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Stuntfest - World Tour confirmed for PC launch in 2022

THQ Nordic has unveiled the previously rumored Stuntfest and confirmed it's coming later this year.

TJ Denzer

June 30, 2022 6:10 AM

Image via THQ Nordic

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Back in May, we heard rumors that THQ Nordic may be getting ready to unveil something in the vein of the follow-up to Wreckfest in the form of a new game called Stuntfest. We didn’t know much about the new title at the time, but today THQ Nordic, alongside developer Pow Wow Entertainment, launched an official reveal of Stuntfest - World Tour, and it looks every bit as zany as a supposed follow-up to Wreckfest ought to be.

Pow Wow and THQ Nordic officially revealed Stuntfest with a new trailer on the game’s newly minted YouTube channel on June 30, 2022. It confirms many of the rumors we previously heard about the game, plus that it will be launching on PC later in 2022. It will be a destructive racer like Wreckfest with a variety of game modes including racetracks, destruction derbies, and more. What’s more, players will be able to exit their vehicles in a variety of ways (mostly flinging themselves through the windshield via ejection) and run around with gadgets like a wing glider to reach otherwise unreachable secret routes of any given map. Players can then jump into new vehicles and continue the race.

What’s quite interesting about this is that even though Stuntfest - World Tour is pretty clearly a successor to Wreckfest, featuring destructible cars, wacky races, and some knockdown-dragout racing, it doesn’t look like Wreckfest developer Bugbear Entertainment is actually attached to this project. Pow Wow Entertainment are the developers handling things this time out.

It doesn’t look like Stuntfest is missing a beat as a follow-up to Wreckfest, though. At the core, the race tracks still look wild, the racing looks brilliant, and the ability to exit vehicles (even using your body as a flying ragdoll to finish a race faster), look like they could be very fun.

With a 2022 release window set for PC, we likely won’t be waiting much longer to find out more. Stay tuned for more Stuntfest - World Tour updates and reveals, right here at Shacknews, or check out the game's new website!

TJ Denzer

Senior News Editor

TJ Denzer is a player and writer with a passion for games that has dominated a lifetime. He found his way to the Shacknews roster in late 2019 and has worked his way to Senior News Editor since. Between news coverage, he also aides notably in livestream projects like the indie game-focused Indie-licious, the Shacknews Stimulus Games, and the Shacknews Dump. You can reach him at tj.denzer@shacknews.com and also find him on Twitter @JohnnyChugs.