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Bugbear Entertainment Ltd. is an award-winning Finnish game developer focusing on action driving games.
The company’s worldwide blockbuster hits are the highly innovative 'FlatOut' and 'FlatOut 2' on Playstation 2, Xbox and PC CD with over 2,7 million units sold worldwide. Bugbear's international breakthrough was the critically acclaimed PC title 'Rally Trophy' in 2001, which was followed with 'Tough Trucks' on PC in 2003. An N-Gage exclusive story-driven arcade racer 'Glimmerati' was published in July 2005 to rave reviews. Bugbear is currently working on 'FlatOut Ultimate Carnage' for Xbox 360 as well as other unannounced console, handheld and PC projects.
It takes tight focus and extreme competence to succeed in the fiercely competitive game business. Since its inception in the year 2000 Bugbear Entertainment has been focused solely on driving games. Thanks to continous investments into game technology competence the company has become a technological leader in its speciality and has set new standards for driving games with FlatOut, released in fall 2004. With sales in excess of a million units across all territories including Europe, North America and Japan, FlatOut has been a resounding success.
The success of FlatOut was followed by FlatOut 2 in 2006. With over a million units sold worldwide, and two "best racing game of the year" awards, both fans and critics agree, FlatOut 2 has clearly smashed to the top!
Glimmerati, an arcade racing game, developed exclusively for the N-Gage game deck and released in summer 2005, is a technical masterpiece complete with higly compelling branching storyline. The highly acclaimed title has won several "Best on N-Gage" awards and has been billed as "The perfect mobile game".
Released in the year 2001 the historic rally simulator Rally Trophy reached international critical and sales success totalling over 650 000 sold copies on the PC. Rally Trophy stood out from the crowd thanks to its acclaimed playability, a fresh new game setting, gorgeous graphics and technical leadership especially physics-wise. The game received numerous awards including the title of the Best driving game of 2002 on PC from GameSpot.
In the year 2003 the company developed a high-octane monster truck game Tough Trucks for Activision, one of the largest game publishers. The game was released in the USA and received immediate acceptance from gamers thanks to its advanced game technology.
Bugbear Entertainment is currently working on FlatOut Ultimate Carnage (Xbox 360) as well as other unannounced projects.
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Our mission is to produce innovative driving games of the highest quality on leading console platforms.
Our vision is to establish ourselves as a recognized leader and innovator in the driving game genre.
Proven & experienced team
Cutting edge technology
Cross-platform development
Best practice processes
Tight focus in driving games
Proud winner of GameSpot award for Best racing game of year 2002.
Proud winner of IGN.com's award for Best PS2 racing game of year 2006.
Proud winner of X-Play shows on G4 TV's Best Racing game of year 2006.
Nomited for Develop Award 2005 in "Best new console IP".
Nominated for BAFTA 2005 in the "Racing game" category. |
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Independent Finnish game studio
Over 2.2 million sold games
Employs 40 persons
Founded in March 2000
Consoles, handhelds and PC platforms
Released titles:
FlatOut, Flatout 2, Glimmerati, Rally Trophy, Tough Trucks
Current projects:
FlatOut Ultimate Carnage (Xbox 360, 2007)
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Other unnanounced projects
Innovative, leading in-house developed game technology
World class quality through tight focus on driving games
For business and press inquires and job openings, please contact us
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