Monster Games, Inc. is an American video game developer in Northfield, Minnesota, United States that specializes in racing games and ports in action, platform, and action role-playing games. The company was founded in 1996, and was acquired by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations in 2022.[1]

Monster Games, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedNovember 1996; 28 years ago (1996-11)
FounderRichard Garcia, David Pollatsek, David Broske
HeadquartersNorthfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Key people
David Broske, John Schneider
ParentiRacing.com Motorsport Simulations

Games developed

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List of games developed by Monster Games
Year Title Platform(s) Publisher(s)
1998 Viper Racing Microsoft Windows Sierra On-Line
2000 NASCAR Heat Microsoft Windows
PlayStation
Hasbro Interactive
2001 NASCAR Heat 2002 PlayStation 2
Xbox
Infogrames
2002 NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona GameCube
PlayStation 2
2004 Test Drive: Eve of Destruction PlayStation 2
Xbox
Atari
2006 Excite Truck Wii Nintendo
2009 Excitebots: Trick Racing
Excitebike: World Rally WiiWare
2011 Pilotwings Resort Nintendo 3DS[2]
2013 Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D[3]
2014 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Co-developed with Retro Studios) Wii U[4]
2015 Xenoblade Chronicles 3D New Nintendo 3DS[5]
2016 NASCAR Heat Evolution PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Microsoft Windows
Dusenberry Martin Racing
2017 NASCAR Heat 2 704Games
2018 NASCAR Heat 3
2019 NASCAR Heat 4
2020 Tony Stewart's Sprint Car Racing Monster Games
Tony Stewart's All American Racing[6]
2021 SRX: The Game[7] GameMill Entertainment
2022 World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing[8] PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series S/X
iRacing

References

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  1. ^ "iRacing Acquires Monster Games". iRacing. January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  2. ^ Kaluszka, Aaron (2011-03-11). "PilotWings Resort Developed by Monster Games". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  3. ^ Ohlew, Tyler (March 7, 2013). "Monster Games Developing Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D". nintendoworldreport.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  4. ^ Reeves, Ben (December 24, 2013). "Nintendo Answers Our Burning Questions - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze". Game Informer. Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  5. ^ Karmali, Luke (January 14, 2015). "Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Gets April 2015 Release Date". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Good, Owen S. (September 1, 2020). "Dirt racing game roars back onto consoles with more cars". Polygon. Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Pryson, Mike (May 21, 2021). "Tony Stewart's SRX Has Had No Races Yet, But It's Already Got a Video Game". Autoweek. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing Official Teaser Unveiled". worldofoutlawsgame.com. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
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