Forum Posts: 124 | Comment #1 by BuckfastNI Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:32:17 AM | |
Haven't played any good games from this studio but it sucks 2 be losing ur jobs...
If they're talented enough I'm sure they will be picked up by another company. |
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Forum Posts: 63 | Comment #2 by UltimateBane32 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:32:30 AM | |
| That sucks. |
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Forum Posts: 588 | Comment #3 by Chaos MAN Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:32:39 AM | |
| I liked a lot of their games. Feel bad that their gone : ( |
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Forum Posts: 4092 | Comment #6 by evokazz Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:36:34 AM | |
LMAO@5
group hug |
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Forum Posts: 152 | Comment #7 by Lymle Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:39:58 AM | |
Blur was one of the few games I played by them, but still this is sad to see.
Here's hoping the people get picked up by another company! |
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Forum Posts: 25 | Comment #8 by Luke norn iron Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:40:16 AM | |
| Well that sucks! Loved the PGR games and Blur was alright but seen it coming to be honest! |
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Forum Posts: 743 | Comment #9 by verybadloser Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:40:52 AM | |
| loved all 4 PGR games, not the biggest fan of Blur, haven't played any other bar geometry wars |
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Forum Posts: 460 | Comment #10 by GDMFS0AB Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:43:48 AM | |
Good video, WOuld have been better if it ended in a bang, Music tembo shoved up, mixed through to another song and some real faced paced street racing.
These guys and rockstar my fav devs. Bad times, But im sure they will be back. Acti are stupid if they are just letting them go. Im sure they could be used elsewhere, Then re-grouped when needed! Like the avengers! |
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Forum Posts: 13 | Comment #11 by Gray92 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:47:38 AM | |
| Shame. The old F1 games on the PS1 we're awesome. |
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Forum Posts: 185 | Comment #12 by Corpse87 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:50:54 AM | |
| @4 lets see the great games you made? you asshat |
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Forum Posts: 140 | Comment #13 by MAD MAZTEC Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:57:14 AM | |
| Farewell Bizarre Creations :( what great memories you gave me |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #14 by griftercjn Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:57:39 AM | |
| It's always tough when something like this happens, but I can't help trying to find a positive spin to put on this. There is a lot of talent at Bizarre Creations that WILL find new jobs and opportunities elsewhere while the global economy WILL improve and we, as gamers, WILL have even more memorable games to enjoy in the future. |
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Forum Posts: 891 | Comment #15 by DeafSunchaser Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:58:53 AM | |
| GUTTED |
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Forum Posts: 238 | Comment #16 by SuperWoody64 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:01:17 AM | |
| Another reason to stay far away from ActiVision. Meanwhile the people that keep pumping out spyro and spider-man games are still employed. |
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Forum Posts: 183 | Comment #17 by Lothra Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:03:45 AM | |
PGR games were fantastic but this really goes to show that if developers make mediocre games and not listen to there fans screaming for PGR 5 then you will fail, there later games just lacked effort and good stories.
Im sad to see them go but it should act as a warning sign to other devs that are going down the same path. |
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Forum Posts: 263 | Comment #18 by Saracin Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:05:32 AM | |
| I loved playing Metropolis Street Racer on the Dreamcast and still have fond memories of it and the Project Gotham franchise. Its sad that Activision had to use them so poorly and only released Blood Stone so they could milk the release of Goldeneye for the Wii. |
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Forum Posts: 17 | Comment #19 by Whitesnake75 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:09:02 AM | |
@4 - Prat....
They made more than enough great games... And PGR3 paved the way for a lot of racing games this generation.
Blur was good fun, 007 Bloodstone i actually really enjoyed, The Club was entertaining and the F1 game on the original Playstation was amazing..
To get to the point, #4, I think you're talking out of your arse.
Sad day.... |
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Forum Posts: 73 | Comment #20 by Discofrog Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:10:55 AM | |
| I've enjoyed PGR, wasn't all too impressed with Blur, but I was looking forward to another PGR... |
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Forum Posts: 41 | Comment #21 by TurboDonkey007 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:12:26 AM | |
Blur was a brilliant game, massivly underated, was as good as any recent mario kart, if not better.
Susprised they are closed down though, geometry wars and PGR are big hits compared to most games.
Quite sad, as they are based in my hometown.
