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FlatOut is a series of action demolition derby/racing video games created by Finnish independent video game developer Bugbear Entertainment. [1] The FlatOut series has sold a total of almost 3 million units worldwide.
Wreckfest is a racing video game developed by Bugbear Entertainment and published by THQ Nordic. Wreckfest is described as the spiritual successor to the FlatOut series, which was created by Bugbear, and takes further inspiration from the Destruction Derby series and the cult 1989 racer Street Rod. [1]
Bugbear Entertainment Oy is a Finnish video game developer based in Helsinki, founded by Janne Alanenpää in 2000. The company is best known for the FlatOut series and Wreckfest . In November 2018, a majority stake of the company was acquired by THQ Nordic .
In medieval England, the bugbear was depicted as a creepy bear that lurked in the woods to scare children. It was described in this manner in The Buggbears, [2] an adaptation, with additions, from Antonio Francesco Grazzini’s La Spiritata (‘The Possessed [Woman]’, 1561). [3] In a modern context, the term bugbear may also mean pet peeve. [4]
FlatOut [a] is a 2004 racing video game developed by Finnish developer Bugbear Entertainment and published by Empire Interactive.Gameplay in FlatOut places emphasis on demolition derby-style races, and features a sophisticated physics engine.
It was also used to mean a general object of dread. The word bugaboo, with a similar pair of meanings, may have arisen as an alteration of bugbear. [4] Bogeyman itself is known from the 15th century, though bogeyman stories are likely to be much older. [5]
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The origins of the Nachtkrapp legends are still unknown, but a connection possibly exists to rook infestations in Central Europe. Already feared due to their black feathers and scavenging diet, the mass gatherings quickly became an existential threat to farmers and gave rooks and crows their place in folklore as all-devouring monsters.