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Bugbear's Next Car Game is going to be a Wreckfest
Up until now, Bugbear Entertainment has focused on tuning Next Car Game's gears rather than its name, including tweaks to its Early Access build that has already collected $1 million. The team has taken a pit stop to choose an encompassing decal for the side of their racer however, and their winner feels suited to Next Car Game's key idea: "Wreckfest." Drivers already trashing rides in Wreckfest's Early Access build can now partake in 18-player matches, with Bugbear now "pushing the limits" to eventually allow for 24 cars to share the same event. Bugbear's update also adds Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch game modes, a two-in-one oval and figure-eight track, a European coupe, changes to Wreckfest's physics engine and more. Console ports were once part of Next Car Game's canceled Kickstarter campaign, but even with the project finding life on Early Access, Lead Game Designer Janne Suur-Nakki told Polygon earlier this year that the team is "hoping that we will have a chance to port the game on PS4, Xbox One or both somewhere along the way." [Image: Bug Bear Entertainment]
Next Car Game earns $1 million from Steam Early Access
Next Car Game has earned over $1 million on Steam since its pre-alpha version arrived on Early Access this month for $29.99. The sales mark came from one week of activity on Steam and the game's pre-order site. The racing game comes from FlatOut series and Ridge Racer: Unbounded developer Bugbear Entertainment, which canceled its Kickstarter funding campaign for the game in November 2013. The developer was initially looking to raise $350,000 on the crowdfunding platform, of which it reached $81,772.
Flatout dev's Next Car Game comes to Steam Early Access
Next Car Game is the next game to pop up on Steam Early Access, meaning one and all can pay $25 to test drive Bugbear's breakneck racer - and eventually get the final version, of course. According to Flatout studio, the currently available build is pre-alpha, and features two cars and three tracks to go vroom around. Next Car Game has been in Early Access since Christmas, albeit through Bugbear itself. In fact, the studio released a playable build as early as November, just after canceling its Kickstarter, making it available to anyone who put down the money to pre-order the game. Interestingly, Bugbear canceled the Kickstarter campaign after raising around $82,000 of a $350,000 goal, but according to its site the studio has now raised over $500,000 through pre-orders. Next Car Game is set to ride onto PC in "early spring 2014."
Next Car Game's Kickstarter in the ditch, early access program offers playable tech sneak peek
Bugbear Inc. has canceled its Kickstarter campaign for Next Car Game, but financial obstacles aren't enough to keep the project off the road of game development. The canceled campaign's most recent update notes the studio is "hell-bent to keep on developing the game with our supporters" through the pre-order program hosted on the game's site. If you can get behind the concept, Bugbear is offering a "playable technology sneak peek" to anyone that places a pre-order for Next Car Game. This sneak peek lets players run one of 24 cars through a "playground" Bugbear has been using to test Next Car Game's vehicle and environmental damage mechanics. That's not meant to replace the full game, of course, which the Kickstarter update states will include "a number of race tracks and derby arenas." This testing ground of sorts is offered in exchange for a $25 pre-order, which will eventually grant backers a Steam token for the finished version of Next Car Game. The game's site notes that the final version will "cost more than pre-ordering," so if you're the type to smash up pretty cars for some kind of sick game, it might be beneficial to you to commit now rather than later.
FlatOut dev shows off Next Car Game's damage modeling, vehicle torture
FlatOut and Ridge Racer Driftopia developer Bugbear Entertainment released a video showcasing its damage modeling system in Next Car Game, an upcoming racer for PC platforms the studio is independently crowdfunding via online pre-orders. Sensitive viewers be warned: the demonstration above is basically two minutes of slow-motion car murder. Highlights include multiple-angle launches, Car Plinko, and scenes of brutal carnage wrought by devices specifically designed for torturing four-wheeled vehicles. Bugbear is seeking 10,000 pre-orders, and plans to launch a playable preview version of Next Car Game when its funding campaign concludes.
FlatOut dev launches crowdfunding campaign for Next Car Game
Bugbear Entertainment is independently crowdfunding Next Car Game, a smash-em-up, derby-style racing game due out in early 2014 for PC, and possibly headed to next-gen systems if the campaign raises enough money. Bugbear is a Finnish studio responsible for the FlatOut franchise and Ridge Racer: Unbounded. Bugbear's site offers pre-orders of Next Car Game, which will drive development. Pre-orders get early access to the game this year and these players will provide feedback that will shape Next Car Game's final touches. There's no set amount that Bugbear needs to raise to finish Next Car Game, but if it gets 10,000 pre-orders, it'll launch a playable "sneak peek." Right now the pre-order tiers are at lowered prices, starting at $25 for the game, early access and exclusive wallpapers, and topping out at $100 for an exclusive car, the soundtrack, your name in the game and other digital goodies. An alpha version of Next Car Game will be released regardless of how much money Bugbear raises. The studio considered Kickstarter, but it ran into a few roadblocks. "We wanted to do a Kickstarter!" Bugbear says. "But it turned out to be tricky for non-US citizens, and Finnish law prohibits raising money for commercial purposes. We still wanted to show everything we've got right now, so we chose to set up our own pre-order site immediately! If you're thinking of holding off purchasing until the possible, speculative Kickstarter – please don't! We're sure we'll make it worth to you to jump on board immediately."
Bugbear teases destructive 'next car game'
Finnish game studio Bugbear Entertainment, original developers of the FlatOut series and Ridge Racer: Unbounded, began teasing its next racing game today. Under the working title "Next Car Game," the teaser trailer above shows off a chaotic demolition derby using in-game footage.According to the developer's site, it feels "there hasn't been a proper demolition derby game in years." The game is coming to PC and other platforms, though Bugbear didn't specify what ones. Fingers crossed that ColecoVision in on the list.