I beleive PGR is still going to be made by Turn10. |
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Forum Posts: 55 | Comment #22 by dasheq Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:15:01 AM | |
| Eh excuse me? They aren't goin anywhere until PGR5 comes out. |
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Forum Posts: 292 | Comment #23 by MCDime2 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:19:25 AM | |
| I had thier formula 1 games on the ps one and played them till my eyes bled, fur fighters was pretty fun too back in the day |
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Forum Posts: 7 | Comment #24 by GoRmS Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:21:56 AM | |
| Will miss PGR :( |
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Forum Posts: 823 | Comment #25 by Judivarious Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:23:38 AM | |
| Yay! That's what you get for creating that terrible Bond Game....Bloodstone. |
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Forum Posts: 68 | Comment #26 by Auston53 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:24:18 AM | |
| It's like someone just died right in front of me. R.I.P. |
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Forum Posts: 140 | Comment #27 by Eternaltriumph Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:25:25 AM | |
I agree with 21. I'm not a racing game fan in the slightest, but Blur with a few friends was one of the biggest highlights of 2010 for me. Incredibly underated game.
As far as the rest of their stuff goes, just Geo-wars for me was my experience (as far as I know). Racing games are pretty dead in the water, but it seemed like Bizarre was the only team that could do it right in terms of dragging in hardcore and casual, such as myself.
Shame to see a talented team die out because they sided with a company that decided to put all their chips on a single franchise. |
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Forum Posts: 356 | Comment #28 by General Boredom Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:28:18 AM | |
| They should have stayed with Microsoft... |
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Forum Posts: 359 | Comment #29 by MasterKingz Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:29:46 AM | |
PGR4 & The Club were pretty bad in my eyes.
I played Split Second not Blur so... |
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Forum Posts: 17 | Comment #30 by Chainsaw Chunk Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:32:14 AM | |
| Bizarre you will be missed your talent was clear to see with a great selection of games |
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Forum Posts: 1204 | Comment #31 by tripleb2k Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:34:03 AM | |
| said it once, said it again, so sad I won't get Blur 2 |
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Forum Posts: 1216 | Comment #32 by UberPirateNinja Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:34:36 AM | |
| as sad as I am to see this happening to a uk developer, I can't help but feel their reaping the seeds they sowed by jumping into bed with activision. They'll be missed, MSR was easily my favourite dc game. not played much of their other stuff tho. |
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Forum Posts: 12 | Comment #33 by doomedtolive Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:38:01 AM | |
| Any word on the maintenance of Blur's servers? Would be a shame to lose such a fun online experience due to them not necessarily being shutdown, but under monitored. |
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Forum Posts: 15 | Comment #34 by exception360 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:41:15 AM | |
| @THE130173 - PGR was (imo) the *best* Arcade Racing series on both the original Xbox and Xbox 360! I think you just don't like the genre :) |
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Forum Posts: 27 | Comment #35 by True Blue Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:51:18 AM | |
Aw man... I cried. Such a shame to see this happen. I absloutely loved the MSR and the PGR games. And I personally think that Blur was awesome.
No PGR5, no Blur 2... I shall miss them loads.
Farewell Bizarre... it HAS been a pleasure! |
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Forum Posts: 1000 | Comment #36 by Dr Popodopolus Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:54:34 AM | |
I rate PGR4 as my second favourite racing game on the 360 after GRID.. not a fan of Forza.
Geometry Wars was loved by masses and Blur was underplayed/undervalued.. I was on the Brink of getting it until this. Loved the demo though.
There is plenty of talent there, why couldn't Acti get them to make another game like PGR4 and advertise it with.. "From the makers of Project Gotham Racing" it would surely sell. I'm sure Geo Wars 3 could have been good.
Oh well, RIP, hopefully the individuals get back into work ASAP maybe Turn 10 can hire some of them for PGR5. |
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Forum Posts: 17 | Comment #37 by Masterchief950 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:55:45 AM | |
| Was hoping maybe MS could pick them up again and make some more PGR's and a new BLUR |
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Forum Posts: 336 | Comment #38 by Aki2403 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:57:29 AM | |
I've got both PGRs and Blur, and although I've not played them recently I think they're all really great games.
It's a shame to see a great studio close. |
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Forum Posts: 835 | Comment #39 by True Marvellous Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:01:47 PM | |
An amazing stuido who mades some realy enteraining games, the club is an awsome third person score attack shooter, and i fact all the games mentioned in the artical above were awsome.
