MotorStorm

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MotorStorm
Genre(s)	Racing
Developer(s)	Evolution Studios (2006–2012) Bigbig Studios (2009) Virtuos (2009)
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment
Platform(s)	PlayStation 3 PlayStation Portable PlayStation 2 PlayStation Vita
First release	MotorStorm 14 December 2006
Latest release	MotorStorm: RC 22 February 2012

MotorStorm is a racing video game series created in 2006 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, mostly developed by Evolution Studios with some titles by BigBig Studios and Virtuos.

MotorStorm are off-road racing games featuring different types of vehicles with their own strengths and weaknesses and tracks with different terrains which may either hinder the vehicles' handling or improve it. The central premise of the series was a gathering of off-road racing enthusiasts for an event entitled the "MotorStorm Festival". Participants in the MotorStorm Festival are not limited to their vehicle choice for any event and cut-throat racing is encouraged. Races allow for any combination of vehicles to be used together in a single event.

The final installment in the series was MotorStorm: RC in 2012. Sony closed Evolution Studios on 22 March 2016 and retained ownership of the MotorStorm intellectual property. In April 2016, Codemasters hired most of the Evolution staff as an additional development team.^[1]