BUGBEAR ENTERTAINMENT https://gamecrastinate.com PC Gaming News and Reviews Fri, 31 May 2019 15:00:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://gamecrastinate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cropped-gamecrastinateIcon-32x32.png BUGBEAR ENTERTAINMENT https://gamecrastinate.com 32 32 The 6 Best Forza Motorsport Alternatives for PC https://gamecrastinate.com/editorials/the-6-best-forza-motorsport-alternatives-for-pc Sat, 06 Dec 2014 09:20:08 +0000 https://gamecrastinate.com/2019/05/06/the-6-best-forza-motorsport-alternatives-for-pc-gamecrastinate-com/ Most racing enthusiasts have given up all hope that Microsoft will allow the Forza Motorsport series to come to PC. Despite Microsoft even holding a big event for DirectX 12 where they showed off how easily they were able to port Forza Motorsport 5 to the PC, releasing the game on PC would likely only hurt their […]

The post The 6 Best Forza Motorsport Alternatives for PC first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> Most racing enthusiasts have given up all hope that Microsoft will allow the Forza Motorsport series to come to PC. Despite Microsoft even holding a big event for DirectX 12 where they showed off how easily they were able to port Forza Motorsport 5 to the PC, releasing the game on PC would likely only hurt their console division in the long run.

Despite console titles being the assumed home for racing games, PC is actually the system of choice for serious motorsports fans. So what are the best alternatives to Forza Motorsport on the PC? Read on to find out our picks.

 

GRID Autosport
It’s all about the teams, the rivals and the race as you become driver for hire, specialising in your favourite disciplines or conquering them all in an intense world of professional motorsport.Codemasters’ GRID Autosport offers racing fans a simcade-style experience with its focus on professional motorsport and more realistic physics. Unfortunately, players looking for intense inline racing should look elsewhere as most of the game’s community has moved on.
Race Injection
RACE Injection is the final chapter in the RACE 07 series of games, ending the award winning series on a high note. RACE Injection contains 23 new unique car models and boasts 9 new tracks from across the globe.Despite being among the oldest games on the list, RACE Injection still looks great and drives even better.
Next Car Game: 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.Although Next Car Game: Wreckfest isn’t exactly a game dedicated to professional motorsports, it’s still a fantastic title worth your time. Featuring realistic physics and in-depth car tuning, this game might just surprise you.
Assetto Corsa
Assetto Corsa is a next-generation driving simulator for Windows PC which reproduces real-world circuits (with laserscan technology), as well as road and racing cars. The final version of the game will include a single player career, special events and will allow the player to create and customize offline.Assetto Corsa burst onto the scene as a relatively unknown title. Since release, the team has continued development with regular updates. The game has a very pleased community behind it, with nearly 3300 positive reviews on Steam.
iRacing
iRacing is about as hardcore as it gets. Racing fans looking to expand their skillset should look no further than iRacing. With the most realistic simulation available in the world, coupled with a dedicated online community, iRacing is a no brainer if your serious about motorsports.Be warned though, iRacing is a huge step up in realism compared to games like Gran Turismo and Forza
Project CARS
Project CARS is the ultimate driver journey!Guided, tested, and approved by a passionate community of racing fans and real-life drivers, Project CARS represents the next-generation of racing simulation as the ultimate combination of fan desire and developer expertise.Even though Project CARS hasn’t even been released yet, it looks so damn promising that we can’t help but put it in first place on our list. Developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Bandai Namco, Project CARS appears to be the a new contender for the most loved racing series. Gran Turismo and Forza need to watch out for this one if the game drives half as good as it looks visually.
The post The 6 Best Forza Motorsport Alternatives for PC first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> EA to shut down multiplayer servers for huge list of PC classics https://gamecrastinate.com/gaming-news/ea-shut-multiplayer-servers-huge-list-pc-classics Mon, 12 May 2014 09:27:41 +0000 https://gamecrastinate.com/2019/05/06/ea-to-shut-down-multiplayer-servers-for-huge-list-of-pc-classics-gamecrastinate-com/ GameSpy announced earlier this month that they would be ending all hosted services for games, which impacts the online capabilities of a number of older titles, including some from EA. Since GameSpy’s announcement, our teams have been working to evaluate options to keep services up and running.  Unfortunately, due to technical challenges and concerns about the player […]

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GameSpy announced earlier this month that they would be ending all hosted services for games, which impacts the online capabilities of a number of older titles, including some from EA.

