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{{short description|Racing video game series}}
{{Infobox video game series
| title = MX vs. ATV
| image = MX_vs_ATV_logo.png
| genre = [[Software:Racing video game|Racing]]
| developer = [[Company:Rainbow Studios|Rainbow Studios]]<br>[[Company:Locomotive Games|Locomotive Games]]<br>[[Company:Beenox|Beenox]]<br>[[Company:Incinerator Studios|Incinerator Studios]]<br>[[Company:Tantalus Media|Tantalus Media]]
| publisher = [[Company:THQ|THQ]] <small>(2005–11)</small><br>[[Company:THQ Nordic|THQ Nordic]] <small>(2014–)</small>
| platforms = [[Engineering:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]], [[Engineering:PlayStation Portable|PlayStation Portable]], [[Engineering:Xbox (console)|Xbox]], Game Boy Advance, [[Engineering:GameCube|GameCube]], [[Software:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]], Nintendo DS, [[Engineering:PlayStation 3|PlayStation 3]], [[Engineering:Xbox 360|Xbox 360]], [[Engineering:Wii|Wii]], [[Engineering:Mobile phone|mobile phone]]s, [[Engineering:PlayStation 4|PlayStation 4]], [[Engineering:Xbox One|Xbox One]], [[Engineering:Nintendo Switch|Nintendo Switch]], [[Engineering:PlayStation 5|PlayStation 5]], Xbox Series X/S
| first release version = ''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Unleashed|MX vs. ATV Unleashed]]''
| first release date = March 16, 2005
| latest release version = ''MX vs. ATV Legends''
| latest release date = June 28, 2022
}}

'''''MX vs. ATV''''' is an American [[Software:Racing video game|racing video game]] franchise developed by [[Company:Rainbow Studios|Rainbow Studios]] and published by [[Company:THQ Nordic|THQ Nordic]] that focuses on [[Engineering:Off-road racing|off-road racing]], as a crossover between [[Company:THQ|THQ]]'s ''MX'' trilogy and [[Software:Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony]]'s ''ATV Offroad Fury'' series.  Early games in the series, starting with ''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Unleashed|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 [[Engineering:All-terrain vehicle|all-terrain vehicle]]s, although other vehicles such as [[Engineering:Dune buggy|dune buggies]] and sport trucks were also featured in the games. Players can also fly [[Engineering:Airplane|airplane]]s and [[Engineering:Helicopter|helicopter]]s in some of the games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psillustrated.com/psillustrated/soft_rev.php/2565/mx-vs-atv-unleashed-ps2.html|title=MX vs. ATV Unleashed On GameVortex.com |publisher=Psillustrated.com|access-date=2012-08-16}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kotaku.com/5829346/thq-cuts-200-jobs-mx-vs-atv-series-de-blob-studio-and-more|title=THQ Cuts 200 Jobs, MX vs. ATV Series, de Blob Studio and More|work=Kotaku|date=August 9, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2011|author=McWhertor, Michael}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/09/thq-not-to-actively-pursue-further-development-of-mx-vs-atv-fr/|title=THQ 'not to actively pursue further development' of MX vs ATV franchise|work=Joystiq|date=August 9, 2011|access-date=August 9, 2011| author=Mitchell, Richard}}</ref> Nevertheless, the series endured THQ's demise, and in April 2013, Nordic Games acquired the franchise through the liquidation of THQ.<ref name=polygon-nordic>{{cite web|title=The future of Darksiders, Red Faction and THQ's other IP at Nordic Games|date=23 April 2013|url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/23/4257466/the-future-of-darksiders-red-faction-and-thqs-other-ip-at-nordic-games|publisher=Polygon|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>  Nordic Games then continued the series in 2014 with ''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Supercross|MX vs. ATV Supercross]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/12/20/mx-vs-atv-supercross-coming-in-2014|title=MX vs ATV Supercross Coming in 2014|last=Goldfarb|first=Andrew|publisher=IGN |date=December 20, 2013|access-date=December 23, 2013}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=McGregor|first=Ross|url=https://traxion.gg/off-road-racer-mx-vs-atv-legends-release-date-slips-to-june/|title=Off-road racer MX vs ATV Legends’ release date slips to June|website=Traxion|date=April 26, 2022|access-date=May 15, 2022}}</ref>

