eurogamer.net - 5/25/2009
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On building Blur's new IP in two years. Throwing off the shackles of simulation racing might sound like a good idea to some extent, but in Bizarre Creations' case, the simmy side of Project Gotham Racing was only shackling it to, er, enormous critical acclaim. Having been swallowed up by Activision, however, the Liverpool-based developer had little choice but to start over on something new - and after a decade making sim-leaning racing games for Dreamcast and then Xbox and Xbox 360, it's ...
edge-online.com - 5/19/2009
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edge-online.com —
Format: 360, PC, PS3 Release: Q4 2009 Publisher:
Activision Blizzard Developer: Bizarre Creations PGR is a game
that hates players,” says Martyn Chudley , flatly. “The fundamental premise that we had through the entire series was: ...
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People don't care about leaderboards, says Blur dev
Destructoid —
... Blur lead designer Gareth Wilson has been commenting on one of the racing genre's most obligatory features -- the leaderboard -- making a bold claim that, despite the appearance of leaderboards in nearly every game on the planet, the amount of people who actually care about being number one is minimal. Apparently, topping the leaderboard is a goal only a select few people ever strive for. ...
How To Get Real Cars For Combat Racing [Blur]
Kotaku —
... have given Bizarre more confidence at the bargaining table. "Also other games have kicked the door down for us as well, like GRID and DiRT," he added. "We had one thing with a manufacturer where they didn't want smoke coming out of the car, and we just said yeah but you're in GRID, and GRID does smoke. And they went, oh yeah." Future ground that Bizarre hopes is broken: Flames coming out of a licensed car while moving. After that? Explosions! Bizarre Creations' Gareth Wilson Interview [Eurogamer]
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