Badlands Crew News

Hey Crewmates,

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to all of you for taking the time to play the Badlands Crew demo during Next Fest, it’s been incredible watching so many of you enjoy your time exploring the wasteland. All your feedback has been extremely valuable.

[h3]DEMO EXTENSION[/h3]
Because so many of you loved the demo, we’ve decided to leave it up for you to continue to play! PC Gamer sounds like they agree too - they said “This was the biggest Next Fest 2025 surprise” and proudly place Badlands Crew in their top 5 demos of the event!

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

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[h3]RIG BUILDING COMPETITION[/h3]
Thank you to everyone who participated in the rig building competition. You’ve blown us away with your unique builds over the last week. So, without any further ado, here are your winners...

[h3]WINNER: WARLORD[/h3]

[h3]2ND PLACE: THE WATCHTOWER[/h3]

[h3]3RD PLACE: HEARTLANDS[/h3]

We’ll get in contact with the winners directly on Discord to talk prizes!

Curve Games

Hey Crewmates,

We're putting out the final call to play the Badlands Crew Demo this weekend before Next Fest concludes!

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

[h3]WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE DEMO?[/h3]

• Dive into a tutorial and experience the first three missions of an expansive, dynamic campaign.
  
• Design your very own fuel-guzzling Battle Wagon armed to the teeth using the extensive vehicle builder.
  
• Fight off the savage militia groups that rule regions of the Badlands in intense battles across the wasteland.
  
• Bolster your ranks and recruit fierce Crewmates to face the Badlands with. You’ll also be able to level-up and customise them with uniquely crafted outfits and weapons.
  

Thank you all so much for jumping in and experiencing the Badlands. We’re over the moon to see so many of you enjoying your time exploring the Wasteland and we can’t wait to see more people join the Crew over the weekend!

Remember, we also have a Rig Competition running over on our Discord channel. Join the Crewmunity today to chat all things Badlands Crew. We’d love to hear your feedback!

Curve Games.

Hey Crewmates,

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

[h3]🔥 NEXT FEST DEMO LIVE[/h3]
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/

[h3]💥 FULL GAME RELEASING ON 28TH APRIL[/h3]
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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[h3]🛻 BATTLE WAGON COMPETITION[/h3]
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.

Hello!

Just a very quick post to say thank you to everyone who downloaded and played the Badlands Crew demo. The response has been really positive for us, giving us a much needed boost as we embark on the final stretch of development.

An additional thank you to everyone who has left feedback for us; it's incredibly helpful and we appreciate you taking the time to let us know your thoughts and ideas! We do read all of it, but I hope you can forgive us for not responding to everyone, as we’re a small team of 4 and are now totally focused on making the game as good as it can be.

We’ve already made some changes based on your feedback, and a few of them were suitable to be included in a small update to the demo. Here’s a list of some of them courtesy of Jon:

• Combat with boarding enemies has been adjusted. Nearby idle crewmates will automatically attack them.
  

• Crew are shown in their default stations in the Garage while building your vehicle.
  
• You can assign crew to specific stations when selecting a station in the Garage.
  

• Access space requirements for stations and utilities have been changed to be slightly less strict, allowing better placement of stations, weapons and utilities. In the example above, the Command Station is placed on the top of a stack of structure blocks with no additional space around it; this is now valid!
  

• Added Battle Wagon Showcase to the main menu, where you can see a selection of Battle Wagons built by other players for some inspiration!
  

As I said, these are not the only changes we’ve made, just the ones that are suitable to include in a minor demo update. We do not expect to make any more updates to the demo, as we now are 100% working on finishing the main game.

Some players have commented on the difficulty of the demo, and they’re quite right - In order to show you enough of the full Badlands Crew experience, the missions in the demo are set part-way through the campaign. There’s so many aspects to learn about, such as the combat mechanics, crew skills/perks, and constructing your Battle Wagon from the ground up (to name a few), that there’s just not enough space to explain everything in a few missions!

Thanks again for all your attention, support and encouragement!

Dave

Hey Crewmates,

We have some very exciting news – we’ve just made the Badlands Crew Demo live early, and by early, we mean right now! Head over to the Demo page and be among the first Crewmates to step into a brand-new Crew adventure.

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

We hope you enjoy this demo of Badlands Crew. We’re excited to see all of you discussing strategies, sharing your Battle Wagon designs and giving us feedback in the coming weeks.

If you’re a veteran player from Bomber Crew or Space Crew, or if you’re brand new to the series we’d love to hear your thoughts on the game. So, make sure to join our Discord channel here to become a part of the Crewmunity to compare rigs, and chat with players through Next Fest and beyond!

Thanks for taking the time to check out the demo and thank you for your support!

Jon, Dave, Joe and Greg.