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Here's some footage from the canceled Blur sequel
Remember Blur? It was that awesome racing game that was basically Mario Kart for adults by Bizarre Creations. Unfortunately that development studio was shut down shortly after Blur's release. Well new footage of the last title Bizarre was working on has been revealed by Chris Davie, former art director for the studio. While it's obviously some sort of sequel for Blur, Chris never states that this was officially a sequel. He just refers to his footage as "an announced, unfinished project." The first video showcases new visual effects the studio was tinkering with, such as how racing with intense weather effects would be like. The second bit of footage depicts a near complete stage set in Dubai. It also shows off a brand new engine that Bizarre had developed, but sadly never got to ship a game with. Despite the news of the studio closer, Chris continued to work on the Dubai stage as he felt it would be "a shame that nobody would get to play a finished track, even the dev team." He and a couple of others did what they could to develop the level right up until "the lights went out for good," but sadly never completed. I would have loved a Blur sequel. How about you? [Via @lucidcreate, @supererogatory] Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.
3:00 PM on 03.23.2011 Former Bizarre Creations folks form HogrocketOut of the ashes of the now defunct Bizarre Creations rises the North West England-based studio Hogrocket. The tiny studio consists of three former Bizarre Creations folks: Peter Collier, Ben Ward, and Stephen Cakebread. Whil...
9:00 PM on 02.25.2011 Lucid Games formed by ex-Bizarre Creations staffA spot of good news has come out of Bizarre Creations' closure in the formation of a new studio by ex-employees. Lucid Games is the name, and it's being led by Pete Wallace, who was previously a development director at Bizarr...
7:30 PM on 02.22.2011 Weep for what could've been this generation's Road RashRemember that Road Rash pre-vis video from 2006, which surfaced in 2009 with the news that the project was canned? After EA Warrington was shut down, artist Richard Cook joined Bizarre Creations which was recently closed as w...
5:00 PM on 02.18.2011 Farewell video concludes the Bizarre Creations legacyBizarre Creations -- the studio behind Project Gotham Racing, Geometry Wars, and The Club, just to name a few -- is no more as of today. Activision was unable to find a buyer "after a few months of exhausted examination of a...
3:40 PM on 01.19.2011 Activision recommends closure for Bizarre StudiosThe fate of Bizarre Creations, the team behind Project Gotham Racing, Geometry Wars, and Blur, isn't looking too hot right now. Barring any last-minute miracles, the studio is likely to close. As you might recall, Activision ...
1:09 PM on 11.16.2010 Bizarre Creations, Budcat to be axed by Activision?The UK games industry weeps once more, as I have the sad news of reporting rumors that another UK studio -- this time Bizarre Creations -- is allegedly facing closure. Bizarre Creations in Liverpool houses 200 employees and w...
3:00 AM on 09.21.2010 James Bond will be getting physical in Blood StoneActivision sent over another trailer for 007: Blood Stone focused on the combat elements featured in the upcoming game. I don't think the intent here was to highlight the differences between stealthy and aggressive play...
4:40 PM on 09.13.2010 No current plans for another Geometry Wars, damn itBizarre Creations's Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved is incredible. The sequel? Even better. They may be among some of my personal favorite games of all time. But according to Bizarre level designer Peter Collier, there's no plan...
3:00 PM on 08.22.2010 GC 10: Blood Stone has a license to killThe second helping of Bond from Activision at gamescom nearly caused me to shatter my teeth. During a tense hands-on with the game's driving section, I had to put my pen in my mouth so I could hold the controller, a poor ...
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