==Games==
The ''MX vs. ATV'' series is a cumulative crossover between THQ's ''MX'' trilogy and Sony's ''ATV Offroad Fury'' series.  Every game in the franchise prior to ''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Reflex|MX vs. ATV Reflex]]'' was available on the [[Engineering:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]].
===''MX'' trilogy===
{{Infobox video game series
| title = MX
| genre = [[Software:Racing video game|Racing]]
| developer = [[Company:Locomotive Games|Locomotive Games]]<br>[[Company:Rainbow Studios|Rainbow Studios]]
| publisher = [[Company:THQ|THQ]]
| platforms = [[Engineering:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]], [[Engineering:Xbox (console)|Xbox]], Game Boy Advance, [[Engineering:GameCube|GameCube]], [[Engineering:Mobile phone|mobile phone]]s
| first release version = ''[[Software:MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael|MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael]]''
| first release date = July 3, 2001
| latest release version = ''[[Software:MX Unleashed|MX Unleashed]]''
| latest release date = February 17, 2004
}}
The ''MX'' trilogy is a collection of three motocross racing games, all published by THQ in the early 2000s, serving as a follow-up to THQ's ''[[Software:Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael|Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael]]'' duology, whose two games were released for the [[Engineering:PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] and the sequel also being available on Game Boy Color. Like the ''Championship'' duology, the first two installments, ''2002'' and ''Superfly'', were developed by [[Company:Locomotive Games|Locomotive Games]] and endorsed by Ricky Carmichael, whose likeness went on to appear in some ''MX vs. ATV'' video games.   The third game, ''[[Software:MX Unleashed|MX Unleashed]]'', was developed by Rainbow Studios, which had started the ''ATV Offroad Fury'' series around the time ''2002'' and ''Superfly'' were released and went on to create the ''MX vs. ATV'' crossover series a year after ''Unleashed''.  All three installments were released on sixth-generation platforms, with the entire trilogy available on the PS2 and [[Engineering:Xbox (console)|Xbox]].

The three games in the trilogy are:
*''[[Software:MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael|MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael]]'' (2001)
*''[[Software:MX Superfly|MX Superfly]] featuring Ricky Carmichael'' (2002)
*''[[Software:MX Unleashed|MX Unleashed]]'' (2004)

===''ATV Offroad Fury'' series===
{{Infobox video game series
| title = ATV Offroad Fury
| genre = [[Software:Racing video game|Racing]]
| developer = [[Company:Rainbow Studios|Rainbow Studios]]<br>Climax Racing
| publisher = [[Software:Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment]]
| platforms = [[Engineering:PlayStation 2|PlayStation 2]], [[Engineering:PlayStation Portable|PlayStation Portable]]
| first release version = ''[[Software:ATV Offroad Fury|ATV Offroad Fury]]''
| first release date = February 5, 2001
| latest release version = ''[[Software:ATV Offroad Fury 4|ATV Offroad Fury 4]]''
| latest release date = October 31, 2006
}}
''ATV Offroad Fury'' is a series of ATV racing games published by [[Software:Sony Computer Entertainment|Sony Computer Entertainment]] that ran from 2001 to 2006, consisting of four main titles released on the PlayStation 2.  Rainbow Studios developed the first two games of the series, before abandoning it in favor of developing ''MX Unleashed'' and the ''MX vs. ATV'' series, while passing the development of the ''ATV Offroad Fury'' series to Climax Racing, which would produce two more sequels and [[Porting|port]] them to the [[Engineering:PlayStation Portable|PlayStation Portable]] under different titles.

The main titles of the ''ATV Offroad Fury'' series are:
*''[[Software:ATV Offroad Fury|ATV Offroad Fury]]'' (2001)
*''[[Software:ATV Offroad Fury 2|ATV Offroad Fury 2]]'' (2002)
*''[[Software:ATV Offroad Fury 3|ATV Offroad Fury 3]]'' (2004; ported to the PSP as ''[[Software:ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails|ATV Offroad Fury]]'' in 2005)
*''[[Software:ATV Offroad Fury 4|ATV Offroad Fury 4]]'' (2006; loosely ported to the PSP as ''[[Software:ATV Offroad Fury Pro|ATV Offroad Fury Pro]]'' in the same year)

===Main series===
After the release of the ''MX'' trilogy and the first three ''ATV Offroad Fury'' games, the ''MX vs. ATV'' series began in earnest with ''MX vs. ATV Unleashed'' in 2005. Shortly after the series began, the ''ATV Offroad Fury'' series quietly concluded with one last sequel, as well as PSP ports of its last two games.

