Greetings, racers. We’re 34BigThings, the crew behind Redout and now the revival of Carmageddon. Our armageddon entails WW3, mobile degeneration, and, in fact, evil companies. Let’s dive into the world you’ll be racing in when our Carmageddon spinoff, Carmageddon: Rogue Shift, launches February 6.
Welcome to Earth, 2050
Whenever you take the wheel for the first time, the outdated world has lengthy since ended. Devastating wars, pure disasters, and swarms of zombies have left humanity on the brink. Zombies, referred to as the Wasted on this universe, outnumber people 10,000 to 1. Every night time, streets swarm with the undead, forcing survivors to barricade themselves in high-rise buildings. Chaos chokes the floor degree, the place graffiti, trash, and crumbling buildings stretch endlessly.
There is only one likelihood to flee this nightmare: the Carmageddon. As a result of, when you’re driving, you’re surviving.
Survival requires ability and a strong trip
Your story begins as a faceless racer with little greater than a rust bucket, scavenged gas, and a makeshift weapon to work with. Each victory in these lethal races guarantees energy, status, and useful prizes to the contributors. The champion wins the proper to try the perilous journey that results in the spaceport past the mountains. To traverse this treacherous terrain, you’ll want the experiences and equipment that may solely be gained from the Carmageddon races. With only one jet left, the solely likelihood to flee this dying world is price greater than any reward.
The apocalypse is your playground
We wished to create a sturdy sport loop with a quick, accessible, however by no means trivial dealing with mannequin at the core of it. Your automotive is your fortress, your protected haven and your most important offensive weapon – just about the protagonist. With 15 unlockable autos every with their very own drivetrain, weight, heart of mass, suspensions, tire friction and stress, response to steering, you’ll have fairly some selection to discover.
However that is simply the starting: on prime of this you possibly can unlock and mount 13 weapon lessons and 80+ perks. Construct outrageous synergies that rework a single Increase canister into an unstoppable deathroll, or multiply the quantity of missiles you hearth with a single shot, or convert explosion harm round you into repairs on your automotive. Exploring in videogames isn’t restricted to digital areas: we would like you to experiment and provide you with absurd mixtures and spectacular methods. You’ll must.
Opponents won’t roam round making an attempt their finest to hit you sometimes, however will truly behave like there’s a a technique ticket to salvation ready for them at the end line: they’ll be quick and ruthless, and also you’ll must stability velocity, offense and protection if you wish to succeed. A few of these opponents will drive colossal war-rigs – sure, bossfights.
A special spin on the zombie story
We talked about evil companies earlier. Properly, on this timeline, the mixture of wars and pure disasters led to produce shortages and famine. To fight this, a meals complement referred to as MiVis was created and successfully ended the worldwide starvation disaster. Like some kind of merciless cosmic joke, long-term consumption of MiVis triggered the mobile mutation accountable for the outbreak. The extra MiVis consumed, the extra you waste away, resulting in the coining of the time period “Wasted.” Did this growth cease manufacturing of MiVis? You guessed it, completely not.
Companies suppressed the harmful results of MiVis till it was too late, prioritizing income over folks. The individuals who consumed the most grew to become particular wasted, horrible supermutations that morphed into one thing even much less human. Final and positively not least, there’s the final abomination. A creature whispered about however not often seen: the monster that guards the solely path to the spaceport and your closing problem.
Each crash makes you stronger
In Rogue Shift, no two runs are precisely alike. As you progress by means of randomly generated paths, you’ll have the alternative to win occasions and defeat opponents to achieve improve credit. The Carmageddon ain’t over whenever you wreck your trip, although. Every time you start anew, you keep sure everlasting bonuses unlocked with beatcoins. You’ll must fastidiously plot out your route by means of the wasteland, making stops for repairs and new gear. Problem will increase dynamically, so preserve your head on a swivel. As you make it additional with every subsequent run, synergies and archetypes will turn out to be obvious, supplying you with numerous methods to craft the final killing machine.
Are you able to survive Carmageddon?
We made Carmageddon: Rogue Shift to problem you in a method that retains you coming again. Our purpose is to get you into that circulation, firing-on-all-cylinders circulation state we fondly bear in mind from the unique Carmageddon video games and, extra usually, the fight racing video games that outlined the style.
We will’t wait so that you can leap in the driver’s seat and put your abilities to the check. Wishlist in the present day and we’ll see you on the wasteland.