Since GameSpy’s announcement, our teams have been working to evaluate options to keep services up and running.  Unfortunately, due to technical challenges and concerns about the player experience, we do not have a solution at this time. Online services for EA games on the GameSpy platform will be closed down at the end of June.

We know some of these games are still fan favorites, including Battlefield 2, Battlefield 1942, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Command & Conquer games. We are still investigating community-supported options to preserve online functionality for these titles, such as multiplayer. Significant technical hurdles remain, and at this time we don’t have anything to announce

It’s so sad to see games like Battlefield 2142 and Command & Conquer: Generals lose online support forever. Sure Generals turned into a hack fest due to EA dropping patch support years ago, but you could still find good matches in a game that was arguably among the best 3 RTS games ever made.

Read on for the full list.

Check out the list of PC games that will be losing multiplayer support on June 30th. A few notable classics that have no true replacement like Neverwinter Nights 2, Battlefield 2142, or Command & Conquer: Generals to a certain degree.

  • Battlefield 1942 for PC and Mac (including The Road to Rome and Secret Weapons of WW2 expansions)
  • Battlefield 2 for PC (including Special Forces expansion)
  • Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for PlayStation 2
  • Battlefield 2142 for PC and Mac (including Northern Strike expansion)
  • Battlefield Vietnam for PC
  • Bejeweled (r) 2 for the Wii
  • Bulletstorm for PlayStation 3
  • Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars for PC and Mac (including Kane’s Wrath expansion)
  • Command & Conquer: Generals for PC and Mac (including Zero Hour expansion)
  • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 for PC and Mac
  • Crysis 2 for PC
  • Crysis for PC
  • Crysis Wars for PC
  • Dracula – Undead Awakening for the Wii
  • Dragon Sakura for Nintendo DS
  • EA Sports 06 for PC
  • F1 2002 for PC
  • FIFA Soccer 08 (KOR) for the Wii
  • FIFA Soccer 08 for Nintendo DS
  • FIFA Soccer 09 for Nintendo DS
  • FIFA Soccer 10 for Nintendo DS
  • FIFA Street 3 for Nintendo DS
  • Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers for PlayStation 2
  • Global Operations for PC
  • GREEN DAY: ROCK BAND for the Wii
  • James Bond: Nightfire for PC
  • Madden NFL 08 for Nintendo DS
  • Madden NFL 09 for Nintendo DS
  • Master of Orion III for PC
  • Medal of Honor: Allied Assault for PC and Mac (including Breakthrough and Spearhead expansions)
  • MySims Party for Wii
  • MySims Racing for Nintendo DS
  • MySims SkyHeroes for the Wii and DS
  • NASCAR Sim Racing for PC
  • NASCAR Thunder 2003 for PC
  • NASCAR Thunder 2004 for PC
  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PC
  • Need for Speed: ProStreet for Nintendo DS
  • Need for Speed: Undercover for Nintendo DS
  • Neverwinter Nights 2 for PC and Mac
  • Neverwinter Nights for PC, Mac and Linux (including Hordes of the Underdark and Shadows of Undrentide expansions)
  • SimCity Creator for Wii
  • Skate It for Nintendo DS
  • Sneezies for the Wii
  • Spore Creatures for Nintendo DS
  • Spore Hero Arena for Nintendo DS
  • Star Wars: Battlefront for PC and PlayStation 2
  • Star Wars: Battlefront II for PC and PlayStation 2
  • THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND for the Wii
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 for Nintendo DS
The post EA to shut down multiplayer servers for huge list of PC classics first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> Next Car Game pull in over $1 million in first week https://gamecrastinate.com/gaming-news/next-car-game-pull-1-million-first-week Thu, 30 Jan 2014 09:08:25 +0000 https://gamecrastinate.com/2019/05/06/next-car-game-pull-in-over-1-million-in-first-week-gamecrastinate/ After a failed Kickstarter campaign, Bugbear entertainment took their game to Steam Early Access, the rest is history. Next Car Game has become a success in just one week on Steam. In just one short week the Alpha stage game has surpassed $1 million in sales. You can’t deny it’s a huge turnaround for a […]