They were severly let down by he publishers with poor advertisng (blur ads vs split second ads) no contest, and by extremly poor elease scheduling.
Hope everyone goes on to biger and better things. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #40 by sonicdevron Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:05:22 PM | |
When I got my X360 back in 2005, the first game I got with it was PGR3. While I wasn't crazy about the game, I can still credit Bizarre to starting me out with my 360, and I loved Blur and Geometry Wars.
It's a real shame. I understand Activisions reasonings for doing this from a business standpoint, but it wasn't really necessary. They should at least attach the former employees to other developers now. |
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Forum Posts: 1525 | Comment #41 by Baihu1983 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:05:31 PM | |
| Nice but should have shown their games before this gen aswell. |
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Forum Posts: 2284 | Comment #42 by Andreas_loel Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:15:46 PM | |
They shouldnt have touched the 007 license at all, that license has only been used for good once and that was with Goldeneye.
So many companies have tried since and all failed, unfortunately with this one is that the company died :( RIP i used to love crusing around Stockholm in PGR2 and i fucking hate racing games |
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Forum Posts: 175 | Comment #43 by Zacry072 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:21:21 PM | |
| Damn they made Geometry Wars? I liked that one, at least, and it's one of my prized completions. |
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Forum Posts: 577 | Comment #44 by F Swan Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:23:04 PM | |
| Guess not much chance of a Geometry Wars 3 now then, sigh. |
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Forum Posts: 366 | Comment #45 by Trikke Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:48:52 PM | |
It always hurts to see a studio go down that made decent quality games.
It hurts even more to see the studios behind Two Worlds still not bankrupt!
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #46 by darren2k8 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:53:12 PM | |
| Bizarre Creations made fantastic games. It's a shame that not many people notice it because far too many people play nothing but call of fucking duty. |
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Forum Posts: 30 | Comment #47 by Killerj Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 01:12:04 PM | |
| Im going to miss Bizarre Creations love thier games. |
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Forum Posts: 101 | Comment #48 by youre so bastos Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 01:13:50 PM | |
| I hope Microsoft realizes the great loss that the gaming industry is currently seeing and pick them back up again. I loved the PGR games and I loved Blur. It would be a shame to see those series die off :( |
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Forum Posts: 305 | Comment #49 by DeviousD Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 01:29:59 PM | |
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Forum Posts: 305 | Comment #50 by DeviousD Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 01:31:20 PM | |
Its a shame they will be missed
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #51 by REDZERO_UK Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 01:34:51 PM | |
| Real shame that they're closing. Wish they made a game I enjoyed. Never drawn in enough to complete any of the PGR's though I owned all of them. I'm all for British developers so I am sad. Just finished 007 Blood Stone simply to achievement whore and I can hand on heart say that is an awfull game to be a developer's last.... |
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Forum Posts: 451 | Comment #52 by Mr Matty Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 01:41:34 PM | |
Would be nice if the haters stayed off the thread.
Rip guys you are awesome i hope your talent gets put into another set of a class titles.
I think we should do a tribute game on pgr 4 or blur to send it off in style. |
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Forum Posts: 5145 | Comment #53 by Parkerktm Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 02:10:50 PM | |
| now i want to play pgr4 |
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Forum Posts: 5145 | Comment #54 by Parkerktm Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 02:12:37 PM | |
| @52 i agree. People need to realize not every game is going to be the level of call of duty or forza, understand that and you'll be able to enjoy games more. |
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Forum Posts: 173 | Comment #55 by Epilogue of Euphoria Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 02:13:33 PM | |
| May they suffer this coil no more. For once you are free of everything, you are bound by nothing. |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #56 by R3M B3A5T Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 02:18:55 PM | |
| PGR 3 TOP GAME SAD TO SEE THEM GO! |
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Forum Posts: 291 | Comment #57 by UDGuy Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 02:27:42 PM | |
| PGR2, PGR3 and PGR 4 are my favourite racing games. I need to do Blur yet. Sad to see them go and probably the end of a great franchise. |
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Forum Posts: 514 | Comment #58 by Arenazombie Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 02:42:13 PM | |
That is what you get for selling your soul to the devil (Activision)
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Forum Posts: 2 | Comment #59 by Danimal538 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 02:54:32 PM | |
| I got my Xbox360 when it first came out and the only games I had for the longest time were PGR3 and Geometry Wars. I think I have enjoyed Geometry wars more than almost any other game. Bizarre will be missed. |
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Forum Posts: 12 | Comment #60 by williamsjohn83 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 03:00:11 PM | |
Sad to see them go, @5 y the discrimination?
