Steam Edition Feature Highlights:

• Added Steam Trading Cards
• DirectX 11 Render Backend instead of DirectX 10 (DirectX 9 still available as a fall-back option)
• Added Wrecking Crew maps: RUINS, REPERCUSSION, IMPERIAL, EXPANSION, FROST, ABANDONED
• Added Behemoth Mode (= Wrecking Crew Mode with Mechs)
• Matchmaking and Multiplayer via Steamworks
• Added Host Migration functionality
• Added Join in Progress functionality to join matches that have already started
• No Games for Windows Live sign-in required
• Leaderboards via Steam
• Voice Chat via Steam
• Achievements via Steam
• At first launch the game attempts to migrate savegames from GFWL to the new system
• Added Russian, Polish and Czech Localization

Misc Changes:

• Added Achievements to DLC content
• Fixed camera speed in vehicles
• Steam offline mode enabled
• Removed XP limitation for all multiplayer game modes.
• Added voice chat “push to talk” option. It’s enabled by default and it can be changed in the audio options. It’s binded to key “Z” by default.
• Added “Join chat” in matchmaking lobby. When using this option you will be joining RFG chat root
• Changed minimum player number for Siege and Large Mixer to 6
• Fixed mouse acceleration when driving walkers
• Added ability to view Steam Gamer profile in leaderboards and in-game scoreboard
• The time limit between lobby disconnects is doubled
• Minimum players required to start the team game is four and for normal game it’s three.
• Removed Aim Assist in Multiplayer
• Various Stability improvements

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“It was kind of surprise to some industry veterans and players that we were the winner of the auction of the THQ titles,” Kreuzer said. “The challenging fact is nobody has ever heard about Nordic Games before [the THQ auction]. There were so many articles with the headlines ‘Who the fuck is Nordic Games?’ We said, okay they were right.

“We have seen an uplift in the name of Nordic Games, and what we have also done is we have made a second deal with THQ where we bought the THQ trademark.”

It looks as if THQ has risen from the grave. Nordic games has even begun advertising their upcoming MX  vs ATV on the THQ Facebook page.

To read the entire article, head over to Polygon.com

Watching the above video explains things in pretty great detail, but the abridged version is that they have already secured funding for completion of the game. The Kickstarter campaign is a means to add extra features that would normally be cut due to time or budget constraints. In essence, Nordic Games wants to make the best game possible for the fans.

The best way we can describe this Kickstarter campaign is that Nordic Games is skipping the regular campaign to fund development and just fast forwarding to the stretch goals. Genius right? Why make potential fans pay for a theoretical game that may just piss them off when it doesn’t reach successful funding or the stretch goals some of the fans were hoping for? Nordic games may have cracked the code when it comes to how to nail a video game Kickstarter campaign and we tip our hats to them.

Check out the gallery below to enjoy some preview shots of The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 and be sure to head over to The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 Kickstarter page for more information.