Tag: Blur
News Pick Up Some New PlayStation 3 Games, Support The Japanese Earthquake Relief Effort
What's up, guys? I don't want to make this post unnecessarily convoluted, so I'm going to jump straight to the point
I'm sure you're all aware of the situation in Japan. I've spent the last couple of days wondering what little I can do to help, and figured that the huge stack of PS3 games situated next to my desk might hold the answer. So I've...
News Fight The Tears: Bizarre Creations Closes On Friday
Despite releasing the brilliant Blur last year, Develop's reporting that British studio, Bizarre Creations, will close their doors on Friday
The Merseyside team has been behind some of our favourite games over the years, including Metropolis Street Racer and Project Gotham Racing. Despite releasing two good games last year — James Bond 007: Blood...
News Sadly, It Looks Like Bizarre Creations Are Kinda Done
Bizarre Creations might have delivered the brilliant Blur last year, but sadly it sounds like the studio's days are numbered
Last we heard Activision were looking to offload the developer to a potential buyer, but it sounds like talks have fallen through. Activision Worlwide Studios' COO Coddy Johnson told Develop that the publisher
News Activision "Exploring Options" Over The Future Of Bizarre Creations
Activision's released a statement claiming they are "exploring options" over the future of Bizarre Creations after the Internet exploded this afternoon with claims of the studio's closure
The rumours kicked off on GiantBomb when they cited sources claiming that Bizarre Creations will be going through a 90-day consultation period, statutory...
News Little Game Called Red Dead Redemption Holds Onto The UK Charts' Top Spot
We played Red Dead Redemption for about 10 hours this weekend
We've already beaten the game. Go figure. It's properly, properly amazing. So it's no surprise to see it uphold the top of the UK sales charts once again. UFC Undisputed 2010 continues to do surprisingly well here, with a slot in third, while EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup moves into second...
Feature Playstation Face-Off: Blur vs. Split/Second
Last month saw the release of two hotly anticipated arcade racers
Sadly, too much of a good thing can lead to a difficult choice, but worry not, we're here to help. Marking the first of our Playstation face-offs, we take a look at the pros and cons of Bizarre Creations' Blur and Disney Interactive's Split/Second. Blur on Playstation 3 Review -...
News Red Dead Redemption Holds Onto The UK Charts' Top Spot, Blur & Alpha Protocol Miss Out
Red Dead Redemption's still top of the UK software charts, despite all those shortages
And there should be no real surprise about this - the game's sensational. THQ's UFC Undisputed 2010 managed to debut in second-place, with a slew of familiar titles rounding out the rest of the top ten. Perhaps the bigger story is the absence of Alpha Protocol and...
Feature Racing Games... Too Many Racing Games - "Twiggy" The Push Square Opinionator
Burnout Paradise predates this website
It was released in January 2008, at a time when I didn't have to play every game that released. I picked it up sometime in September. Being a fan of arcade racers, it still bemuses me that I didn't buy it earlier, and I honestly can't for the life of me recall why. But I didn't - I picked it up late. At the...
News Blur Invades The Streets Of London
Blur and its Mario Kart-rippin' buddies have taken to the Old Street Magistrates Court in London to promote Activision's racers
The game's out today in the UK today. The painting took over 30 hours to complete and was painted by British artist Gary Nolan. If you've yet to see the advert it's immitating, click through here. It's essential.
News Blur's TV Ad Seriously Takes The Piss Out Of Mario Kart, All The Better For It
Blur's a racing game that's taken more than a few cues from Nintendo's Mario Kart franchise -- and mixing them all up in a gigantic blender with a hint of Project Gotham Racing
And that's exactly what the game's commercial states. This is racing for "big boys".
News Latest Blur Trailer Deals With Multiplayer
Y'know, we've really come around to Blur
At first we were a bit - "meh, Project Gotham mixed with Mario Kart" - but the extra development time seems to have really helped Bizarre Creations' cause. The game looks cool, with a weird blend of styles ranging from sci-fi to street racing. The latest trailer deals with the multiplayer...
News Blur Trailer Tells You Pretty Much Everything You Need To Know
Bizarre Creations' first Playstation 3 racer Blur is not particularly far away at this point, but we're still yet to get our hands-on the game like our XBOX owning brethren
Thankfully this trailer pretty much details everything you need to know about it. The game's due next month.
