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Bizarre Creations' Chris Pickford discusses his team's new racer
Read More »Bizarre: Blur will reinvent racers
Developer Bizarre Creations expects Blur to revitalise the struggling racing genre, the firm has told MCV. The new IP mixes arcade gameplay, vehicle combat and real world cars in a bid to be more accessible to new players. And the studio’s claim follows similar assertions from Activision Publishing’s CEO Mike …
Read More »$40m hinges on Blur’s sales performance
Bizarre Creations’ upcoming racer Blur is at the centre of a crucial $40 million payout deal between the Liverpool-based studio and its owning company Activision. Develop has today revealed that Activision paid out $67.4 million in cash to wholly acquire the Project Gotham Racing developer back in 2007. However, an …
Read More »$40m at stake on Blur’s sales performance
While Bizarre Creationsâ?? Chris Pickford reveals that the PGR series has sold over 7 million units
Read More »Burnout Paradise model â??brave but unprovenâ??, says Blur dev
Bizarre explains why Blur will take a different approach to Criterion's ongoing downloadable updates
Read More »Blur Interview â?? Part Two
Part two of our interview with Bizarre's Peter McCabe and Ben Ward
Read More »Activision readies new action genre IP
Not content with having conquered the music, licensed and FPS genres with its banner titles like Guitar Hero and Call of Duty, Activision is planning to make a bold move into action genre, MCV can reveal. Activision Publishing CEO and president Mike Griffith revealed to MCV in an exclusive interview …
Read More »Activision developing new action game IP
Publisher CEO reveals that it wants to enter $4bn genre to fuel expansion
Read More »Activision sets sights on European market share
Activision will double its European market share in the next few years, according to its CEO Mike Griffith. Speaking exclusively to MCV at E3, the heavyweight publisher detailed a wide-reaching strategy to grow its stake in what it calls its ‘under-developed’ European business. The firm wants to generate 50 per …
Read More »Blur is â??an adult Mario Kartâ??
Project Gotham dev Bizarre explains what its next title Blur can take, and leave, from Nintendoâ??s iconic kart series
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