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Bugbear Entertainment is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Finland}} Finnish]] video game developer that focuses solely on [[DrivingGame racing games]]. Founded between the end of TheNineties and the TurnOfTheMillennium, they've since produced a lot of original as well as several licensed titles. Most have been very well received and the studio is, despite its size (40 people), considered an important innovator in the racing game genre.

[[http://www.bugbear.fi/ Bugbear Entertainment's Official website]]

[[http://community.bugbear.fi/ Bugbear Entertainment's Community Forums]]

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!! Games developed by Bugbear Entertainment:
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* ''VideoGame/RallyTrophy'' (2001) - PC
* ''Tough Trucks'' (2003) - PC
* ''VideoGame/FlatOut'' (2004) - [=PS2=], Xbox 360, PC
* ''Glimmerati'' (2005) - N-Gage, Nokia
* ''VideoGame/FlatOut II'' (2006) - [=PS2=], Xbox 360, PC, Macintosh
* ''VideoGame/FlatOut : Ultimate Carnage'' (2007) - Xbox 360, PC
* ''VideoGame/SegaRally'' (2007) - PSP, Sega
* ''VideoGame/RidgeRacer Unbounded'' (2012) - [=PS3=], Xbox 360, PC
* ''VideoGame/{{Wreckfest}}'' (2015) - PC
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!! Tropes concerning this developer:
* AuthorAppeal: Their penchant for inserting goofy or surreal humour into their games, just for RuleOfFunny.
* CoolCar: Be it [[ShownTheirWork period-accurate]] RealLife cars or fictional cars, this is an absolute staple of pretty much every game they've ever made.
* ChannelHop: Being an independent studio, they frequently switched and switch their publishers. Even the ''VideoGame/FlatOut'' series changed publishers over time, due to the unexpected bankruptcy of the publisher of the first game in the series.
* DuelingGames: ''VideoGame/RallyTrophy'' had a bit of this with the second and third installment of the ''VideoGame/ColinMcRaeRally'' series.
* GenreThrowback: ''VideoGame/RallyTrophy'' ([[TheSixties 1960s]]-[[TheSeventies 1970s]] [[RaceAgainstTheClock European rally racing]]) and the first ''VideoGame/FlatOut'' game ([[TheSeventies 1970s]] [[{{Eagleland}} US]] [[BloodSport demolition]] [[WackyRacing derby]]), with hints of {{Retraux}} thrown in here and there. Later ''VideoGame/FlatOut'' installments kept most of the basic elements from the first game, but eschewed this trope. ''Wreckfest'' goes on a similar direction as the first two ''[=FlatOut=]'' games while also adding rallycross, folkraces and banger racing in the mix.
* {{Mascot}}: The [[UglyCute silly-looking bedsheet ghost]] in their logo. Making the developer's name [[MeaningfulName a meaningful one]], given that "bugbear" is an old-fashioned synonym for "spook" or "ghost". The logo itself has remained virtually the same ever since the studio's founding.
* SurrealHumour: [[AuthorAppeal A frequent]] [[RuleOfFunny little touch]] in many of their games, from the talkative and complaining co-driver in ''VideoGame/RallyTrophy'' to the over-the-top demolition derby races, crashes and minigames in the ''VideoGame/FlatOut'' series. The latter frequently border on GallowsHumour.
* UpdatedRerelease: ''VideoGame/FlatOut : Ultimate Carnage'' is one for ''VideoGame/FlatOut II''.
* WackyRacing: The ''VideoGame/FlatOut'' series, full stop.
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