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Rainbird on 16 November 2010

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-16-activision-shutting-down-bizarre-creations

Activision is planning to shut down Liverpool-based studio Bizarre Creations, if substantial Twitter activity is to be believed.

Travelers' Tales boss Jon Burton started the ball rolling, tweeting, "Sad Day for games developers. Really glad I didn't sell my company to Activision."

Further tweets from numerous members of the UK development scene added that around 200 staff are facing the axe, with Activision likely closing the studio.

We've followed up with both Activision and Bizarre and will update as news breaks.

Bizarre Creations was founded in 1994 and made its name with the Project Gotham Racing series for Microsoft Game Studios. Activision purchased the studio in September 2007.

Bizarre Creation's last game, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, launched to mediocre reviews last month. Other titles in its back catalogue include the excellent Blur, Geometry Wars, Boom Boom Rocket and The Club.

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That's pretty sad if true, hopefully these guys pull through and get to create more great games.



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Munkeh111 on 16 November 2010

Shame, maybe they should have just kept making PGR games



badgenome on 16 November 2010



chazy13 on 16 November 2010

real shame

loved their PGR and Geometry Wars games.

atleast if they do go theres gonna be a whole lot more hate for activision and more importantly BOBBY KOTICK!!



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disolitude on 16 November 2010

What a shame... Geometry Wars rules. PGR was great as well, as was MEtropolis Street Racer on dreamcast and Blur..



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Darth Tigris on 16 November 2010

Ahem ...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=273099

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1131556p1.html

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6283377.html

http://kotaku.com/5678552/project-gotham-racing-making-a-comeback



Mr Puggsly on 16 November 2010
Darth Tigris said:

Ahem ...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=273099

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1131556p1.html

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6283377.html

http://kotaku.com/5678552/project-gotham-racing-making-a-comeback

What's your point?

Its not going to be developed by Bizarre Creations.



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Darth Tigris on 16 November 2010
Mr Puggsly said:
Darth Tigris said:

Ahem ...

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=273099

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/113/1131556p1.html

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6283377.html

http://kotaku.com/5678552/project-gotham-racing-making-a-comeback

What's your point?

Its not going to be developed by Bizarre Creations.

Studios are closed by their owners, leads go start new studio, much staff follows them, games are developed.  This has all happened before and will happen again . . .



dsister on 16 November 2010

Point of the story: Should have stayed with MS.



Sig thanks to Saber! :D 

Rainbird on 16 November 2010

Seems like they might be in trouble, but we'll see.

UPDATE: Activision has issued a clarifying statement in which it explains that it's in the process of plotting out a future for Bizarre Creations - a future that could include a sale.

"Over the past three years since our purchase of Bizarre Creations, the fundamentals of the racing genre have changed significantly," said a spokesperson for the publisher.

"Although we made a substantial investment in creating a new IP, Blur, it did not find a commercial audience.

"Bizarre is a very talented team of developers, however, because of the broader economic factors impacting the market, we are exploring our options regarding the future of the studio, including a potential sale of the business."