News Split/Second Trailer Is As Amazing As They Come
It's the Easter weekend
We should be as far away from the office as possible. But we just saw that Disney's released a new trailer for their upcoming "reality TV" racing game, Split/Second. As you might expect, it looks completely killer, with pounding beats, slow-motion and explosions. May's going to be awesome for racers: Modnation...
News Bizarre Creations, You Mean You're Not Just Working On Blur?
CVG are reporting that Liverpool based developer Bizarre Creations are not just working on their upcoming combat racer Blur
Nuh-uh, they've got two projects up their sleeve. Ged Talbot, Blur's co-lead designer told CVG:"We do have a couple of other projects on the go and they haven't been restricted or slowed down [by Blur's development]...
News Blur Brings Its Destructive Racing To The PS3 On May 28th
Bizarre Creations' announced that its power-up focused racing title Blur will hit the UK on May 28th
The game was due in November but has since been pushed back for an extra lick of polish or two. Interestingly, that's in a similar window to Disney's destructive racer Split/Second. Decisions, decisions. Although arcade racing games are one of our...
News Blur Looks A Bit Better In Its Latest Trailer
It's a funny one Blur
It's coming from a team with a fantastic heritage — the Metropolis Street Racer and Project Gotham Racing franchises were both absolutely fantastic. But Blur's never looked quite so exciting; particularly not for a Bizarre Creations game. This latest trailer makes more sense however. It's clear Bizarre are aiming for a super...
News Blur Gets Pushed Back To 2010
Bizarre Creations' weapons-based shooter, Blur, will not make its planned November release date
Like most of the other games this Holiday, it's been delayed. According to Activision CEO Mike Griffith, this is a strategic move to "fully optimize the vision set out to create for Blur including a distinctive and groundbreaking multiplayer mode...
News New Blur Trailer Reveals More About The Game, Twitter Support Is Announced
Boy are we bombarded with great racing games lately
With Split/Second on the horizon, the excellent DiRT 2 now off our review schedule and Gran Turismo 5 rumoured, what space will there be for the Blur? Given the developer's pedigree, probably quite a lot, after all, this is Bizarre Creations' latest franchise. And from the trailer we get the...
News Blur Preorder "Incentives" Revealed For North America
Bizarre Creations have a fantastic track-record so it's hard not being excited about upcoming combat racer Blur
With the release pencilled for November, as usual there are a number of preorder bonuses popping up around the net, in this case for the USA. GameStop will offer the "Multiplayer Advantage Booster Kit" that offers...
News Developers Talk About Blur & Its Wealth Of Power-Ups
So Blur might end up looking like a mix between Need For Speed, Wipeout and Mario Kart but you have to remember that this is coming from the guys who made the Project Gotham Racing games
As such, if there's one thing those peeps can do, it's make an awesome racing game. Which we're hoping Blur will be. There are a lot of other good racing games...
E3 2009 Blur Burns Rubber With Gary Numan
Here's the latest trailer for Bizarre Creation's weapons based racer Blur
We thought the addition of Gary Numan was perfectly fitting. This game reminds us so much of Megarace. Remember that?
Picture the scene: you've just picked up your fancy new red Ferrari-esque sports car
You're serenely speeding down the motorway before you see a red flash in your rear view mirror. Next thing you know you're in a hospital bed with severe head injuries. That's probably what happened to the guy driving the car in this Blur trailer. We hope Bizarre...
News Bizarre Creations' Blur Looks Kinda Ridiculous
Blur is coming to the Playstation 3 from Bizarre Creation's, the developers behind the excellent Project Gotham series
The game aims to "make racing games fun" - an interesting mandate to say the least. It's going to be a weapons based racing game. It looks ridiculous. Colour us interested.
News Blur Aims To Do For Racing What Call Of Duty Did For Shooting
Bizarre Creations are a company with a pretty good portfolio, having worked on a number of games in the Project Gotham series over on the XBOX
They no longer work for Microsoft, and instead have a publishing deal with Activision where they intend to create a new racing series titled Blur.From a business perspective, we are targeting Blur to do for...
