Even before the sale to Activision was announced, Microsoft handed Bizarre Creations a pink slip. They’re going to use in-house resources to develop their Project Gotham Racing series.
Could this have been the reason for the sale? Possibly. But Bizarre isn’t just a one trick pony. They’ve put together a few other nice titles, like Geometry Wars, Boom Boom Rocket, and The Club. They’ve confirmed they’re working on two new big franchises under the Activision umbrella.
A few things need to be looked at here. Does Microsoft have the in-house resources to keep Project Gotham at the current level of fun and style? Will Bizarre take their development knowledge and create a game with Activision to put Project Gotham at the bottom of the barrel? Only time will tell, and we’ll keep you posted.
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Write a Comment»Bizarre is a very very talented studio and i look forward 2 their next game!
LOL, I can picture the meeting where this all went down:
Bizarre - Microsoft, we got something to tell you…we’ve signed with Activision and we’re moving on. No hard feelings?
Microsoft - You can’t quit…you’re fired!
Lol @ nostars. I don’t think Bizarre was mad at MS, since they did create the PGR series with MS, and ended up doing pretty well. So I think we can assume that PGR4 will be the last of its series, but I have a feeling that Activision/Bizarre are going to produce another racer similar to PGR, but with a different name.
@nostars, well put. But yeah bizzare will be fine ad im sure will continue to make great games…and as far as PGR4 goes, not really that excited, Forza 2 was enough of an amazing racing game for me…
I think PGR4 will be hindered by the fact that it has motorcycles in it. I feel that racing motorcycles with cars just won’t work that smoothly.