- THQ Nordic acquires IP rights to classic combat racer Carmageddon - 3 December 2018
The seemingly insatiable THQ Nordic has announced the acquisition of yet another beloved, but regrettably dormant gaming IP. This time around, it's classic (and notorious) vehicular smash-'em-up Carmageddon's turn to join the publisher's rapidly swelling ranks. Carmageddon originally launched in 1997 on PC, amid a wave of tabloid-generated controversy in the UK. The British Board of Film Classification, responsible for handing out the country's game ratings at the time, was not at all happy about Carmageddon's wanton vehicular violence and incentivised pedestrian slaughter. As a result, developer Stainless Games was forced to swap Carmageddon's squishable humans for green-blooded zombies. However, ten months later, after a successful appeal, the uncensored version was released. Behind the violence though, Carmageddon was a wonderfully entertaining game - a raucous, riotous pile-up of tw…
- Multiplayer Mayhem - 15 May 2015
As part of the thrust towards the full release of Carmageddon: Reincarnation on 21st May, we have been running multiplayer lobbies every weekday night and inviting the Carmageddon community to join us in some @ss kicking Carmageddon FUN! The lobby is active from 5pm to 6pm BST on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and is hosted by Stainless Games resident Carmageddon car crushing star SAM. The lobby is transmitted on the Carmageddon Twitch TV channel, and if you can’t join in the game, then join in the Twitch chat and hurl some abuse at Sam! http://www.twitch.tv/carmageddon So, this is an open invitation for all you Carmafans out there to come along and join the wrecking party. If Sam’s lobby is full you should find that someone else will be hosting, and so there should be plenty of wrecking going on. There’s also an unofficial Steam Multiplayer Group that you can sign up with. C…
- Multiplayer Mayhem - 15 May 2015
As part of the thrust towards the full release of Carmageddon: Reincarnation on 21st May, we have been running multiplayer lobbies every weekday night and inviting the Carmageddon community to join us in some @ss kicking Carmageddon FUN! The lobby is active from 5pm to 6pm BST on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and is hosted by Stainless Games resident Carmageddon car crushing star SAM. The lobby is transmitted on the Carmageddon Twitch TV channel, and if you can’t join in the game, then join in the Twitch chat and hurl some abuse at Sam! http://www.twitch.tv/carmageddon So, this is an open invitation for all you Carmafans out there to come along and join the wrecking party. If Sam’s lobby is full you should find that someone else will be hosting, and so there should be plenty of wrecking going on. There’s also an unofficial Steam Multiplayer Group that you can sign up with. C…
- BetaMax! - 1 May 2015
http://87a05d1ba1ec8bc0f3eb-38ef210a35abb062538448321993f98c.r44.cf3.rackcdn.com/competition/VIDCOMP_news.jpg Hey there Carmafans, it's competition time! There’s just 3 weeks to go till the 21st May, when Carmageddon: Reincarnation gets its full release on Steam! And with the recent Big Beta Update now out there in the wild, we thought we’d give you all the opportunity to win some cool PRIZES for having FUN playing the GAME! Using the Action Replay feature, we want you to record a clip showing your funniest Carmageddon moments. Whether it be Pelvic Thrusting Screwie through the side of Cleaver, or firing an Anvil salvo into a CU:NT, we want you to make us wet ourselves laughing and in doing so you might be in for a chance at winning some awesome Carmageddon goodies! Clips should last no longer than 30 seconds, and you can submit as many entries as you like. What goodies you ask? For the…
- BetaMax! - 1 May 2015
http://87a05d1ba1ec8bc0f3eb-38ef210a35abb062538448321993f98c.r44.cf3.rackcdn.com/competition/VIDCOMP_news.jpg Hey there Carmafans, it's competition time! There’s just 3 weeks to go till the 21st May, when Carmageddon: Reincarnation gets its full release on Steam! And with the recent Big Beta Update now out there in the wild, we thought we’d give you all the opportunity to win some cool PRIZES for having FUN playing the GAME! Using the Action Replay feature, we want you to record a clip showing your funniest Carmageddon moments. Whether it be Pelvic Thrusting Screwie through the side of Cleaver, or firing an Anvil salvo into a CU:NT, we want you to make us wet ourselves laughing and in doing so you might be in for a chance at winning some awesome Carmageddon goodies! Clips should last no longer than 30 seconds, and you can submit as many entries as you like. What goodies you ask? For the…
- Carmageddon: Reincarnation Release Date News! - 18 March 2015
http://87a05d1ba1ec8bc0f3eb-38ef210a35abb062538448321993f98c.r44.cf3.rackcdn.com/Lunch_Date_NEWS.jpg Hey Carmafans, nobby here with THE NEWS YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR... Carmageddon: Reincarnation has got a FINAL RELEASE DATE: 23rd April, 2015 To coincide with this announcement, we've released a NEW PROMO VIDEO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Fpho8G1SQ That's right, the time is fast approaching when you’ll finally get your hands on the FULL PACKAGE! You’ve been through the Early Access Pre-Alpha, you’ve been through Beta, and all along the enthusiasm, support and brilliant feedback of the Carmageddon community has been helping to get us to the holy grail… That is The Game… FINISHED OFF! Yes, we're delighted to announce that the game will soon be going GOLD, and on the 23rd April it'll be showered in all its Steamy golden glory upon an eagerly waiting world! And so once more we’d li…
