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Activision: Blur will do for racing what COD did for shooters'
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Money is tight, going out is expensive it
s bad news for the economy but not, it...
seems, for games retail. New research from Harris International shows that spending on home entertainment is on the up, and with it come san increase in the number of UK ...
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mcvuk.com - 5/13/2009
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Having been on the brink of approval in
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given final approval to new laws that could lead to the prosecution of anyone found to have downloaded copyrighted material on three separate occasions. The BBC ...
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mcvuk.com - 5/7/2009
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UK retailers and publishers are closely monitoring the
spread of Swine Flu in Los Angeles ahead of...
E3 as the region s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger calls a State of Emergency. However, the expo s organiser, the ESA, told MCV this week that the show ...
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Activision: Blur 'to do for racing what Call of Duty did for shooters'
Joystiq —
... Activision has big hopes for Bizarre Creations' upcoming racer, Blur. Following the company's revenue report yesterday, CEO Michael Griffith said that Blur "brings real innovation to the racing category and is looking very strong." ...
Activision: “Blur To Do For Racing what Call of Duty did for Shooters”
PlayStation LifeStyle —
... that Blur ”brings real innovation to the racing category and is looking very strong.” He continued by stating:
“From a business perspective, we are targeting Blur to do for racing what Call of Duty did for shooters. That was the goal when we originally acquired Bizarre Creations to make this game.”
We can expect to see Blur at next month’s E3 convention, and hopefully the game lives up to the CEO’s bold words.
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Upcoming Racing Game Repeatedly Compared To A Shooter [Genre-mixing]
Kotaku —
... From a "business perspective" it's not hard to see why Activision would hope that the first racing game Bizarre Creations makes since the publisher acquired the Project Gotham Racing development studio would have a Call of Duty impact. ...
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