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Forum Posts: 399 | Comment #61 by CRAZY 7 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 03:00:58 PM | |
| Thas sucks to hear but thats what happens when you team up with activision, but I do wish these guys the best of luck |
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Forum Posts: 400 | Comment #62 by UltimateAuron32 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 03:05:00 PM | |
another great company gone, thanks Activision, why not just stick to CoD and leave small companies alone?
and before anyone says anything, i DO like CoD, just dont like big companies buying small ones then shutting them down. |
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Forum Posts: 5377 | Comment #63 by master_shake_350 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 03:12:56 PM | |
| Waaaaaaa, No who is going make decent racing games? Really sad to see these guys go down. |
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Forum Posts: 213 | Comment #64 by ImAKing1987 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 03:26:41 PM | |
@4 I've seen some dick comments before, but wow. You sir are the BIGGEST dick I think Ive ever seen..
OT: Really hate that this happened, I enjoyed everything they did and hate there wont be a Blur 2. Once again Activison, you prove just how much your becoming like EA everyday... |
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Forum Posts: 31 | Comment #65 by Green Day Rock Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 03:37:32 PM | |
no more geometry wars....NOOOO
(oh and there other games and the job losses of course)
but geometry wars had a space in my heart for tackling those leaderboards through bright flashing screens and mayhem, RIP
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Forum Posts: 1728 | Comment #66 by cheevo360 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 03:41:00 PM | |
Good Luck To Them For Theirs Future.
Look forward Bulletstorm I am so cannot wait for it I been thinking about it lots :) |
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Forum Posts: 33 | Comment #67 by HeadLikeAHole Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 04:22:31 PM | |
| That's what you get for getting with activision. Just look at Freestylr games, such a shame. It saddens me to think bungie will be next. 2 words for you my dear activision: FUCK YOU!!! |
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Forum Posts: 94 | Comment #68 by XPac23 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 04:46:41 PM | |
| Activision just continues to prove how much they are truly evil. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #69 by SGTcanine Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 04:59:27 PM | |
| Shame they had to end on Blood Stone :/ |
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Forum Posts: 139 | Comment #70 by TheCroixMan Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 05:01:34 PM | |
| Good luck to the employees and their families while they try and look for new employment. |
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Forum Posts: 1372 | Comment #71 by EMP Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 05:03:09 PM | |
| It's to bad those games were actually semi good compared to some games out there.. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #72 by Grossmesser Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 05:07:59 PM | |
| I'm laughing at all the negative thumbs down for people saying shit about the company going belly up. It's true. I've never liked any of their games, Blur was a "little" fun.....thankfully I just played the mp demo and didn't purchase the game...or any other of their games for that matter. Otherwise I'd be playing games that a now dead company wouldn't be able to support. In truth.....and this goes for ANY and ALL kinds of products...If you make shitty, half-assed products people will not bite and you'll be standing in the soup line. Make quality games and LISTEN TO YOUR FANS and then maybe you'll be successful. |
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Forum Posts: 393 | Comment #73 by HLR zdmetal Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 05:23:16 PM | |
| @72 If you think PGR 3&4 are "shitty, half-assed products" you sir, are sorely mistaken. |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #74 by FoolKiller Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 05:30:54 PM | |
| Oh... to die at the tender age of seventeen :( |
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Forum Posts: 31 | Comment #75 by RunDMC Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 05:37:02 PM | |
Activision owns them -> they don't make CoD -> Activision closes them
Shit Kotick, you can milk the franchise but please don't fuck other series up! |
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Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #76 by killerswat255 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 06:01:16 PM | |
| blood stone was good, just not many people have played it =/ |
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Forum Posts: 86 | Comment #77 by zr122 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 06:21:46 PM | |
| I hated Geometry Wars. Am I really the only person in the world who didn't like that game? It's a shame that people lost their jobs, obviously, but at least we won't see GW3. |
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Forum Posts: 12 | Comment #78 by bluenotesmiley Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 06:50:36 PM | |
| I can't believe this has actually happened. MSR and the PGR series are some of the greatest racing games I have had the pleasure to play. Blur is also a very fun game online. It's as if this talent has just been thrown away. |
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Forum Posts: 77 | Comment #79 by NMANOZ Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 07:32:24 PM | |
I became an immediate fan after playing PGR2 (which became my favourite game last gen) and PGR4 is still the best game i have played this gen.
