Bizarre Creation’s farewell video
Unfortunately the developer behind the magnificent Geometry Wars, PGR series and Blur went under last week after Activision couldn’t find a buyer for them.
Unfortunately the developer behind the magnificent Geometry Wars, PGR series and Blur went under last week after Activision couldn’t find a buyer for them.
Bizarre Creations is closing this Friday, as sad as that is let's take a trip down memory lane to remember all the quality titles they brought to the market.
Activision is recommending that the studio behind the incredibly entertaining Blur be shut down in the coming weeks due to the commercial failure of Blur and the lack of interested buyers in the developer. Blur was released last year to generally good reviews after many delays but unfortunately it never captured the heart and minds of the average game and …
While it may be tempting to think developing games is possibly one of the best jobs in the world it is worthwhile to remember that virtually all development houses are one bad game away from shutting down. And even more worrisome is that most of these places are completely at the whim of the gamers and even if they create …
Project Gotham Racing, which started its life as Metropolis Street Racer on the Dreamcast has been Microsoft’s other racing title. I’ve always preferred it to the boring sim-racing presented in Forza, as it struck the fine balance between sim and arcade racing perfectly. PGR 3 was a launch title for the 360, with PGR 4, released in 2007, as the …
Blur comes from the creators of the Project Gotham series and has been marketed as the big boys version of Mario Kart, to entice all of you “big boys” to go and pick it up, lest you be called a pansy. When a franchise as successful as Mario Kart is still being played by so many old-school gamers despite its …
Activision latest racer from the recently acquired studio behind the famous PGR series – Bizarre creations – is currently in beta. Called blur, it’s a hybrid of frantic arcade racing with licensed cars and the power ups normally associated with kart-racing games. The beta allows you to test out six tracks across four game modes, fourteen licensed vehicles, and over …
Blur, the upcoming action racer from Bizarre Creations (Project Gotham Racing) has finally been given a solid release date. You may remember that the game was initially scheduled for a November 2009 release, but was delayed by 6 months for extra polishing and what not. The new release date has been set for May 21st 2010, which, if you have …
Humans want connection and the internet is so far the best connection machine. A …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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