is a live motorsport event tour and television show operated by Feld Entertainment. The series is sanctioned under the umbrella of the United States Hot Rod Association and takes place primarily in the United States. Although individual event formats can vary greatly based on the "intermission" entertainment, the main attraction is always the racing and freestyle competitions by monster trucks. Several licensed Monster Jam video games have been made, generally under the Monster Jam brand name. Ubisoft also created a spin-off series called Monster 4x4, which began with the Monster Jam-licensed Masters of Metal, before branching off into an independent series with three additional sequels that forgo the Monster Jam license in favor of creating a more unique monster truck racing experience.
Games
''Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction''
Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction is a video game of the vehicular combat genre released in 2002 by Unique Development Studios. The game is based on the USHRA Monster Jam series, and features several real life monster trucks including Grave Digger. Although it contains racing-based minigames, the primary focus is on the combat, which includes power-ups and weapons in addition to demolition derby style maneuvers. Players can choose between Exhibitions, Mini Games and Seasons. Exhibitions are either Death Matches, where the match will only go until there is one truck standing; Cash Grab is where the player collects most of the power ups, with a certain number based on the difficulty played on by the end of three minutes; players can also try to collect the most money for damage in Points mode with a certain number based on the difficulty by the end of three minutes.
Monster 4x4: Masters of Metal is a racing video game released in 2003 by Ubisoft. It is licensed by and loosely based on the USHRA Monster Jam series and features many real-life monster trucks, including Grave Digger and Maximum Destruction. Although it is an unofficial sequel to Monster Jam: Maximum Destruction, it forgoes the vehicular combat of the predecessor to focus on arcade-style racing and exaggerated freestyle. The player's goal is to win as many races in stadiums and off-roads as possible. The player can race in New York, Florida, Louisiana, Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, South California, North California, Nevada, Las Vegas and The Moon. As long as the player has the most points in the end of the season, the player is the Monster Jam World Finals Racing Champion.
Reception
The game received "generally unfavorable reviews" on both platforms according to Metacritic. This game launched a spin-off series that dropped the Monster Jam license and continued with .
''Monster Jam''
Monster Jam is a video game of the off-road racing genre by Activision. It is licensed by the USHRA Monster Jam series and features 20 real-life monster trucks, in contrast to Monster 4x4: World Circuit, including Grave Digger and Maximum Destruction. This was the first Monster Jam game to feature stadium drag racing, and to also have cross-country off-road racing in a similar vein to the previous Monster 4x4: Masters of Metal game, as well as freestyle. The game features commentary by Scott Douglas. The included trucks are: Avenger, Blacksmith, Blue Thunder, Bounty Hunter, Brutus, Bulldozer, Captain's Curse, Destroyer, El Toro Loco, Grave Digger, Grave Digger 25th Anniversary, Iron Outlaw, King Krunch, Maximum Destruction, Monster Mutt, Monster Mutt Dalmatian, Predator, Scarlet Bandit, Team Suzuki, and Pastrana 199. Original music for the game was composed by Finn Robertson.
Reception
The DS and PC versions received "mixed" reviews, while the PlayStation 2, Wii, and Xbox 360 versions received "generally unfavorable reviews", according to Metacritic.
''Monster Jam: Urban Assault''
Monster Jam: Urban Assault is a video game based on the popular monster truck series Monster Jam that was released on October 28, 2008, for PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Wii. It is the sequel to Monster Jam video game. It is based on the USHRA Monster Jam Monster Trucks series. The game was published by Activision and made by Torus Games. Players drive monster trucks on the streets of cities such as New York City and London. The game also includes minigames such as skee ball.
''Monster Jam: Path of Destruction''
Monster Jam: Path of Destruction is a racing video game based on the USHRA monster truck series that was made by Activision. It was the fourth edition in the series, the previous release being . Monster Jam: Path of Destruction was released on November 9, 2010 in North America and on November 12 in Europe and the United Kingdom. The game features 28 licensed Monster Jam trucks. A new feature allows players to customize their own trucks with more than 1,000 parts. The game's multiplayer functions are head-to-head like the previous games. On July 28, 2010, Activision announced the title of the game is "Monster Jam: Path of Destruction". Dennis Anderson, along with Tom Meents, George Balhan, Lupe Soza and Scott Douglass provided voice overs.
