MX Unleashed

MX Unleashed

North American box art
Developer(s) Rainbow Studios
Humagade (Mobile)
Publisher(s) THQ
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mobile phone
Release date(s) PlayStation 2 & Xbox
  • NA February 17, 2004
  • EU March 26, 2004
Mobile
  • NA August 19, 2004
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

MX Unleashed is a motocross racing game for PlayStation 2, Xbox, and mobile phone. It was developed by Rainbow Studios and Humagade, published by THQ, and released in 2004. It was the first game in the MX series to be developed by Rainbow Studios.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(Xbox) 80.86%[1]
(PS2) 78.75%[2]
Metacritic(Xbox) 81/100[3]
(PS2) 80/100[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Electronic Gaming Monthly8/10[5]
Game Informer8/10[6]
GameSpot7.9/10[7]
GameSpy[8]
GameZone7.7/10[9]
IGN8.8/10[10][11]
Official PlayStation Magazine (US)[12]
Official Xbox Magazine8.1/10[13]
TeamXbox8.6/10[14]
X-Play[15]
The Village Voice8/10[16]

The game was met with positive reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 80.86% and 81 out of 100 for the Xbox version,[1][3] and 78.75% and 80 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version.[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MX Unleashed for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "MX Unleashed for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "MX Unleashed for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "MX Unleashed for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ EGM staff (April 2004). "MX Unleashed". Electronic Gaming Monthly (177): 118.
  6. ↑ Kato, Matthew (March 2004). "MX Unleashed". Game Informer (131): 94. Archived from the original on October 31, 2005. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  7. ↑ Gerstmann, Jeff (February 23, 2004). "MX Unleashed Review". GameSpot. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  8. ↑ Leeper, Justin (February 29, 2004). "GameSpy: MX Unleashed". GameSpy. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ Bedigian, Louis (March 5, 2004). "MX Unleashed - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ Roper, Chris (February 13, 2004). "MX Unleashed (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ Roper, Chris (February 19, 2004). "MX Unleashed (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ "MX Unleashed". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 99. April 2004.
  13. ↑ "MX Unleashed". Official Xbox Magazine: 76. May 2004.
  14. ↑ Nardozzi, Dale (April 9, 2004). "MX Unleashed Review (Xbox)". TeamXbox. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  15. ↑ D'Aprile, Jason (March 17, 2004). "'MX Unleashed' (Xbox) Review". X-Play. Archived from the original on March 18, 2004. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  16. ↑ Catucci, Nick (March 2, 2004). "They know not what they do: The passion of the MX racers". The Village Voice. Retrieved March 21, 2015.

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