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Bizarre Creations say goodbye 1994-2011
- Thread starter Roxas
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Geometry Wars and The Club were such great high-score games, which are something of a lost art in gaming nowadays. Hell, most western devs have never been great at creating competent, meaningful scoring systems, so BC was a rarity regardless of era.
Leaderboard implementation in GW2 was, man, what a thing of beauty. No submenus and browsing to see the competition, your closest-scoring friends are just sitting right there on the game mode select screen, their scores taunting you to beat them from almost the second you boot up the game. Should have become standard in every score-based game afterwards, and yet...
Leaderboard implementation in GW2 was, man, what a thing of beauty. No submenus and browsing to see the competition, your closest-scoring friends are just sitting right there on the game mode select screen, their scores taunting you to beat them from almost the second you boot up the game. Should have become standard in every score-based game afterwards, and yet...
Last day at Bizarre -
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec6_1187579158
:Unrelated: same song, best music video ever for it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj8xB8jKG94
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ec6_1187579158
:Unrelated: same song, best music video ever for it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj8xB8jKG94
chixdiggit
Member
ShinobiFist said:
Club never got it's respect. Even the multiplayer was really fun for the short time people played it.
sixteen-bit
Member
RIP Bizarre. I was a big fan of the Geometry Wars games they developed.
The Biggest PGR fan loved most of Bizzare Creatios Games.
absolutely gutted that Microsoft parted ways with them, PGR was one hella of a launch title and an underated devloper,
and its a fkn shame PGR4 got royally screwed by Microsoft.
sad sad day,
Hope you guys the best in the future.
who has the rights to PGR now Acty or Micro?
absolutely gutted that Microsoft parted ways with them, PGR was one hella of a launch title and an underated devloper,
and its a fkn shame PGR4 got royally screwed by Microsoft.
sad sad day,
Hope you guys the best in the future.
who has the rights to PGR now Acty or Micro?
These guys are gods. What a waste. I can't believe no one picked up this studio.
2005 PGR3
2010 Blur
I've played just about every arcade racing game. Blur multiplayer was right up there with the best of em if not the best multiplayer arcade race experience I've ever had the pleasure to play. The fact that it bombed is a testament to the ineptitude of the publisher.
2005 PGR3
2010 Blur
I've played just about every arcade racing game. Blur multiplayer was right up there with the best of em if not the best multiplayer arcade race experience I've ever had the pleasure to play. The fact that it bombed is a testament to the ineptitude of the publisher.
Game2Death
Banned
I think that MS does right? I believe so.smik said:
That video...
I do wonder what amount was Activision asking that noone wanted to buy them.
If Microsoft bought Rare for $500 million a few years ago, threw $60+ million for the Too Human "trilogy", paid over $20 million for the GTAIV "exclusive" episodes.
Heck, WB paid $33 million for Mortal Kombat and a few other Midway stuff (and was the only bidder) and the debt-ridden Harmonix was "sold" for $50 , with $100+ million in debts; or something like that.
Oh well, good luck to everyone over there. Loved your games, even though I wasn't a big fan of Blur it was still a fun game.
I do wonder what amount was Activision asking that noone wanted to buy them.
If Microsoft bought Rare for $500 million a few years ago, threw $60+ million for the Too Human "trilogy", paid over $20 million for the GTAIV "exclusive" episodes.
Heck, WB paid $33 million for Mortal Kombat and a few other Midway stuff (and was the only bidder) and the debt-ridden Harmonix was "sold" for $50 , with $100+ million in debts; or something like that.
Oh well, good luck to everyone over there. Loved your games, even though I wasn't a big fan of Blur it was still a fun game.
rollingstart
Banned
Very sad. PGR is the best racing game series, and specifically PGR2 is the undisputed best racing game. Really liked The Club and Geometry Wars games too. Most of their output was great with only a few questionable ones in there. They were the secret best western developer.
ElectricBlue187
Member
Only game of theirs I have is Geometry Wars. And I still play it now years after release
Diablohead
Member
Sysgen said:
Princess Skittles
Prince's's 'Skittle's
I have PGR4 and Blur, and I like both of them a lot but I just don't have the attention span for racing games for very long periods.ElectricBlue187 said:
Geometry Wars 2, on the other hand, I will be playing until (or if, I guess) Stephen Cakebread decides to create a follow-up (under a different name, naturally).
