If you’re a motorcycle racing fan in Southern California, be sure to come to the Dainese D-Store Orange County on May 26 to watch the World Superbike races from Donington Park on the D-Store’s giant 9-foot TV screen. Kawasaki will be sponsoring the event and will be bringing former factory racebikes to display.
Freedom Friday is a call-to-action on the AMA’s Facebook page each Friday to alert motorcyclists about issues posing threats to motorcycling freedoms. Riders can partake in a weekly contest related to these issues and win prizes. Each week’s Freedom Friday photo contest asks AMA members to send a photo of themselves, preferably with their bike, near a symbol of the current topic.
The issue that kicks off today is access discrimination, which can be illustrated with a photo of a “No Motorcycles Allowed” sign, “Wilderness” sign or anything related to freedom to illustrate their concern as a motorcyclist. Even a photo of a “Welcome Bikers” banner or a trailhead sign indicating motorcycles are allowed would work, showing that proper efforts can gain motorcyclists access to streets and areas. Photo(s) and the AMA member number should be sent to the AMA at grassroots@ama-cycle.org to be entered in the contest.
Austin, Texas, based Twisted Pixel is developing a new video game featuring a sassy sentient motorcycle martial artist racing down highways and fighting an army of jetpack-equipped special agents. Yes, that sounds pretty silly, but it’s clear Twisted Pixel’s upcoming “LocoCycle” doesn’t take itself too seriously. That being said, the game looks to be quite fun.
Here’s a quick synopsis. I.R.I.S. is a talking, intelligent motorcycle assassin trying to fight her way to defeat her evil counterpart S.P.I.K.E. Think a motorcycle version of K.I.T.T. from “Knight Rider” with a black belt. LocoCycle’s gameplay consists of I.R.I.S. hurtling down a highway dodging traffic and leaping up in the air to lay slap, chop, punch and run over dozens of enemies, all the while dragging along Pablo, her erstwhile mechanic/comic relief.
Like I said, silly yet fun. Continue Reading »
Motocross racing legend Ricky Carmichael and 2XL Games are giving away a Suzuki RM-Z450 in a promotion for their new video game.
The Suzuki RM-Z450 is the grand prize for the Ride Like A Pro Sweeps contest in support of the new “Ricky Carmichael’s Motocross Matchup Pro” game for iOS, Android and PCs. The game features Supercross and Motocross racing action against other players online. The game includes five outdoor tracks, including a re-creation of Carmichael’s own private backyard track, and five indoor tracks inspired by actual tracks from the 2011 AMA Supercross season. Continue Reading »
If you grew up in the ’80s and spent some a lot of time in arcades, you’re probably familiar with the game “Hang-On”. Released in 1985 by Sega Enterprises, motorcycle racing game “Hang-On” broke ground by using a motorcycle-shaped seat as a controller. Players raced a virtual motorcycle on a track, leaning on the plastic motorcycle to steer the in-game bike.
Hang-On’s creator, game designer Yu Suzuki, is being honored by the video game industry with the Pioneer Award at the 2011 Game Developers Choice Awards. Suzuki created many games in his career, from fighting game “Virtua Fighter” to adventure game “Shenmue”, but his first big hit was “Hang-On” which spawned a sequel in 1986′s “Super Hang-On”.
The Pioneer Award recognizes an individual “responsible for developing a breakthrough technology, game concept, or gameplay design at a crucial juncture in video game history, paving the way for the many developers who followed them.” Suzuki will be presented the award March 2 at the San Francisco Moscone Center during the Game Developers Conference.
“To develop this game,” Suzuki once told G4TV, “I rode on motorcycles a lot. When we came up with the prototype (for the arcades), I would ride on that prototype bike for hours and hours every day.”
Check out the video after the jump of the “Hang-On” arcade machine, as well as another Suzuki creation, “Out Run”
Now available in the iTunes App Store for $1.99, this motocross video game is already ranked as the top racing game and comes with many rave reviews. You can race against others and even tweet your results are some of the cool features with this new app, not to mention the fast-paced, smooth and slick game play. The first-time Swedish game designer, Tobias Andersson of Turboilla was obviously shocked with the immediate success.
Check out the video demo after the jump.
Video game developer Capcom showed of its latest MotoGP video game, “MotoGP 10/11″ at the Consumer Electronics Show and released a number of in-game screenshots.
Due in March for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3, MotoGP 10/11 builds upon last year’s game and adds a number of features to make it easier for players who aren’t used to motorcycle racing, either in video game form or on actual race tracks.
The Popular Mechanics site has a fun time waster, if you have any free time on your hands anyway. When you go to their motorcycle wars page it will randomly select two bikes for you to vote on and will show you the won/lost stats below after you vote, then on to the next battle…
Capcom, the creator of the popular video game series “Resident Evil”, has teamed up with Savage Cycles out of Maryland, to create this zombie killer custom chopper. The project is scheduled to be completed in January, the limited bikes to be built has no price tag at this point but I am sure it will be steep.
Check out some preview shots and a list of some interesting features.
The highly anticipated return of this extremely popular off-road racing video game franchise will arrive just in time for the holiday season. The latest incarnation of MX vs. ATV Reflex is apparently a big jump forward that will feature an all-new Rhythm Racing 2.0 physics engine, Rider Reflex control system and real-time terrain deformation. It will be available on XBOX 360, Playstation 3, PSP and Nintendo DS.
Check out the video demo after the jump.
