Faaast Penguin Adds FPX Badlands Wasteland World On October 15
Badlands reuses the trick and Run Rank speed loop from FPX: Snowboarding rather than adding a separate mode, so the update expands the existing free-to-play game's world count instead of changing how it plays.
Key Facts
- "Faaast Penguin" will add the new world "FPX: Badlands" on October 15, Historia Inc. announced on October 8.
- "FPX: Badlands" is set in the wasteland town Sandbans, where water and canned mackerel are treated as precious resources.
- "Faaast Penguin" races display a Run Rank that rises C, B, A, S, X based on points earned from tricks, with higher ranks raising base speed.
- "Faaast Penguin" is free-to-play with cross-play and is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
- Skins tied to the new world, "Crimson Ace Gear" and "Wasteland Courier Clutch," will be implemented.
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Historia Inc. announced on October 8 that its free-to-play survival action racing game "Faaast Penguin" will add a new world, "FPX: Badlands," on October 15. The world is set in Sandbans (also rendered Sandbands), a wasteland town where sand and flames rage and where water and canned mackerel are treated as precious resources. Reckless racers gather there in the rowdy group "Mad Riders." Trick actions carry over from the existing world "FPX: Snowboarding," and the more tricks a player lands in the air, the more their base speed rises. A "Run Rank" displays during races and climbs C, B, A, S, X on points earned from tricks. Drum Rats, drums slung under flying seagulls, explode when a switch on a seagull's back is hit; the trailer shows players using the birds as stepping stones to run through the air. Two world-themed skins, "Crimson Ace Gear" and "Wasteland Courier Clutch," will be implemented. The game is free-to-play with cross-play and is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.
The Badlands course list includes Sandbans Gate at the town entrance, the Savage Colosseum (also rendered The Deadliest Arena) where only power counts, Big Worm Road along a giant worm's path, and Runaway Plant. The two skins come with short character blurbs that the press materials mark as not developed as in-game story: Crimson Ace Gear is described as the fastest of the Mad Riders, separated from family in childhood and carrying an old locket pendant, while Wasteland Courier Clutch is a courier more interested in deliveries than competition and wears a locket holding an important photo.
"Faaast Penguin" supports cross-platform play and online matches even without a Nintendo Switch Online or PS Plus subscription, according to the announcement. Historia Inc. develops with Unreal Engine and lists "Live A Live," "Caligula2," and "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Last Survivor" among its credits.
A trailer for the new world was released alongside the announcement.
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