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'''Monster Games, Inc.''' is a Minnesota-based game development studio. Founded in 1996, the company mostly specializes in racing games; when beginning their partnership with Nintendo they developed new installments for the {{ser|Excitebike}} series. Since 2011, however, the company have mostly been working on handheld ports for recent [[Nintendo]] titles. In 2016, the studio started an exclusive partnership with Motorsports Games to produce NASCAR games. They were purchased by iRacing.com in 2022
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'''Monster Games, Inc.''' is a Minnesota-based game development studio. Founded in 1996, the company mostly specializes in racing games; when beginning their partnership with Nintendo they developed new installments for the {{ser|Excitebike}} series. Since 2011, however, the company would largely work on handheld ports for recent [[Nintendo]] titles.
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In 2016, the studio started an exclusive partnership with Motorsports Games to produce NASCAR games.
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On January 4, 2022, {{wp|iRacing|iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations}} announced that it had acquired Monster Games as a subsidiary development studio.<ref>[https://www.iracing.com/iracing-acquires-monster-games/ iRacing Acquires Monster Games]. iRacing (January 4, 2022). Retrieved October 21, 2022.</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:24, 22 October 2022

Monster Games
Monster Games logo.jpg
Founded: November 1996
Founder: Richard Garcia
President: Richard Garcia
Parent / owner: iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
Divisions / subsidiaries: N/A
Website:
www.mgiracing.com

Monster Games, Inc. is a Minnesota-based game development studio. Founded in 1996, the company mostly specializes in racing games; when beginning their partnership with Nintendo they developed new installments for the Excitebike series. Since 2011, however, the company would largely work on handheld ports for recent Nintendo titles.

In 2016, the studio started an exclusive partnership with Motorsports Games to produce NASCAR games.

On January 4, 2022, iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations announced that it had acquired Monster Games as a subsidiary development studio.[1]

Games published by Nintendo

Game Year Platform
Excite Truck 2006 Wii
Excitebots: Trick Racing 2009 Wii
Excitebike: World Rally 2009 WiiWare
Pilotwings Resort 2011 Nintendo 3DS
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D* 2013 Nintendo 3DS
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze* 2014 Wii U
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D 2015 New Nintendo 3DS

* - In collaboration with Retro Studios.

External links

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Monster Games on other NIWA Wikis:
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StrategyWiki
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Super Mario Wiki

References

  1. iRacing Acquires Monster Games. iRacing (January 4, 2022). Retrieved October 21, 2022.


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1st & 2nd Party / Owned
Internal divisions
Subsidiaries
Owned / Affiliated Seattle Mariners* • The Pokémon Company • Warpstar Inc.
* – Former / Defunct
3rd Parties / Partners
8-4 • AlphaDream* • Ambrella* • Argonaut Games* • Arika • Artoon* • Arzest • AS Tokyo Studios • Bandai Namco • Capcom • Camelot • Cing* • Creatures Inc. • DeNA • DigiNin* • DigitalScape • Eighting • Flagship* • Fuse Games* • Game Freak • Ganbarion • Genius Sonority • Good-Feel • Grezzo • HAL Laboratory • Hatena • Hudson Soft* • indieszero • iNiS • Intelligent Systems • Jamsworks • Jupiter • Koei Tecmo • Kuju • Left Field Productions* • Level-5 • Mistwalker • Monster Games • Noise • Paon • PlatinumGames • Q-Games • Rare* • Red Entertainment • Sega (Atlus) • Sora Ltd. • skip • Softnica • Spike Chunsoft • Square Enix • St.GIGA* • Syn Sophia • TOSE • Treasure • Vanpool* • Vitei
* – Former / Defunct
Key employees
Presidents
Managers, etc. Internal
Subsidiaries
  • NNSD: Yusuke Beppu
  • Monolith Soft: Hirohide Sugiura, Tetsuya Takahashi
  • 1-Up Studio: Gen Kadoi
  • ND Cube: Hidetoshi Endo
  • Retro: Michael Kelbaugh
  • NERD: Alexandre Delattre