Wreckfest 2 will feature an overhauled physics engine, doubling down on its destruction mechanics, in addition to new customization mechanics that will allow players to create “the car of their dreams” and then share those vehicles online. 

Beyond that, you can also look forward to what’s being billed as a completely reimagined career mode, as well as new multiplayer features such as a new skill-based matchmaking system, splitscreen support, and server queues, as well as bite-sized challenges, limited-time tournament events, and more. 

Wreckfest 2 is in development for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. A release date hasn’t yet been announced.

Wreckfest Mobile is set to essentially be the complete Wreckfest experience ported to smartphones.

The game features upgrades and customisation options, along with a number of event types for players to take part in, including demolition derbies, as well as races. Wreckfest Mobile also has online multiplayer, challenge modes.

Wreckfest recently made its way on to the Nintendo Switch. The Switch release offers 16-player multiplayer, a frame rate of 30FPS, and two seasons’ worth of content.

June also saw the release of Wreckfest on the PS5. The PS5 release features graphical enhancements, including the ability to run at 4K and 60FPS, along with PS5-exclusive features such as adaptive triggers on the DualSense controller. The Xbox Series X/S version is set for release later in the year.

Wreckfest is currently available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Stadia.

Now, publisher THQ Nordic has confirmed that Wreckfest is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch on June 21. It will retail for $39.99 / €39.99. On the Switch, the game will offer 16-player multiplayer, 30 FPS performance, and two seasons’ worth of content- season one includes 20 each of vehicles and roof decorations, a car customization pack, and more, while season 2 brings another 12 additional cars.

Check out the Switch version’s release date trailer below.

Currently, Wreckfest is available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia.

THQ Nordic and Bugbear Entertainment recently released a patch for their high octane racing title Wreckfest that added support for 4K and 60 FPS on Xbox Series X and 4K and 30 FPS on Xbox Series S– but it seems they aren’t done just yet as far as next-gen updates for the racer are concerned.

It’s been confirmed that Wreckfest will be releasing on PS5 on June 1 with a native version. The upgrade will bring support for 24 players in multiplayer races, dynamic dirt on vehicles, increased amount of foliage, higher resolution textures, new visual effects for skidmarks, godrays, and improvements to shadows, particles, and environment lighting. You can also expect support for the DualSense’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, in addition to significantly faster load times.

Meanwhile, Wreckfest will also be seeing a similar release on Xbox Series X/S. That will be coming later in the year, but no specific release date for that has been shared yet.

There is a catch though- there is no free next-gen upgrade option. If you already own a last-gen copy of Wreckfest, you’ll need to pay $9.99 / €9.99 to upgrade to the next-gen version.

Wreckfest is currently available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC.

More speed. More power. More mayhem. Wreckfest is coming to PlayStation 5 on June 1st, 2021.

Owners of Wreckfest on PS4 can upgrade to the enhanced version on PS5 for $9.99 / € 9.99.#Wreckfest #DriveHardDieLast pic.twitter.com/omWpiXtuQm

— THQ Nordic (@THQNordic) March 29, 2021

Xbox Series S and X will receive a similar, paid version later this year.

The current "upgrade" on Xbox only enables 4K and 60 FPS if it detects Series X.

— THQ Nordic (@THQNordic) March 29, 2021

Several developers over the last few months have taken the opportunity to leverage the combination of the Xbox Series X/S’ more powerful hardware and backward compatibility capabilities to go back to older releases and boost them up for the newer consoles, either in terms of resolution or performance (or both). The latest game to do that is Bugbear Entertainment’s car combat title Wreckfest.

As revealed by the developer in the patch notes for the game’s most recent update, Wreckfest now runs at 4K and 60 frames per second on the Xbox Series X, while on Xbox Series S, it runs at 4K and 30 frames per second. Whether the latter is running at a native resolution hasn’t been specified, though it seems unlikely.

It’s worth noting that this same update hasn’t been made available on PS5. Owing to how the PS5’s backward compatibility functions, several games have missed out on similar enhancements on the console, in spite of receiving them on Xbox Series X/S, with the likes of Rocket League and Star Wars: Squadrons being notable examples.

Wreckfest is available on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S via backward compatibility.

UKIE / Gfk Chart-Track have released the newest weekly charts for video game sales in the UK, and last week was dominated a bunch of older releases taking the top positions, the week ending August 31st sees a bunch of new releases claiming these top spots.

On the very top of Astral Chain, PlatinumGames’ new Nintendo Switch-exclusive IP, which, after solid reviews all around, has sold the most throughout the week- impressively enough, with just two days on the market. Wreckfest, which saw its console release last week, is in second place.

Man of Medan, Supermassive Games’ new horror adventure title, debuts in third place. Meanwhile, Remedy Entertainment’s Control takes the fourth spot in its debut week. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which topped sales charts last week, has dropped down to fifth place, followed by consistently well-performing titles such as Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled and Super Mario Maker 2.

Marvel’s Spider-Man, thanks to a price drop (and possibly thanks to its new Game of the Year Edition), has seen a massive boost in sales, jumping up from thirty-fourth place last week to the eight spot this week. It’s followed by Grand Theft Auto 5 and The Division 2 to round out the rest of the top 10.

