Rainbow Studios
Rainbow Studios is an American video game developer known for their off-road racing video games involving motocross bikes and all-terrain vehicles. The company was founded in 1996, and their first game, Motocross Madness, was released in 1998 for computers running Microsoft Windows. Today, they are the developer of the MX vs. ATV series, which was published by THQ until their bankruptcy in 2013 and is currently published by THQ Nordic.
Games developed
Game title |
Year released |
Platform(s) |
Notes |
Motocross Madness | 1998 | Microsoft Windows | Company's first video game developed. |
Missile Command | 1999 | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation | A remake of the classic Atari arcade game. Co-developed with Meyor/Glass Interactive. |
Motocross Madness 2 | 2000 | Microsoft Windows | |
ATV Offroad Fury | 2001 | PlayStation 2 | Company's first game involving all-terrain vehicles. |
Splashdown | 2001/2002 | PlayStation 2, Xbox | |
Star Wars: Racer Revenge | 2002 | PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 | |
ATV Offroad Fury 2 | 2002/2003 | PlayStation 2 | |
Splashdown 2: Rides Gone Wild | 2003 | PlayStation 2 | |
MX Unleashed | 2004 | Xbox, PlayStation 2 | |
MX vs. ATV Unleashed | 2005/2006 | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows | First entry in their MX vs. ATV series. |
MX vs. ATV: On the Edge | 2006 | PlayStation Portable | An updated port of MX vs. ATV Unleashed; referred to in-game as MX vs. ATV Unleashed: On the Edge. |
Cars | 2006 | PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3 Xbox GameCube Wii Xbox 360 | |
Cars Mater-National Championship | 2007 | Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 Wii PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
MX vs. ATV: Untamed | 2007/2008 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | |
Deadly Creatures | 2009 | Nintendo Wii | |
Dood's Big Adventure | 2010 | Nintendo Wii | Renamed to THQ Digital Studios Phoenix during development. |
MX vs. ATV Reflex | 2009/2010 | Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Cloud (OnLive) | |
MX vs. ATV Alive | 2011 | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | Renamed to THQ Digital Studios Phoenix during development. |
MX vs. ATV Supercross | 2014 | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | First game in the MX vs. ATV series under Nordic Games; Rainbow Studios resumed using their original name. |
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