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.

Activision dropped some serious cash to acquire Bizarre Creations, the developer of Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars. The actual price wasn’t released, but I wouldn’t expect it to be cheap.

Bizarre Creations had a statement regarding the news on their own website:

Well, we’re no longer tied to just one platform for starters. Our future titles can be on whatever we please – we are a truly multiplatform studio now. Of course that doesn’t mean that we’ll be forced to make a port of every game to every console in existence… we simply have that option available to us.

Both of our two main game teams are about to start work on two new AAA titles for Activision. One will be a racing game, and the other a character game. Of course we’ll make some more detailed announcements in the future, but be prepared for something big and exciting!

Very cool. Could PGR5 end up on all consoles? Only time will tell.

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