The game was announced on June 11, 2020, at the PlayStation 5 reveal event. Many of the game's project leads, including lead designer Karl Jones and Game Director Colin Berry, were involved in the creation of several titles from the Wipeout series.

While on foot, AllStars can also freely navigate the arena to collect shards on their way, set up retractable traps to defend themselves, or simply find another vehicle. For instance, Shyft has the ability to go invisible and render himself invisible to opponents' radar, while Lupita has the ability to leave a trail of fire on her path.

To make up for it, each AllStar has unique skills that can turn the battle to their favor, in addition to the ability to jump onto an opponent's vehicle and either take over or instantly destroy it. This causes AllStars to be on foot in the arena, during which they are vulnerable to opponents' vehicles, though they can dodge them by jumping or rolling. ĪllStars can also eject from their vehicles, whether it be voluntarily or upon destruction. The game is a vehicular combat game in which players need to seek ways to destroy the vehicles of the opponents. For instance, Hana's car is equipped with a retractable blade that can slice opponent vehicles in half, while Genesis' car is equipped with rocket boosters that give a massive speed boost and help deal more damage to opponent vehicles. The player assumes control of one of 16 characters, referred to as AllStars, each of whom has access to unique hero vehicles. According to Lucid Games, Destruction AllStars is a 'global sports entertainment event where stars & cars collide'.

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