Bizarre Creations Says a Video Goodbye

[BakaSmurf]

That's a shame, I remember playing PGR and having quite a good time when it was first released on the original Xbox, PGR4 was pretty good too.

Good night, sweet prince.

 

[Marcosn]

All of you are at fault for not buying Blur. ALL OF YOU.

Even I didn't. And the beta was fun as hell.

Anyway, it doesn't matter, does it? See you, Bizzare. Hope your employees found another studio some time down the... line?

I DID!!! (but dear god was the handling messed up on that)
I also loved the geometry wars on XBLA, see what you've done activision yet again?!?!

 

[UberNoodle]

Metropolis Street Racer sold me on this dev so long ago. The successor series, Project Gotham Racing provided some of the best racing I have ever played. You will be sorely missed Bizzare!

EDIT: Fur Fighters! That was a great game!

 

[UberNoodle]

Kudos guys-and thanks for the wonderful hours on and offline! I will miss you. I still remember that I had to get out of bed at three in the morning so that I could win the tokyo races in MSR during daylight. Kudos and farewell!

HAH! You brought back memories!

 

[Infernai]

Never really played any games by this company but...it sucks that they all lost their jobs, none of them deserved to and that is what makes this very saddening to see happen.

Also: KOTTTTTIIIICCCKKKKK!!!!! *shakes fist at sky in anger*

 

[WaReloaded]

I really loved Geometry Wars...

 

[Don't taze me bro]

Loved these guys since MSR on the Dreamcast. To date, I don't think I have ever sunk so many hours into a racing game as I had PGR2. AH, PGR2, the memories.

 

[Squilookle]

I hate seeing Classical done wrong, which makes it all the better when I se it done right. That was a really good and effective use of Claire De Lune. I quite enjoyed PGR. still listen to the soundtrack every now and then too.

 

[Supp]

Claire de lune makes everything better!

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Damn...what a great studio. Geometry Wars itself became a full-blown XBLA hit, out of a mini-game in PGR.

Hell, a lot of Geo Wars players I've spoken to don't even know that it's from PGR.

i do, it was amazing! i loved in between races in the showroom, just go play the arcade machine, and then completely forget which race i was doing lol.

 

[Staskala]

To all the people blaming Activision, read this:

The perfect solution for us is to join the ranks of Activision, alongside their other talented studios. It's a pretty incredible chance for Bizarre to improve ourselves and make the most of all the fantastic new opportunities this opens up.
Bizarre isn't a developer in financial trouble, and we're certainly not looking to be "saved" by a bigger corporation. We're a dev looking to take our games to the next level, and make the absolute best products we can possibly make.
So that's pretty much the idea behind it. Bizarre are happy because it means we're completely safe as a company, we all get to stay exactly the same, and we now have the opportunity to stretch our legs with some brand new game concepts. This is going to be fun...

Link [http://www.bizarrecreations.com/article.php?article_id=5277#pressrelease] to the press release which is dead these days (like the entire News section).

So get this:
They joined(!) a publisher with shitloads of cash (I wonder why), made a contract, underperformed and got axed.
Where's the problem?
You do a shitty job, you get fired, it's the same for absolutely everyone; even your most beloved B. Kotick has to abide this rule.

I never got why gamers demand that devs should be an exception to that, but then again, I guess it's always easy to talk about money that isn't yours.

 

[Novania]

Another studio lost, farewell

 

[Killerbunny001]

I just installed and played through half of Blood Stone, it was fun for me. Sorry to see BC go ...

 

[Double A]

I never played a single one of those games.

I haven't either, but it's always sad when a game developer is forced to close shop.

 

[Jamous]

Ouch, that's really sad. Nice production video, hope the guys can all find jobs elsewhere that'll value their talents.
Bizarre, we salute you.

 

[Jack Macaque]

Funny how these really good studios get picked up by some idiots to make a quick cash grab and look what happens.

RIP Bizarre, you will be missed

 

[MercurySteam]

Project Gotham Racing was one one my first games on my Original Xbox. It's sad to see them go.

Farewell guys.

 

[CaptDom]

Great. Now we'll never get GWRE2 ported to another system, let alone have access to the soundtrack.
It's for real, I now hate everything.
It all sucks,
And blows,
all at the same time,
well done world. You fail at everything
except being crap.

 

[LGC Pominator]

well I loved all of the PGR games, PGR 1 was the second game I played on the XBox (shortly after the first Halo - got a box with Halo, PGR 1 and DOA3), PGR 2 was the second LIVE game I played after Crimson skies HRTR and PGR 3 was the second 360 Game I played, after GUN, I have PGR 4 as well, but that didn't have a big event to come second to... wait got it:
it was the first game with motorbikes in that I had played... after MotoGP07

Still havent grabbed Blur yet.

 

[putowtin]

tis' a shame, they will be missed!