terrain in a race to the finish. The hairy mounts smash objects, leap over chasms, and seek out short cuts (usually via blunt force).

As players progress, they unlock more courses in increasingly-dangerous terrain including volcanoes and deserts. Hey, taking risks is part of the real-life yak racing experience, so…

However, the yaks in Yak Dash can also perform flips and crazy stunts. That is not part of the real-life yak racing experience, but who knows what we’ll see as racers get bolder over the months and years to come.

Yak Dash: Horns of Glory comes to iOS for $1.99 on January 22.

Nadia Oxford

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In the early aughts, Nadia fell into writing with the grace of a brain-dead bison stumbling into a chasm. Over the years, she's written for Nerve, GamePro, 1UP.com, USGamer, Pocket Gamer, Just Labs Magazine, and many other sites and magazines of fine repute. She's currently About.com's Guide to the Nintendo 3DS at ds.about.com.