Truly one of the finest games this generation.
flarkminator
Member
Best wishes to all the team members of Bizarre - a undeniably talented group of people.
D
Deleted member 22576
Unconfirmed Member
For a company seemingly obsessed with the perfect run, they kinda had one of their own.
They made the BEST games.
They made the BEST games.
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
seems like some of the talent are on the way to eutechnyx.
John Rabbit
Banned
some of my favorite Dreamcast memories are playing MSR for hours into the early morning so i could race at 4am in-game while it was actually 4am in the real world. amazing studio, best of luck to them in the future. hope they get picked up to make the games they want instead of what some office bureaucrat wants.
game had great music too:
'Overdrive
Heartland (great liquid jazz dnb track)
Club Paris
game had great music too:
'Overdrive
Heartland (great liquid jazz dnb track)
Club Paris
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
A quality dev. What went wrong? Bad use by Activision?
Sysgen said:
I thought someonne sid they did have interest but Activision didn't think it was enough.
EDIT: Here it is Microsoft were in talks: http://www.develop-online.net/news/36404/Bizarre-mood-lifts-with-several-keen-to-buy
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I am tempted to post all my PGR4 shots as a last hurrah, but this one will do for now.
brotkasten
Member
I think Activision bought them to develop the official Formula 1 games, but Codemasters got the license instead, so they didn't have that much use for BC after that.LiquidMetal14 said:
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Terrible news. PGR, Blur, and Geometry Wars will live in my heart forever.
BenjaminBirdie
Banned
Does this mean Blur multi is dead too?
Dead Man Typing
Member
Sucks on about 5 different levels for me as a fan, but it must be so much worse for the people who worked there over the years and their families.
I can't believe how things went from PGR3 and Geometry Wars 1 to this.
I still blame the delay of Forza 2 from November 2006 to May 2007 for the fall of Bizarre, more than I blame Activision. But I guess it's all irrelevant now.
The Club deserves more recognition, as does everything they ever produced. I'll never forget the hours I spent playing every PGR and MSR as well as the fun I had with their other games. I just managed to finally get the "Smile" achievement in Geometry Wars 2 recently after 2 years of trying. There's not a lot to smile about today, I'm afraid.
I can't believe how things went from PGR3 and Geometry Wars 1 to this.
I still blame the delay of Forza 2 from November 2006 to May 2007 for the fall of Bizarre, more than I blame Activision. But I guess it's all irrelevant now.
The Club deserves more recognition, as does everything they ever produced. I'll never forget the hours I spent playing every PGR and MSR as well as the fun I had with their other games. I just managed to finally get the "Smile" achievement in Geometry Wars 2 recently after 2 years of trying. There's not a lot to smile about today, I'm afraid.
Suzzopher said:
Probably there for recruiting purposes. But nice to see it nonetheless.
Wax Free Vanilla
Member
Oneself said:Hopefully Sony Liverpool is hiring
beaten to the punch... possibly...
http://twitter.com/DarrenJobling
COO of Eutechnyx, video game developer with studios in UK, China and USA:
FunkyPajamas
Member
Goodnight sweet prince.
Hopefully all the team members land on their feet sooner rather than later.
I got goosebumps reading the OP. Sometimes this industry makes me sad.
Hopefully all the team members land on their feet sooner rather than later.
I got goosebumps reading the OP. Sometimes this industry makes me sad.
Suzzopher said:
Possibly to fill out their newest Dundee studio?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Eutechnyx? Lol. What was their last good game, Hot Wheels?
Why fuck MS?Keikoku said:smh
Also like I said in the previous thread, fuck both MS and Activision on this. Hope they start a new studio
Granted they gave the impression as if they got rid of Bizarre after PGR4 "bombed", but MS was still interested in Bizarre. There's also the impression Activision was asking for an absurd amount of money considering that there were many interested buyers, but none were willing to pay as much as Activision was asking.