THQ Nordic has bought Carmageddon so get ready for more gory racing

THQ Nordic has finished a deal to acquire the Carmageddon IP from developer Stainless Games. As to how much the publisher paid for the IP, well, that hasn't been disclosed. The Carmageddon series is over 20 years old now with the first game in the series coming out in 1997. It was very much of its era, given that it came out in the same year as the first Grand Theft Auto game, and both games offered players the chance to run over pedestrians. The 1990s were edgy. Carmageddon even let you go into a first-person view and watch the blood being cleared from the vehicle's windscreen by the wipers. What distinguishes that first Carmageddon - and its sequels - from other vechicular combat games is that indulgence in bloody violence. You compete in races against other drivers but don't have to come first to beat the track - you can win by running over all the pedestrians or wrecking all the other cars. Do you want to race properly or cause mayhem and destruction? That's the question at the heart of the series.