MX vs. ATV returns in the autumn

By Robert Purchese Published 15 May, 2009

Reflex has had more TLC than usual.

THQ is bringing the MX vs. ATV series back for DS, PS3, PSP and Xbox 360 this autumn.

Dubbed Reflex, the off-road racer returns with some hefty changes, partly because Rainbow Studios has had an extra year of development while THQ faffed around with the average BAJA: Edge of Control.

That meant time enough to make a whole new physics engine, which has more-than-cosmetic terrain deformation and separates rider from vehicle. That sounds unexciting, but in practice offers more control over vehicles, as riders can shift their weight to make impossible changes of direction reality.

Courses appear to vary from snowy mountain tops to dusty and dirty canyons. Massive jumps return, and Rainbow has made tricks easier to do by mapping them to the thumbstick rather than to finger-knotting button presses.

We've got some MX vs. ATV Reflex pictures for you to look at. We're nice.

MX vs. ATV Untamed gave an uninspiring performance last year, and returns among hefty competition from FUEL - not to mention the on-going success of MotorStorm and one of our favourites from last year, Pure.

Split/Second and Blur will be no pushovers in the racing space, either.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • kinky_mong #1 3 years ago

    Why do so many racing games have names that are just four letter words?

    GRID, Pure, Blur, Dirt, Fuel, Cock.

    Okay I made up that last one.

  • layleeloo #2 3 years ago

    Why do they keep making this game? They are wank! They ar e apoor mans version of every other racing game. There has been no decent Motorcross games since Ricky carmichael on the PS2. Just leave it be now as you obviously cant make a decent version of it.

  • jaxon58 #3 3 years ago

    This game is actually pretty good, they've made huge leaps forward since the last game, which I didn't really like. I managed to have a go of it in London earlier this week. Very impressive.

  • Monsta #4 3 years ago

    The last great MX game was Motorcross Madness 2 on PC

    Since then there was a great ATV game on the xbox, can't remember its name but had many hours of fun, especially on the tower challenges

  • itsgood2slide #5 3 years ago

    Baja: Edge of Control was a great game. If it wasn't for the inconsistent AI difficulty in the career mode, it would have been a 9 for me.