Bizarre Creations, best known for Geometry Wars and the Project Gotham Racing series, has been acquired by Activision. The first Bizarre Creations game to be published under Activision isn't expected until 2009. In the meantime, Bizarre Creations will complete work on Project Gotham Racing 4 for Microsoft and The Club for Sega. It's always difficult to see an independent developer snapped up by a big publisher, though Bizarre Creations is quick to allay the fears of fans. A blog post on the Bizarre Creations website promises that Activision will have a "hands off" relationship with the company and that all the teams will remain intact. As the post puts it, "We won't become Activision Liverpool or anything like that." Le's hope not. We all know what happened to Irrational.
So, Activision has reunited the Sex Pistols and purchased Bizarre Creations. What's next?
[Via Joystiq]
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9-26-2007 @ 2:01PM
DSK UK said...
Does this mean that there will be no more PGR for the 360 exclusively?
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9-26-2007 @ 2:02PM
xenocidic said...
hopefully this means they will release Geometry Wars: Waves on its own to the XBLA.
I dont want to pay $60 for 'Waves, even if it does coem with a free racing game!
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9-26-2007 @ 2:55PM
"Le" Matador said...
that sucks, now SONY will get a taste of the magic that is PGR
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9-26-2007 @ 3:55PM
ouj said...
"that sucks, now SONY will get a taste of the magic that is PGR"
PGR franchise is owned by Microsoft. There will never be a PGR game for PS3, unless Microsoft decides to create a PS3 version. Do you see that happening? Also, if MS decides to do PGR5 it will not be done by Bizarre Creations.
(I don't know why it would suck if PS3 got PGR, too. You could still play it on your Xbox 360.)
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9-26-2007 @ 5:10PM
VampireHunter Z said...
I hope this isn't the end of Bizarre Creations. I don't like the idea of merging with Activision. If PGR is owned by MSFT that means PGR4 is the last PGR made by BC.
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