FlatOut 1 Ultimate Carnage is a series of action demolition derby racing video games created by Finnish independent video game developer Bugbear Entertainment. The FlatOut series has sold a total of almost 3 million units worldwide. After Bugbear developed FlatOut: Head On, Dutch video game developer Team6 Game Studios developed the next three games in the series, which are the Windows-exclusive FlatOut 3 and two spin-offs on Wii and Android. Kylotonn developed the series’ fourth installation, FlatOut 4: Total Insanity, which was released on March 17, 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in Europe and May 2, 2017 in the U.S.
Games
FlatOut
FlatOut is the first game in the FlatOut series, and was first released in 2004 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox. FlatOut was the first console game developed by Bugbear Entertainment and it was published by Empire Interactive. It was built upon an advanced physics engine which began development as part of a prior Bugbear game known as Tough Trucks: Modified Monsters (2003).[1]:82–83,111–115
FlatOut 2
FlatOut 2 is the second game in the FlatOut series. Succeeding the first FlatOut game, it was first released on June 30, 2006 for Microsoft Windows.[1]:83,146–147
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage is the third game in the FlatOut series, entitled as an “enhanced version of FlatOut 2“. It was released on July 22, 2007 for Xbox 360.[1]:83,153–154
FlatOut: Head On
FlatOut: Head On is the PlayStation Portable port of FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage. It was first released on March 12, 2008 and was the last game in the FlatOut series to be developed by Bugbear Entertainment and to be published by Empire Interactive.
FlatOut (Wii)
Team6 Game Studios developed a FlatOut game for the Wii, which was released by Zoo Publishing in 2010. It is the first and only FlatOut game available on a Nintendo platform.
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction
FlatOut 3: Chaos & Destruction first released on December 13, 2011 for Microsoft Windows. It was developed by Team6 Game Studios and published by Strategy First.[1] The game received generally unfavorable reviews from critics.
Flatout Stuntman
Flatout Stuntman is the Android-exclusive rag doll game in the series. It was developed and published by Team6 Game Studios, and released in November 2013.
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is the newest title in the series. Announced in August 2015, it is developed by Kylotonn and was published by Bigben Interactive on March 17, 2017 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in Europe and published on April 4, 2017 for Microsoft Windows by Strategy First.
