THQ Nordic And The Creators Of Flatout Announce Racing Game Wreckfest

This week is chock full of great gaming announcements, since the Electronic Entertainment Expo is happening and all. And it's always great to see a team make a comeback, like Bugbear Entertainment.

That developer worked on the Flatout series over the past few years, but we haven't seen them work on anything since that time. However, we're about to get revved up over the company's latest racing effort, Wreckfest, which is set to release on PC later this year, and consoles in 2018.

Bugbear is working closely with the team at THQ Nordic on the new title, which focuses on demolition derby style destruction, as you can see from the trailer above. We're talking parts falling off of cars and vehicles basically being decimated within a matter of a few crashes.

Here are the features that are included in Wreckfest, making it an ideal opportunity to wreck your friends:

• 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

The game is currently in early access over on Steam, and new features will be added over the next few months.

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."

We'll have more information on Wreckfest in the next few months. In the meantime, enjoy the vehicular carnage!