Bizarre Creations

Bizarre Creations headlines

• Geometry Wars Xbox One: "conversations have been had", says Spencer

  Geometry Wars may be owned by Activision now, but that doesn’t mean an Xbox One reprisal is off the table. It’s been discussed, according to Microsoft’s Phil Spencer.

• Blur follow-up prototype footage released

  Bizarre Creations has been lost to time, but you can gaze upon these videos of what might have been had it ever produced a racer to follow Blur.

• Fur Fighters to release on other platforms if iPad version does well

  The Dreamcast favorite Fur Fighters is back, but this time, it’s heading to iPad thanks to Mark Craig and Jeff Lewis of Muffin Games, both ex-Bizarre staffers and current Lucid Games developers. The duo have spent 200 hours of free time porting the gamer to the system, using the PC version of the game. According […]

• Totem Games formed by ex-Bizarre man and Blur designer, Matt Cavanagh

  Blur’s lead designer Matt Cavanagh has formed a studio called Totem Games.

• Hirshberg: Shrinking racing genre killed Bizarre Creations

  Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg has said that a decrease in interest in the racing genre market was what eventually caused Blur and Project Gotham Racing developer Bizarre Creations to close.

• Bizarre staffers discuss closure, why it was sold to Activision

  Bizarre Creations’ creative director, Martyn Chudley, has said that before the firm’s buyout by Activision, Bizarre was doing well financially and had “several potential projects” to work on.

• Chudley: Bizarre Creations could have bought itself out

  Some former Bizarre Creations executives have spoken up in the latest Edge about the developer’s closure, and have revealed that Activision offered a management buyout option on the 17 year-old company.

• Bizarre was "too ambitious" under Activision, says ex-staffer

  Ex Bizarre team member, and now founder of recently-opened iOS studio Hogrocket, Ben Ward, has said the PGR and Blur developer was “too ambitious” whilst it was under the control of Activision.

• Vicarious, Raven Software, High Moon defend Activision in wake of lay-offs

  The vocal minority’s opinions only mean so much, but when it’s calling you “the evil empire,” it might be time to set the record straight. Such was the aim of a recent PAX East panel, during which Activision-owned studios Vicarious Visions, Raven Software, and High Moon stormed the stage with some sunshine and butterflies to […]

• Lucid Games formed by ex-Bizarre devs

  Seven days after Bizarre Creations shut down, some of its ex staff has gone on to form Lucid Games.

• Bizarre closed due to "a perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances"

  Ex-Bizarre design boss Gareth Wilson has said the reason Activision shut the Liverpool studio last Friday was down to “a perfect storm of unfortunate circumstances.”

• Ex-senior Bizarre chap joins Sumo Digital

  CVG‘s reporting that Gareth Wilson, design manager at the now-defunct Bizarre Creations, has joined Sega’s Sumo Digital.

• Bizarre Creations RIP - 1994-2011

  A staffer has put together a final salute to UK developer Bizarre Creations, which Activision will close today. Words are pointless. The very best of luck to everyone involved.

• Report: Bizarre Creations will close on Friday

  Develop’s reporting that UK developer Bizarre Creations will cease to exist this Friday, February 18.

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• Activision makes "recommendation" to close Bizarre Creations

  Activision’s confirmed to Develop it has made a “recommendation” that Bizarre Creations closes.

• Report: Bizarre has "multiple parties interested" in it

  An anonymous staff member over at Bizarre Creations has said several companies are showing interest in purchasing the developer from Activision, since it was revealed the firm had put the developer on a 90-day notice.

• Activision on Bizarre shocker: Some "wallowing in the worst possible outcome"

  Activision staffer Dan Amrich has carpet-bombed Twitter about the reporting of news that Activision is “exploring options” related to Bizarre Creations, claiming the studio has not “closed,” and that some are “wallowing in the worst possible outcome”.

• Bond: Blood Stone gets launch trailer

  Activision’s released the launch trailer to James Bond: Blood Stone. Get it after the break.