ATV Offroad Fury (series)

The ATV Offroad Fury series is one of the two predecessor video game series to the MX vs. ATV crossover series, with the other one being the MX trilogy It is a tetralogy of all-terrain quad racing games, published by Sony Computer Entertainment and is thus exclusive to Sony platforms.

History
The ATV Offroad Fury series began in 2001 with the release of its eponymous game, developed by veteran off-road racing developer Rainbow Studios and released on the PlayStation 2. A sequel, ATV Offroad Fury 2 was released the following year, also developed by Rainbow Studios.

After the first two games of the series were released, Rainbow Studios, seeking to make more successful motocross racing games like the PC-exclusive Motocross Madness duology, departed from the ATV Offroad Fury series to work on MX Unleashed, the final installment of the MX trilogy. With that game's bold vision of motocrosses going against larger vehicles, Rainbow Studios went on to create the MX vs. ATV series, which is a crossover between the MX trilogy and the ATV Offroad Fury series.

Climax Studios was chosen to continue development of the ATV Offroad Fury series. It was previously known for developing the ATV Quad Power Racing duology. After Acclaim Entertainment, Power Racing's publisher, announced that its subsidiary Acclaim Studios Manchester would begin work on a third game that did not come to pass after that developer dissolved under severe financial difficulties, Climax Studios was then approached by Rainbow Studios for an opportunity to make more ATV racing games by taking over development of the ATV Offroad Fury series, as Rainbow Studios departed it in favor of MX Unleashed and the MX vs. ATV crossover series. Climax obliged, producing two more installments of ATV Offroad Fury for the PlayStation 2, ATV Offroad Fury 3 and ATV Offroad Fury 4 and ported both games to the PlayStation Portable under the titles ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails and ATV Offroad Fury Pro, respectively.

Games
The four games in the ATV Offroad Fury series are:
 * ATV Offroad Fury
 * ATV Offroad Fury 2
 * ATV Offroad Fury 3 (ported to PSP as ATV Offroad Fury: Blazin' Trails)
 * ATV Offroad Fury 4 (ported to PSP as ATV Offroad Fury Pro)