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THQ Nordic Announces Wreckfest
Vienna, Austria/Helsinki, Finland, June 12th, in the
year of our Lord 2017: There are many ways to win a
race. The best is to have a strong team, a talented driver and a
wonderful car. By joining forces for Wreckfest, developer
Bugbear Entertainment, well known for the critically acclaimed
FlatOut series and publisher THQ Nordic bring together these
three parts. Together they will make sure the game passes the
finish line in 2017 on PC with the console versions in close
pursuit in 2018.
Wreckfest, currently in Steam’s Early Access program, is going
to receive a number of updates in the following months,
including these features:
• The career mode: By achieving victories, players can get
access to more and better cars and upgrade them with various
parts
• Car customization: A complex system, allowing the players to
fully customize their cars for their individual needs, like more
armor to withstand the competitors or more powerful engines
• More cars, more tracks: THQ Nordic and Bugbear Entertainment
will make sure a constant flow of additional content will be
added on a regular basis for the remaining months of the Early
Access program
• New multiplayer server: To guarantee an outstanding racing and
wrecking experience, an Official Wreckfest Server will be opened
THQ Nordic’s Managing Director, Klemens Kreuzer, points out:
“Wreckfest is not just motorsport – it is motorsport with an
attitude. An attitude we love. Therefore we are very happy to
cooperate with Bugbear Entertainment, to make Wreckfest better,
bigger and simply the best destruction derby-racing game out
there.“
Janne Alanenpää, Managing Director of Bugbear Entertainment:
“THQ Nordic shares our vision for Wreckfest, and together we can
create the most thrilling demolition racing experience on both
PC and consoles.“
About Wreckfest Wreckfest is a new demolition derby themed
racing game with soft-body damage modeling, sophisticated
driving dynamics and in-depth vehicle upgrading, featuring both
demolition derbies and more traditional track races. It’s all
about fun, breakneck racing and over-the-top crashes.
Expect epic crashes and tight, neck-to-neck fights over the
finish line on run-down racing tracks. Expect proper demolition
derbies. Expect brand new ways for metal to bend and the
signature once-in-the-lifetime moments that can be achieved only
with true-to-life physics simulation.It’s a motorsport, but not
just any motorsport. It’s a motorsport with attitude.