| MX vs. ATV | |
|---|---|
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| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Developer(s) | Rainbow Studios Locomotive Games Beenox Incinerator Studios Tantalus Media |
| Publisher(s) | THQ (2005–11) THQ Nordic (2014–) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, mobile phones, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S |
| First release | MX vs. ATV Unleashed March 16, 2005 |
| Latest release | MX vs. ATV Legends June 28, 2024 |
MX vs. ATV is a racing video game series developed by Rainbow Studios and published by THQ Nordic. It focuses on off-road racing and serves as a successor of THQ's MX trilogy and Rainbow Studios' ATV Offroad Fury series developed under Sony Computer Entertainment. Early games in the series, starting with MX vs. ATV Unleashed, were published by THQ prior to its bankruptcy and liquidation in 2013. As the name suggests, the series' main focus is racing with motocross bikes and all-terrain vehicles, although other vehicles such as dune buggies and sport trucks were also featured in the games. Players can also fly airplanes and helicopters in some of the games.[1]
In August 2011, THQ shut down THQ Digital Phoenix (which Rainbow Studios was known as at the time) as well as other game development studios and did not "actively pursue further development" of the MX vs. ATV franchise in a company re-organization.[2][3] Nevertheless, the series endured THQ's demise, and in April 2013, Nordic Games acquired the franchise through the liquidation of THQ.[4] Nordic Games then continued the series in 2014 with MX vs. ATV Supercross,[5] then endeavored to bring the series to eighth-generation consoles, porting Supercross to some of them many months later and releasing another sequel for them in 2018, titled MX vs. ATV: All Out. A seventh game for ninth-generation consoles, MX vs. ATV Legends, was released on June 28, 2022.[6]
- ^ "MX vs. ATV Unleashed On GameVortex.com". Psillustrated.com. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ McWhertor, Michael (August 9, 2011). "THQ Cuts 200 Jobs, MX vs. ATV Series, de Blob Studio and More". Kotaku. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ Mitchell, Richard (August 9, 2011). "THQ 'not to actively pursue further development' of MX vs ATV franchise". Joystiq. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- ^ "The future of Darksiders, Red Faction and THQ's other IP at Nordic Games". Polygon. April 23, 2013. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
- ^ Goldfarb, Andrew (December 20, 2013). "MX vs ATV Supercross Coming in 2014". IGN. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ McGregor, Ross (April 26, 2022). "Off-road racer MX vs ATV Legends' release date slips to June". Traxion. Retrieved May 15, 2022.