You can check out the full top 10 below.

1. Astral Chain
2. Wreckfest
3. The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan
4. Control
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
6. Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
7. Super Mario Maker 2
8. Marvel’s Spider-Man
9. Grand Theft Auto 5
10. The Division 2

THQ Nordic, better known for publishing Darksiders 3 and acquiring the Kingdoms of Amalur and Timesplitters IPs, continues to expand. The publisher has announced that it has acquired Coffee Stain Studios (of Goat Simulator and Deep Rock Galactic fame) and Bugbear Entertainment (Wreckfest). Interestingly enough, in its financial report for Q3 2018, the publisher also revealed that it has 35 unannounced titles in development.

Speaking about the studio acquisitions, THQ Nordic CEO Lars Wingefors said of Coffee Stain Studios, “We are creating a complementary digital native pillar to THQ Nordic. Coffee Stain is a passionate and highly competent team creating and publishing great games. After some years without major releases, the pipeline of new game releases such as Satisfactory and Deep Rock Galactic look strong. I look forward to working together with Anton Westbergh and his team in the future.”

Coffee Stain CEO Anton Westbergh said, “I strongly believe that THQ Nordic is a great home for Coffee Stain. In addition to having long experience within games development and publishing, THQ Nordic has the skills, willingness and capital to support our new releases and growth in the future.”

As for Bugbear Entertainment, Wingefors said, “We have been working together with Janne Alanenpää and his team since 2016, and see continued great potential in Wreckfest as well as in Bugbear’s future games pipeline. Janne Alanenpää is a legend within action racing games, and the Bugbear team will bring important development capabilities earned from creating outstanding games during almost two decades. We are very excited to have been able to acquire Bugbear and their portfolio and our aim is to build Wreckfest together into a major franchise for THQ Nordic with the release to console coming up first in time.”

Bugbear Entertainment CEO Janne Alanenpää in turn stated, “We are very excited to join forces with the THQ Nordic team. I believe THQ Nordic will become a perfect home for Bugbear to support our passion for games and for our customer. We look forward to accelerate our development of high quality racing games to contribute to THQ Nordic’s portfolio and future growth.”

THQ Nordic has roughly 55 games that it’s working on right now, including Generation Zero, Desperados 3, Biomutant and the upcoming Darksiders 3. The number of studios acting as subsidiaries for the company is currently at 12, but who knows where it could go next. For now, we’re looking forward to the release of Darksiders 3 on November 27th for Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

Bugbear Entertainment’s Wreckfest has had some trouble living up to the legacy of the Flatout franchise. Though it received favourable reviews at launch for PC, its Early Access period saw numerous delays and issues. The Xbox One and PS4 versions were originally slated to release on November 20th (after being delayed from their initial 2017 release date). However, they’ve recently been pushed back again, this time to 2019.

Currently, the development team is working on performance issues and polishing the multiplayer for the console versions. THQ Nordic senior producer Roger Joswig’s noted in a recent statement, “Wreckfest for consoles will only be released as soon as we love playing it. After the fantastic release on PC, the benchmark for the console release is much higher.

“At this moment, the team needs more time to polish the multiplayer part, as well as the overall performance on the game to bring it up to par with the experience on PC. We are sorry for keeping fans waiting longer because of this. However, we already have compensation in the form of further vehicles, including a special crazy vehicle, in the works for consoles.”

On the one hand, the delays are unfortunate for eager console fans. On the other hand, they will (hopefully) lead to a more polished product which is more fun to play. It could go either way, honestly, but at least the developer is putting in the effort to ensure a fun experience for all. Meanwhile, the PC version of Wreckfest has been seeing a fair number of updates since launch, so it might be worth checking out in the meantime.

THQ Nordic has revealed that their demolition derby racer, Wreckfest, will officially launch on PC as of June 14, which the press release jokes is only 1611 days after the game first hit Steam Early Access.

Bugbear Entertainment has a certain racing pedigree to them, having titles like Ridge Racer Unbounded and Flatout 1 & 2 under their belts, and have clearly taken their time to get this one right. Console players aren’t left out in the cold, with a port promised for November on PS4 and Xbox One.

If the screenshots below are any indication, clearly the development time has been well spent. The game boasts a precise physics system, soft body damage for its vehicles allowing them to bang up in convincing ways and a style all it’s own that isn’t trying to ape Forza. Check them out and let us know your thoughts in the comments secion below.

Bugbear Games’ Wreckfest, their demolition derby racer that has been available to play for PC players for a while now thanks to Steam Early Access, will be finally making its way over to consoles- Bugbear have announced today that the game will be launching on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in 2017.

Bugbear also confirmed that pre-ordering the game will enable you to play it early- fans who pre-order the game via Bugbear’s website will be given access to the game’s beta on PS4 and Game Preview on Xbox One. The final release of the completed game, meanwhile, is expected to be in Spring 2017.

There will be more coming from the studio, as well- Bugbear have announced a new physics based PC racer called Stuntfest, which they describe as “a wacky vehicle-based physics playground that will enable you to create your own mischievous levels using the easy-to-use in-game editor and then trying to accomplish all sorts of crazy ragdoll stunts.” It is due to launch on Steam Early Access this Fall. You can check out a teaser trailer for it below.