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Dave Mirra returns to gaming

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Apr 13, 2006 4:39 pm PT

Crave Entertainment brings the Miracle Boy back to consoles later this year with BMX Challenge for the PSP.

Reviewers weren't the only ones left with a bad taste in their mouths after the drowning Acclaim launched the adult-oriented BMX XXX in 2002. BMX superstar Dave Mirra, whose name had originally been attached to the game, sued the publisher for an array of reasons associated with the game, including injury to reputation.

The two sides eventually patched up their differences and were ready to keep putting out Mirra games until his contract ran out in 2011, but Acclaim declared bankruptcy before another product bearing the Mirra name could be released. It was then that Crave Entertainment picked up the rights to the Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX and ATV Quad Power Racing series for no less than $120,000.

Now Crave is looking to get a return on its investment--the company today announced Dave Mirra BMX Challenge for the PlayStation Portable, the first new Dave Mirra game in more than two years. BMX Challenge will feature 17 levels in nine different environments, nine bikes, customizable characters, four-player wireless play, and, of course, Dave Mirra.

Crave is currently planning on an October release for Dave Mirra BMX Challenge. No rating has been announced as yet, but the game will carry a $29.99 retail price upon release.

28 Comments

  • teenageI2iot

    Posted May 25, 2006 11:28 pm PT

    So awesome, makes me so happy.

  • D-Mazing-D

    Posted Apr 17, 2006 10:26 am PT

    Not really looking forward to it

  • Chaos5258

    Posted Apr 16, 2006 7:29 pm PT

    tony hawk with bikes...woopee >_>

  • CrashSpyro123

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 5:26 pm PT

    It's too bad Z-Axis probably won't be behind this, as they were bought up by Activision a few years ago. Hopefully the game turns out well regardless, as Agressive Inline and Dave Mirra 2 were great games, only topped by Tony Hawk 3.

  • troakun

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 12:05 pm PT

    Heh, you got to love the fact that the game was so bad that Dave Mirra actualy sued the publisher. I wonder if developers will ever even try to make a unique PSP experience. I mean c'mon, sure the DS is innovative, but fully functional 3D on a portable is innovative as well.

  • Naruto-freak

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 7:28 am PT

    "meh"
    yup

  • cyprus646

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 6:16 am PT

    The mirra line of BMX games r just another rip-off of the long dead Tony hawk series. Look in american wasteland they put bike riding in it so why would u wana spend 30 $ on another rehash of the same bike game you have played for years ?

  • chrisdojo

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 5:27 am PT

    lol...another GREAT game for psp.

  • luke_wj

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 4:17 am PT

    As long as it has ragdoll and wipeout mode like mirra 2 it should be worth the money for me. I still play Dave Mirra 2 on the xbox. Wipeou mode owns!! XD

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 12:58 am PT

    its been a while since i played some of his games...

  • Orasion_Seiz

    Posted Apr 14, 2006 12:58 am PT

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  • reece590

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 7:55 pm PT

    Great, now I can play it on my PSP (yeah, like i have one) when I also have a PS1 Dave Mirra game ( I got it for $1 ) which is probebly better.

  • Gmex

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 7:47 pm PT

    i liked the dave mirra freestyle game for ps1 but after that one meh

  • DrKill09

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 7:39 pm PT

    I liked the first Dave Mirra game, but the second wasn't nearly as good. I was really looking forward to 3, but then it turned into BMX XXX (or BMXXX as I call it), and I lost interest.

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 7:22 pm PT

    snoozefest

  • NeoJedi

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 6:09 pm PT

    Didn't BMX go out of style back in the 80's?

  • gdogg4210

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 5:51 pm PT

    sweet, maybe were finnaly gonna ge a shaun palmer sequel too

  • SystemShock2

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 5:47 pm PT

    yeah dm 2 was sweet, i did all but like 2 of the challenges in that game. That game was way better than the tony hawk games at the time, it had so many cool features like trick modifiers, ragdolls, hard challenges, and huge levels.

  • MC_Hammerty

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 5:29 pm PT

    Mirra 2 and Aggressive Inline (used the fantastic new engine they were going to put in the new Mirra game) were some of my favorite extreme sports games. Let's hope Crave doesn't make a crappy game and hope it sells because of the name.

  • gatsbythepig

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 5:27 pm PT

    blah

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