- Carmageddon: Reincarnation Release Date News! - 18 March 2015
http://87a05d1ba1ec8bc0f3eb-38ef210a35abb062538448321993f98c.r44.cf3.rackcdn.com/Lunch_Date_NEWS.jpg Hey Carmafans, nobby here with THE NEWS YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR... Carmageddon: Reincarnation has got a FINAL RELEASE DATE: 23rd April, 2015 To coincide with this announcement, we've released a NEW PROMO VIDEO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8Fpho8G1SQ That's right, the time is fast approaching when you’ll finally get your hands on the FULL PACKAGE! You’ve been through the Early Access Pre-Alpha, you’ve been through Beta, and all along the enthusiasm, support and brilliant feedback of the Carmageddon community has been helping to get us to the holy grail… That is The Game… FINISHED OFF! Yes, we're delighted to announce that the game will soon be going GOLD, and on the 23rd April it'll be showered in all its Steamy golden glory upon an eagerly waiting world! And so once more we’d li…
- Carmageddon: Reincarnation Public Beta Launch! - 14 February 2015
http://87a05d1ba1ec8bc0f3eb-38ef210a35abb062538448321993f98c.r44.cf3.rackcdn.com/NEWS_PUBIC-BETA_featured.jpg Hey Carmafans, nobby here with the news you’ve all been waiting for! It’s the launch of the PUBIC PUBLIC BETA of Carmageddon: Reincarnation! Let the Valentine’s Day Massacre commence! Yes, starting RIGHT NOW you can play the FULL GAME including MULTIPLAYER!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spHD3bV7Nqo So if you haven’t already, give yer life partner a quick peck on the cheek and then SLING ‘EM OUT. Get yourself parked in front of the PC with a six pack and a box of man-size tissues… because today it’s all about YOU and the Worldwide Carmageddon Community cumming together for a massive ORGY of red hot throbbing HARD-RAMMING ACTION. You show us your Piledriver and we’ll show you our Cunning Stunt! Is that a Repulsificator in your pocket or are you just Ejaculating? OMG check out t…
- Carmageddon: Reincarnation Public Beta Launch! - 14 February 2015
http://87a05d1ba1ec8bc0f3eb-38ef210a35abb062538448321993f98c.r44.cf3.rackcdn.com/NEWS_PUBIC-BETA_featured.jpg Hey Carmafans, nobby here with the news you’ve all been waiting for! It’s the launch of the PUBIC PUBLIC BETA of Carmageddon: Reincarnation! Let the Valentine’s Day Massacre commence! Yes, starting RIGHT NOW you can play the FULL GAME including MULTIPLAYER!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spHD3bV7Nqo So if you haven’t already, give yer life partner a quick peck on the cheek and then SLING ‘EM OUT. Get yourself parked in front of the PC with a six pack and a box of man-size tissues… because today it’s all about YOU and the Worldwide Carmageddon Community cumming together for a massive ORGY of red hot throbbing HARD-RAMMING ACTION. You show us your Piledriver and we’ll show you our Cunning Stunt! Is that a Repulsificator in your pocket or are you just Ejaculating? OMG check out t…
- Leftover Turkey - 5 December 2014
http://87a05d1ba1ec8bc0f3eb-38ef210a35abb062538448321993f98c.r44.cf3.rackcdn.com/tdr_featured.jpg Yes Carmafans, we’re excited to announce yet another NEW post-Thanksgiving celebratory retail opportunity day… Brown Thursday! So, you know how you can currently get a FREE copy of the Carmageddon Max Pack and Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now if you already own or purchase Carmageddon: Reincarnation on Steam Early Access. Yeah! What a great bundle deal! Well, as of today, Brown Thursday, that bundle has goddamn GROWN! You know that slightly whiffy leftover turkey lurking at the back of the fridge that you’d normally avoid, but might end up eating, usually by accident, usually when drunk? Well, that’s kind of what we have for you here… Although you might recall it by its other name: Carmageddon TDR 2000! Yes, this old bird has been given a quick sluice-out and pronounced almost fit for human…
- Leftover Turkey - 5 December 2014
http://87a05d1ba1ec8bc0f3eb-38ef210a35abb062538448321993f98c.r44.cf3.rackcdn.com/tdr_featured.jpg Yes Carmafans, we’re excited to announce yet another NEW post-Thanksgiving celebratory retail opportunity day… Brown Thursday! So, you know how you can currently get a FREE copy of the Carmageddon Max Pack and Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now if you already own or purchase Carmageddon: Reincarnation on Steam Early Access. Yeah! What a great bundle deal! Well, as of today, Brown Thursday, that bundle has goddamn GROWN! You know that slightly whiffy leftover turkey lurking at the back of the fridge that you’d normally avoid, but might end up eating, usually by accident, usually when drunk? Well, that’s kind of what we have for you here… Although you might recall it by its other name: Carmageddon TDR 2000! Yes, this old bird has been given a quick sluice-out and pronounced almost fit for human…