They were much better than any developer Activision has. |
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Forum Posts: 516 | Comment #80 by Mister Spraggsy Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 07:33:26 PM | |
Im not much of a racing game fan becaouse well im poop at them but PGR4 was the only one i liked. Shame there will be no PGR5.
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #81 by xKTAx Ultimo Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 08:20:37 PM | |
| R.I.P Bizarre....you contributed to what we love to do....GAME. |
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Forum Posts: 880 | Comment #82 by TacticalTodger Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:31:46 PM | |
| Their best game was geo wars! |
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Forum Posts: 33 | Comment #83 by In Flames Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:36:05 PM | |
| PGR 3 was alright but whats with the max 900gs in that game? the first PGR was my first xbox game. Its never good to see jobs vanish |
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Forum Posts: 2 | Comment #84 by Nin10domyk Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:42:26 PM | |
I can see Bungie as their next target to assassinate.
Activision:
A
company
that
is
victorious
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industries
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nothing. |
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Forum Posts: 9 | Comment #85 by Nekrobutcher Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:46:56 PM | |
| We're one step closer to the eventual two battling game developer bullshit that cares about money more than quality. The "are video games art?" argument will die because "is money more important? YES." will win. Le sigh.... |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #86 by Shadowoso323 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 10:48:27 PM | |
@84
true that... |
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Forum Posts: 445 | Comment #87 by MoldyClay87 Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 11:03:36 PM | |
@#17 - Are you trying to suggest that all companies should stick to one game series because people wanted a sequel to it?
That developers should abandon new ideas and creativity and the very grounds of progressing games, to cater to a bunch of whiny fans for one series?
That's precisely what kills the industry. As much as we, as fans, want developers to listen to everything we want, they shouldn't always listen to us. We're not always right, and they should not abandon their creativity for appeasing a small group of vocal people.
Blur was creative and new. Sure, it was just realistic Mario Kart, and the biggest reason it didn't do well was because they really had no idea who they were marketing it to. They just made it to make it. I commend them for making something they wanted to make, even if it didn't make sense. That's what video games were originally all about. I want more developers to make games that are risky and don't bend to the "let's follow the trend of what's selling currently" or "let's make another sequel to this, because people want that". |
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Forum Posts: 516 | Comment #88 by Mister Spraggsy Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 02:42:25 AM | |
| @87 Well said mate, well said |
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Forum Posts: 56 | Comment #89 by BrySkye Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 05:44:59 AM | |
@10 Its a farewell video, not a trailer for a new game.
They haven't got anything to be excited about in terms of ending it. |
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Forum Posts: 118 | Comment #90 by kitch Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 06:17:20 AM | |
| Thanx 4 all the wonderful games u made and I enjoyed!!!! Badly missed |
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Forum Posts: 743 | Comment #91 by l.maciver Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 06:23:31 AM | |
| And thats the dream over. |
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Forum Posts: 44 | Comment #92 by Agent Mantis Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 06:37:23 AM | |
| They must of known as they were making 007 it wasn't going to be great, in this economic climate every needs to shift units to keep their publishers happy. |
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Forum Posts: 303 | Comment #93 by Rickmassacre Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 06:49:26 AM | |
PGR was dreadful.
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #94 by FishyOutOfWater Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 07:19:54 AM | |
| I quite enjoyed blur and the club, but I loved Geo wars. In any case people losing their jobs is sad times :( |
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Forum Posts: 400 | Comment #95 by UltimateAuron32 Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 07:21:27 AM | |
i hope they dont even THINK of f**king with Square Enix, that would make me hunt down and kill the dick responsible. mind you, i dont think square would go for that, they make enough money on their own :)
Activision, i dont care what games you make, i enjoy CoD, but i HATE you for the way play market, buying a small company, then closing it down, its wrong.
and @84, LMFAO, thats so true though, and @87 very true too. |
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Forum Posts: 2082 | Comment #96 by StillTIPPIN187 Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 07:52:45 AM | |
I loves PGR on the original Xbox. Hell it was probably one of he best at that rime due to the ps2 having all the good games.
