12 years ago
Motocross Madness review (XBLA)
Motocross Madness was developed by Bongfish Games and published by Microsoft Studios. It was released April 10, 2013 for 800 MSP. A copy was provided for review purposes.
Excitebike 64. Motocross Madness 2. MX Unleashed. These were the games that defined what a great 3D dirtbike should be. Each gave you the feeling that you could compete with the likes of Jeremy McGrath and Ricky Carmichael. They immersed players with their perfect blend of arcade-meets-simulation gameplay. With their tight control scheme and interesting courses they brought a semi-niche genre to the forefront and gave players the opportunity to soar like eagles while performing a Cordova.
With Motocross Madness Bongfish Games and Microsoft Studios seek to provide those same thrills and a fluffy, avatar-filled world. The result is an interesting take on an established formula. The game feels social, with a large portion dedicated to local and online play. Exploration of the open worlds is encouraged, and collectables entice players to return for more. And the draw of earning new avatar awards and playing using your existing avatar is always enticing. That being said, this avatar racer isn’t without flaws.
12 years ago
Motocross Madness kickstarts onto XBLA April 10
Motocross Madness finally got a release date. The game was officially announced by Microsoft for XBLA back in June 2012 and while it now seems to have dropped the “Avatar” …
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12 years ago
Avatar FameStars trailer explains it all
Avatar FameStar was launched this Wednesday alongside Kinect destruction game Wreckateer and to tell you all about it, a new trailer has also been helpfully published on Microsoft’s PlayXBLA blog. Full …
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12 years ago
Avatar Famestar gives rewards for playing XBLA games
Microsoft has announced Avatar Famestar, a brand new program which rewards players for playing Avatar-centric XBLA games. The program will launch alongside Wreckateer, and will also support Full House Poker …
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Avatar Motocross Madness gameplay shows big air and tricks galore
Avatar Motocross Madness might have only been announced a couple days ago but we’ve only seen some screenshots. Now, courtesy of IGN, we have some of the very first …
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12 years ago
Avatar Motocross Madness officially announced
Microsoft announced new XBLA title Avatar Motocross Madness in a press release, stating that players would be able to “Engage in intense MX racing, exploration and …
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12 years ago
First screenshots of Avatar Motocross Madness
Microsoft has dropped a couple of “mystery” screenshots for a motocross game on its Play XBLA site, but Eurogamer, as well as several commenters on the original story, was able to quickly decipher that the game in question is Avatar Motocross Madness. Not that doing so was particularly difficult: the file names of the images are AMX_Mystery_1 and AMX_Mystery_2, and the publisher trademarked Avatar Motocross Madness last month. The name of the game was to be officially announced during Microsoft’s pre-E3 media briefing on Monday, June 4, but it’s now obviously not going to quite be the surprise the publisher had in mind.
Avatar Motocross Madness will be the first release in the series since Motocross Madness 2 dropped in 2000. It was the sequel to the 1998 original, both developed by Rainbow Studios and published by Microsoft on PC. THQ acquired the developer in 2001 before shutting it down last year. The developer behind the Avatar-themed revival has not yet been revealed.