Monster Games

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Monster Games, Inc.
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Video games
FoundedNovember 1996;28 years ago (1996-11)
FounderRichard Garcia, David Pollatsek, David Broske
DefunctJuly 17, 2025 (2025-07-17)
Fate Merged with iRacing Studios
Successor iRacing Studios
Headquarters Northfield, Minnesota, U.S.
Key people
David Broske, John Schneider
Parent iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations (2022–2025)

Monster Games, Inc. was an American video game developer in Northfield, Minnesota, United States that specialized in racing games. They have also ported multiple Wii games to newer platforms for Nintendo. The company was founded in 1996, and was acquired by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations in 2022. [1]

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In 2025, parent company iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations founded iRacing Studios and subsequently merged Monster Games into the new company. [2]

History

In January of 2022, Monster Games was acquired by iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations, LLC. [1] Over a year later in October of 2023, iRacing had purchased the exclusive NASCAR video game license from Motorsport Games. [3] Subsequently, Monster Games and iRacing began work on a new licensed NASCAR title. [4] It was announced that the game would release in 2025 and be called NASCAR 25.

In July 2025, iRCMS merged Monster Games into their brand new gaming company iRacing Studios. [2] The team at Monster Games would continue their work on NASCAR 25 under the new iRacing Studios banner.

Games developed

List of games developed by Monster Games
YearTitlePlatform(s)Publisher(s)
1998 Viper Racing Microsoft Windows Sierra On-Line
2000 NASCAR Heat Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 		Hasbro Interactive
2001 NASCAR Heat 2002 PlayStation 2
Xbox 		Infogrames
2002 NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona GameCube
PlayStation 2
2004 Test Drive: Eve of Destruction PlayStation 2
Xbox		 Atari
2006 Excite Truck Wii Nintendo
2009 Excitebots: Trick Racing
Excitebike: World Rally WiiWare
2011 Pilotwings Resort Nintendo 3DS [5]
2013 Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D [6]
2014 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (co-developed with Retro Studios) Wii U [7]
2015 Xenoblade Chronicles 3D New Nintendo 3DS [8]
2016 NASCAR Heat Evolution Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One 		Dusenberry Martin Racing
2017 NASCAR Heat 2 704Games
2018 NASCAR Heat 3
2019 NASCAR Heat 4
2020 Tony Stewart's Sprint Car Racing Monster Games
Tony Stewart's All American Racing [9]
2021SRX: The Game [10] GameMill Entertainment
2022World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing [11] PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series S/X 		iRacing.com Motorsport Simulations
2023 Nintendo Switch
2024World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 [12] PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series S/X
2025Microsoft Windows

References

  1. 1 2 "iRacing Acquires Monster Games". iRacing . January 4, 2022. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  2. 1 2 Leone, Chris (2025-07-17). "Introducing iRacing Studios". iRacing Studios. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
  3. ↑ Release, Press (2023-10-05). "iRacing acquires NASCAR team properties' exclusive simulation-style console racing game license". Official Site Of NASCAR. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  4. ↑ "Here's A First Look The Upcoming iRacing NASCAR Game". www.carthrottle.com. 2024-11-01. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
  5. ↑ Kaluszka, Aaron (2011-03-11). "PilotWings Resort Developed by Monster Games". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
  6. ↑ Ohlew, Tyler (March 7, 2013). "Monster Games Developing Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D". nintendoworldreport.com. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ Reeves, Ben (December 24, 2013). "Nintendo Answers Our Burning Questions - Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze". Game Informer . Archived from the original on March 28, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  8. ↑ Karmali, Luke (January 14, 2015). "Xenoblade Chronicles 3D Gets April 2015 Release Date". IGN . Ziff Davis . Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  9. ↑ Good, Owen S. (September 1, 2020). "Dirt racing game roars back onto consoles with more cars". Polygon . Retrieved May 27, 2021.
  10. ↑ Pryson, Mike (May 21, 2021). "Tony Stewart's SRX Has Had No Races Yet, But It's Already Got a Video Game". Autoweek . Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  11. ↑ "World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing Official Teaser Unveiled". worldofoutlawsgame.com. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  12. ↑ Harrison-Lord, Thomas (December 19, 2024). "iRacing's World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing 24 will be released on PC". Traxion.GG. RAFA Racing Club. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
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