The post Next Car Game pull in over $1 million in first week first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> After a failed Kickstarter campaign, Bugbear entertainment took their game to Steam Early Access, the rest is history. Next Car Game has become a success in just one week on Steam. In just one short week the Alpha stage game has surpassed $1 million in sales. You can’t deny it’s a huge turnaround for a game that some thought would fall by the wayside once their Kickstarter campaign went unfunded.

Continue reading after the break for the press release from Bugbear entertainment.

We’re very proud to announce that the official Early Access launch of our titular demolition racing game, aptly titled Next Car Game, has been a huge success. The game was officially launched on Steam mid-January, and it instantly took the Steam Top Sellers chart by storm. In total, the game made over $1,000,000 during one week in sales through our own pre-order site and Steam.

This is an amazing success for a racing game, especially considering our tough road to the success. Along the way we pitched the game to numerous publishers in the hopes that the game would eventually get released. Unfortunately we receive the same response all over again – there were no market for a game like ours. Come on, who would want to race and crash with such old beaters? Well, we would! Because of that we didn’t give up, but instead chose to seek crowd-funding on Kickstarter. However, we experienced another setback when our Kickstarter campaign didn’t reach the goal we were aiming for.

However, we still believed in the game, and we decided to release a playable technology sneak peek. We were literally awe-struck by the great response the sneak peek received. The pre-order sales skyrocketed, and we reached and actually topped our original Kickstarter funding goal in just week! And most importantly: the success showed us that the players believed in the game.

The players will also be the ones to benefit the most from the success of the game. Thanks to our awesome fans, we finally have a chance to make the game we always intended and shape it into a definite demolition racing experience the players have been yearning for years. We already have some really great new stuff in the works, and if you have any ideas on what you’d like to see in the game, don’t hesitate to visit our community forum and let us know!

Next Car Game is currently available on Steam and at  nextcargame.com

Visit nextcargame.com to download a free technology sneak peek!

The post Next Car Game pull in over $1 million in first week first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> Bugbear Entertainment unveils Next Car Game https://gamecrastinate.com/gaming-news/bugbear-entertainment-unveils-next-car-game Mon, 18 Nov 2013 08:59:40 +0000 https://gamecrastinate.com/2019/05/06/bugbear-entertainment-unveils-next-car-game-gamecrastinate/ The makers of FlatOut, Bugbear Entertainment, took to Kickstarter in hopes of funding their physics based car smash em up Next Car Game. With the Kickstarter about half way over and only about a 3rd of the way funded Bugbear really could use the support to make a game that appears to have highly advanced […]

The post Bugbear Entertainment unveils Next Car Game first appeared on Gamecrastinate.]]> The makers of FlatOut, Bugbear Entertainment, took to Kickstarter in hopes of funding their physics based car smash em up Next Car Game.

With the Kickstarter about half way over and only about a 3rd of the way funded Bugbear really could use the support to make a game that appears to have highly advanced vehicle simulation physics and looks gorgeous.

Did you love the over-the-top, reckless racing action of the FlatOut series? Or the ferocious wrecking fests of the Destruction Derby games? We did too! What if you could somehow relive those glorious moments, mixed with some serious Street Rod inspired vehicle upgrading and spiced up with fierce online races where players can battle it out with their tricked out bangers?

Now THAT would be something.

Over the years, we’ve been thinking about going back to our roots, and creating another high-octane racing game that would capture the spirit of over-the-top action and reckless racing as the legendary games of the past. For years, both Destruction Derby and FlatOutfans have been screaming for a comeback.

Now it’s the time, and we have some pretty exciting news for you. Our next racing game is going to bring those unforgettable moments up-to-date, and the best part of it all is that we want to make it with YOU!

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