The former Criterion folks at Three Fields Entertainment are renewing their commitment to smashes, crashes, bashes, and explosions next week in Danger Zone 2. It’s a sequel to their 2017 arcade smash ’em up, which did involve driving cars but was most certainly not about racing. Riffing heavily on Crash mode from Criterion’s Burnout 3: Takedown, it has us smash through traffic and power-ups to score megapoints – pinball where we’re the ball. While the first game caused spectacular crashes inside bland concrete boxes, the sequel is stretching its legs and getting some fresh air everywhere from LAX airport to English motorways complete with caravans. (more…)