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Lock ‘n Load, Next Fest Crew!

Badlands Crew · published 24 Feb 2025, 18:06 UTC

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Hey Crewmates,

It’s time to Lock ‘n load – Next Fest has arrived!

🔥 NEXT FEST DEMO LIVE

Download the Next Fest demo now! Recruit and manage crew members, build your custom Battle Wagon and tear through the Badlands engaging in high-octane combat.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3402770/Badlands_Crew_Demo/

💥 FULL GAME RELEASING ON 28TH APRIL

The fun doesn’t end there. We’re happy to announce that Badlands Crew will officially be launching on Steam on the 28th April. Check out the teaser trailer below and get a glimpse of the mayhem that awaits you...

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🛻 BATTLE WAGON COMPETITION

Builders, engineers and mechanics of the Wasteland! The garage is calling on your expertise. To celebrate being featured in Next Fest, we’re hosting a Battle Wagon competition on Discord where you can win a pair of Steel Series Arctis Nova 7 headphones and free game keys! Whether it’s an engineering masterpiece or a product of pure chaos, we can’t wait to see what you come up with.

How to enter:

Build your Battle Wagon in the demo
Take a screenshot of your Battle Wagon in The Garage
Paste your screenshot into the #Rig-Competition channel in Discord

The competition starts on the 24th February and the last entries need to be submitted by 3:59pm PT / 6:59 ET / 11:59pm UTC on 2nd March.

Thank you for all your support so far and we really hope you enjoy the demo of Badlands Crew!

Jon, Dave, Joe and Greg.

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