Petrol heads, get your engines running, because the World Rally Championship is coming to consoles and PC soon.

Black Bean Games has announced its official WRC game developed by Milestone will be available for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 8.

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It will be the first new WRC for five years and will feature all the cars, drivers and co-drivers from the current season.

The game is aiming high by striving for a difficult balance between realism and accessibility.

News Shopper: World Rally Championship video game

It will include 78 different rally stages and more than 550km of varied road conditions from the 13 countries which host a round of the WRC.

A Road To the WRC career mode will challenge players to compete for 50 different trophies, and in addition there will be "many" online multiplayer game modes.

News Shopper: World Rally Championship video game

For more information visit www.wrcthegame.com and blog.milestone.it,