Every game in the series was released on non-[[Company:Nintendo|Nintendo]] consoles, with ''Untamed'', ''Reflex'', and ''All Out'' also available on at least one Nintendo platform.  All games support local [[Software:Split screen (video games)|split-screen]] multiplayer racing between 2 players on consoles and PC, while utilizing online multiplayer to support contests with larger player pools. Local wireless multiplayer among up to four players are supported on handheld versions of the games, except the PSP version of ''Reflex''.  
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- 
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Game
! colspan="14" |Platform(s)
|-
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:PlayStation 2|PS2]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:Xbox|Xbox]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Software:Microsoft Windows|PC]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:Mobile phone|Mob]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:PlayStation Portable|PSP]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | NDS
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:Wii|Wii]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:PlayStation 3|PS3]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:Xbox 360|X360]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:PlayStation 4|PS4]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:Nintendo Switch|NS]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:Xbox One|XOne]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:PlayStation 5|PS5]]
! style="width:3em; font-size:90%" class="unsortable" | [[Engineering:Xbox Series X and Series S|SXS]]
|-
|2005
|''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Unleashed|MX vs. ATV Unleashed]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{maybe|Port}}{{efn|name=ote|Released in 2006 as ''[[Software:MX vs. ATV: On the Edge|MX vs. ATV]]''.}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2007
|''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Untamed|MX vs. ATV Untamed]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2009
|''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Reflex|MX vs. ATV Reflex]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2011
|''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Alive|MX vs. ATV Alive]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2014
|''[[Software:MX vs. ATV Supercross|MX vs. ATV Supercross]]''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{maybe|Port}}{{efn|name=sce|Released in 2015/2016 as ''MX vs. ATV: Supercross Encore''.}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{maybe|Port}}{{efn|name=sce}}
|{{No}}
|{{maybe|Port}}{{efn|name=sce}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2018
|''MX vs. ATV All Out''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{maybe|Port}}{{efn|name=ao|Released on September 1, 2020.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Romano |first1=Sal |title=MX vs. ATV All Out coming to Switch on September 1 |url=https://www.gematsu.com/2020/07/mx-vs-atv-all-out-coming-to-switch-on-september-1 |website=Gematsu |access-date=7 July 2020 |date=6 July 2020}}</ref>}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|-
|2022
|''MX vs. ATV Legends''
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|}

====Notes====
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==In other media==
The game ''MX vs. ATV All Out'' is the title sponsor of two US motocross events, despite their omission of all-terrain vehicles: the 2020 Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida<ref>{{cite web |title=MX VS ATV ALL OUT JOINS RCSX AS TITLE SPONSOR FOR 2020 EVENT |url=https://themotopages.com/mx-vs-atv-all-out-joins-rcsx-as-title-sponsor-for-2020-event/ |access-date=3 November 2020 |date=2 March 2020}}</ref> and the final national race in the 2020 AMA Motocross Championship season at Fox Raceway in Pala, California.<ref>{{cite web |title=How to Watch: MX vs ATV Fox Raceway National |url=https://motorsportsnewswire.com/2020/10/09/how-to-watch-mx-vs-atv-fox-raceway-national/ |access-date=1 November 2020 |date=9 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Highlights video: MX vs ATV All Out Fox Raceway National |url=http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24/race-categories--24,214120,Lucas-Oil-Pro-Motocross-Championship-Highlights-video-MX-vs-ATV-All-Out-Fox-Raceway-National,news.htm |access-date=1 November 2020 |date=10 October 2020}}</ref> ''All Out'' would also return to be the title sponsor of the subsequent 2021 Ricky Carmichael Daytona Amateur Supercross.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ricky Carmichael Daytona Supercross 2021 Scheduled for March 7-9 |url=https://www.cyclenews.com/2021/02/article/ricky-carmichael-daytona-supercross-2021-scheduled-for-march-7-9/ |website=CycleNews |access-date=21 February 2021 |date=13 February 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==

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