I'm gonna get around to playing the PGR games for 360 |
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Forum Posts: 5 | Comment #97 by iMrLeMoN Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 08:06:07 AM | |
| Really enjoyed playing the PGR series its gonna be missed :( |
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Forum Posts: 264 | Comment #98 by Levex817 Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 08:30:53 AM | |
@#4 I never played any of the PGR games so I cannot say much about that. However I could not agree more with he second statement as it is about as truthful as you can be. If the games were in fact great games then the company would still be alive, simple as that!
Either way, easy come, easy go! |
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Forum Posts: 113 | Comment #99 by dj115 Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 09:47:11 AM | |
| i only played PGR 4 but like alot of other people have said no deserves to lose there jobs x |
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Forum Posts: 712 | Comment #100 by Bajan Elite Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 10:04:37 AM | |
| Only game I played from them was blood stone, it wasn't a bad game but it wasn't anything special either. Sucks they lost their jobs though. |
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Forum Posts: 1000 | Comment #101 by The Bum-Mobile Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 10:08:03 AM | |
| I LOVED Blur! Sucks they're closing. |
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Forum Posts: 17 | Comment #102 by FuriousAli007 Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 10:23:37 AM | |
| Microsoft should have bought the studio and used them for Exclusive games. |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #103 by DSX Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 10:43:42 AM | |
| they made crap games anyways. |
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Forum Posts: 44 | Comment #104 by Phool Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 11:29:00 AM | |
| I miss you Bizarre |
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Forum Posts: 1315 | Comment #105 by Suki Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 03:01:37 PM | |
| makes me real sad to see this over the last 15 years there games have been among my all time best ever gaming experinces, i played for 1000's of hours on the gotham/pgr's and about 300 hours on blur amazing racing games that are pure racing fun on and offline, i wish they had stayed with MS i think Bizzare would still be with us and would be doing PGR5. i dont know who was responsable for them going over to the darkside but the darkness consumed them in the end :( |
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Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #106 by ciyinyde Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 05:08:07 PM | |
| Both Geo War games are bad ass still. |
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Forum Posts: 5 | Comment #107 by zeassumpcao Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 05:55:32 PM | |
| Short life, but good one. |
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Forum Posts: 16 | Comment #108 by arsonist_1 Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 06:07:17 PM | |
| shit happens |
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Forum Posts: 252 | Comment #109 by Veles Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 06:40:17 PM | |
Real shame, though I can see that it's probably a good business decision by Activision.
I only have a real fondness for a couple of their games, the others were a bit crappy in my opinion.
PGR2 on the original Xbox was fantastic, I have lots of fond memories of playing that on xbox live. I have not played PGR4 but I think that PGR3 was a big step backwards from 2, it just wasn't as fun or interesting I think.
And of course, Geometry Wars, which was my favourite game when I first got my xbox, and the sequel was great too. |
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Forum Posts: 40 | Comment #110 by Stealthcake Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 07:55:01 PM | |
| Sad day, hope these guys get jobs elsewhere in this godforsaken economy. |
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Forum Posts: 210 | Comment #111 by Zerowind117 Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 07:58:09 PM | |
| I was actually looking into getting Blur, looked fun, but does this mean there won't be any real online support now? Or is it already dead? |
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Forum Posts: 4 | Comment #112 by djduke316 Saturday, February 19, 2011 @ 09:28:32 PM | |
| And Activision closes another company they bought. Oh well. Anyone for Blur multiplayer? |
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Forum Posts: 2 | Comment #113 by BloatedPillow Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 02:49:52 AM | |
| The music is so sad!! I'm stuck in a glass case of emotions! |
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Forum Posts: 450 | Comment #114 by stevedb79 Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 02:51:38 AM | |
| R.I.P PGR!!!! |
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Forum Posts: 155 | Comment #115 by Akatsuki Sw1tch Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 07:36:38 AM | |
| The Club was an absolutely fantastic game! i loved it, The PGR series didn't do it for me though. |
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Forum Posts: 84 | Comment #116 by MonkeyPunchBaby Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 10:19:06 AM | |
| I loved Blur. I don't know how someone couldn't love that game! Its like Need for Speed and Mario Kart had a sweet sexy baby. |
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Forum Posts: 86 | Comment #117 by NerfTurbo Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 01:27:02 PM | |
| They should have done away with Bond and the racing crap long ago, and focused solely on making superior twin-stick shooters. |
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Forum Posts: 20 | Comment #118 by japocbeast Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 01:44:25 PM | |
| Still playing blur now, seriously fun game. Many laffs. |
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Forum Posts: 24 | Comment #119 by Rogue Gamer 23 Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 06:56:51 PM | |
| i only have have played the PGR3 game from them, hope that some good video game company picks them up before stupid companies like EA grab them and make them do crap games. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #120 by Deathbox860 Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 08:12:00 PM | |
| Clair de Lune made this video beautiful. |
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Forum Posts: 447 | Comment #121 by fax5jrj Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 08:49:46 PM | |
| Blur is the best car game I've ever played. It was a wonderful idea and is the most underrated game of last year. |
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Forum Posts: 27 | Comment #122 by MajorMercyFlush Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 11:02:09 PM | |
For me, MSR marked a turning point in console driving games that as a fan of the genre blew my pants clear across the room, closely followed by my boxers and finally my socks caught on to what was happening and joined them.
