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.

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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”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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IGN.com just received a bunch of SBK: Superbike World Championship 09 screenshots from Milestone, the developer.

Milestone has developed many SBK games in the past for PC and game consoles.  Let’s hope they can bring the excitement of moto racing in 2009.

Milestone also worked on MotoGP ’07 and MotoGP ’08 which we did a review of right here.

If you are a bit of a video gamer on the side, check out Motorcycle.com’s video game section for reviews of big budget games to free online flash games you can play at work while you pretend to work on those reports for your boss.

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If you’ve got 99 cents burning a hole next to the iPhone in your pocket, the developers at Freeverse might have something for you to spend it on.

Moto Chaser is a motorcycle game meant just for your iPhone or iPod Touch. It’s easy to find, just visit the App Store and search for ‘Moto Chaser’ and it will come right up.

I’ve long been spoiled by playing video games on the latest and greatest platforms, but Moto Chaser is the first game I’ve ever played on an iPhone. It might not look as great as playing an Xbox 360 game on a 42-inch HD TV, but I can fit an iPhone in my pocket and take it with me wherever I go.

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