''Trials'' is a

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series developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and published by

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, loosely based on the real-life sport of

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. It involves a motorcycle rider in a 2.5D world, traversing obstacles under the influence of simulated physics.

History

''Trials'' was released as a

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in 2000. The gameplay was somewhat similar to

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's 1987 hit ''

Kikstart 2 ''Kikstart 2'' is a motorcycle trials racing videogame released for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It enjoyed more success than its predecessor, '' Kikstart''. The game allowed 2-player simultaneous (via a split-screen faci ...

''. ''Trials 2'' was released in 2007, and remade as '' Trials 2: Second Edition'' in 2008. ''

Trials HD ''Trials HD'' is an Xbox Live Arcade game developed by RedLynx and published by Xbox Game Studios, Microsoft Game Studios. It was released on August 12, 2009 as part of the second annual Summer of Arcade, Xbox Live Summer of Arcade and was later ...

'' was released for the

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in 2009. ''

Trials Evolution ''Trials Evolution'' is a racing video game for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows in which each player controls a motorcycle trials rider who traverses an obstacle course. The game was developed by Ubisoft RedLynx and published by Microsoft Stud ...

'' was released for the Xbox Live Arcade in 2012. ''Trials Frontier'' was released for smart phones and tablets on 10 April 2014. ''

Trials Fusion ''Trials Fusion'' is a platform racing video game developed by Ubisoft RedLynx in collaboration with Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Kyiv. A follow-up to ''Trials Evolution'', it is the fifth game in the ''Trials'' series and is the first one to ...

'' released for PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One on 16 April 2014. ''Trials Frontier'' and ''Trials Fusion'' are designed to work together. ''Trials Fusion'' was released for the PC on 24 April 2014. On 11 June 2018 '' Trials Rising'' was announced by RedLynx at E3 2018. It was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on 26 February 2019 and for Stadia on 19 November 2019.

Games

Main series

Other games

References

External links

''Trials 2''
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''Trials Legends''
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