I'm an Aussie and had taken a trip to the UK nearly a year before it was released and it was quite a spin to hear the ads ("Diet Tango. You need it because you are weak!") and see the billboards again. In real-world London ads for the for the Dreamcast were everywhere and I was so ready for a new console.
Because MSR was so accurate the London tracks bring back obscure memories from the trip like the two phone boxes outside the TGIF that I saw a kid get stuck between while his mum made a call. The boxes were so close together he couldn't even turn his head and he howled but over the traffic and that she was in a box she couldn't hear him. We were sitting in the window of TGIF hurting ourselves with laughter and in tears when the mother finished her call and couldn't get him out right away (I've never claimed to be a good man, just a man). I still have my beloved Dreamcast set up and every now and then fire MSR up and this and a dozen other memories of that truly fantastic trip (I made my son on it. Too much info? It’s relevant.) flood back. The game was delayed as a launch title and when it finally came out my son had not long been born. Between the trip and the game they dovetail my memories of that amazing year. It's not often a game becomes such a part of a defining time in your life that the name alone, no matter my mood, makes me sentimental in a heartbeat.
BC you will be missed and knowing that you won't make PGR5 leaves a hole in the racer genre that will never be filled.
Excuse the length, I got sentimental.
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Forum Posts: 356 | Comment #123 by seven43861 Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 11:06:55 PM | |
| What is the song being used, is it something by Chopin? I will miss the PGR series most of all, I grew quite fond of the arcade racing experience. |
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Forum Posts: 356 | Comment #124 by seven43861 Sunday, February 20, 2011 @ 11:19:56 PM | |
| Nevermind I found it. |
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Forum Posts: 176 | Comment #125 by Mantra Monday, February 21, 2011 @ 05:09:54 AM | |
Well, time for them to regroup, rename, go back to MS and work on the next PGR.
chop, chop! ^^ |
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Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #126 by KageNeedsG Monday, February 21, 2011 @ 05:57:49 PM | |
| The Club wasn't all that bad. It was something to shoot between other mainstream titles and kept me busy, which was all i wanted it for....neat style to make a shooter a sport(if you will). Still interested in Blur but the cheevos seems odd and the price is still too steep. Either way so long Bizarre! |
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Forum Posts: 123 | Comment #127 by Samurai Kadaj Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 01:30:29 AM | |
| This is exactly why I'm not a game developer. I wanted to be a game developer so bad when I first started college, but it seems like a gaming studio is closing their doors EVERY MONTH; there's absolutely no job security working with video games. |
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Forum Posts: 659 | Comment #128 by Blueprotoss Tuesday, February 22, 2011 @ 01:38:02 PM | |
@ 61 and 75. Companies close all the time while this is nothing new. You do know that Businesses do need to make money especially when games cost millions to develope. I'm surprised you're not down EA's and Ubisoft's throats for closing some of their Studios at the end of 2010. At least Activision gave Bizarre the chance to make 3 games unlike EA gave Pandemic the chance to make a game.
@ 68. Its sad that you don't know what you're talking about.
@ 84. You do know that you're talking about EA especially when Pandemic only got 1 chance to make a game under them while that was Mercenaries 2.
@ 102. MS had the chance to buy Bizarre while nobody wanted to buy them, which made Activision close them instead of selling them.
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #129 by reaperdan23 Saturday, August 06, 2011 @ 04:16:51 PM | |
| PGR was the best racing series out there. In my opinion. |
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