Next Car Game made over $1 million after one week in ....

OnionGulch · 2014-01-31 03:25:29

Here some new news about Bugbear's Next Car Game:Next Car Game made over $1 million after one week in Early AccessHere the news release:Next Car Game made over $1 million dollars in one weekWe'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! Next Car Game's vehicular destruction in 11 GIFs Look like Bugbear got a winner on their hands. :)

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#51 OnionGulch

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Bugbear hoping to have a full feature alpha release this summer, but things did get delayed a bit with the overhaul of the ROMU engine Bugbear been doing last couple of months. Ben has hinted we might see Build #5 get release next week.

Bugbear hopes to have a final version of NCG release before Christmas.

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#52 Edited By Gladestone1

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Ill buy it once its released love supporting new ideas..Sad i missed the kickstarter..

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#53 Edited By naz99

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@Gladestone1 said:

Ill buy it once its released love supporting new ideas..Sad i missed the kickstarter..

You didn't miss it it was canceled because they were way off hitting their targets,but luckily they got greenlit so they spent a few months doing a bit more development then released it as early access

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1470493497/next-car-game-a-motorsport-with-attitude?ref=nav_search

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#54 Edited By OnionGulch

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I bought me a second copy of NCG today. :)

I'm ready to test new LAN mode. :)

Purple44 >>>
If you have not heard yet, LAN mode been confirm to be in new Build #5 being release this week. :D
http://steamcommunity.com/app/228380/discussions/0/522730075449988281/#c522730699412319187
jannesBB >>>
We have been working very hard to bring you the next update. Reworking the engine has taken somewhat longer than we anticipated, and we apologize for the delay. However, we didn't want to release something broken, but instead chose to use a little bit of time to work out the remaining issues. In the end it will mean that you will get a better game, so we're very hopeful that you too will agree that it will have been worth the wait.
Unless something really unexpected comes up next week, LAN functionality will be included in the next patch. It's a feature that's we very much wanted to include in the game as a thank-you for the tremendous support we have received since LAN is something that a lot of you have been asking. And even if you don't care about LAN multiplayer, not to worry, there's a lot of other cool stuff in the works!
More about the update next week.

Purple44 >>>
So it hit me, I should take advantage of today Steam sale and pickup a second copy of NCG for $18 for my second computer. Now I can test LAN mode between my newest gaming computer and my last gaming computer that has my other Steam account from when I bought Half Life 2.
So, I'm ready to test new LAN mode. :D :D :D :D
Also I will be looking into seeing if we can use Tunngle to host NCG online, like we did with Flatout 1 and 2. :)
You guys ready for some 12 player derbys online? Ready for some rough and tumble racing on the Sandpit track online?

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#55 Edited By OnionGulch

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Last Saturday we found out how to take the new LAN mode in new Build #5 online after the disappointment of not getting Tunngle to work Friday with new NCG LAN mod. ;D

For the details go here:

LAN over Internet WORKING!

LAN mode right now is bare bones, so there some issues and there lag between US and Euro players. So be sure to read the thread to see what you are in for if want to try Next Car Game online.

We did make history Saturday, we had a 12 player figure 8 race online. :)