Bizarre Creations, developers of the well-received Blur and the not-so-well-received 007: Blood Stone, have shut shop today. Messages sent between several games industry figures over Twitter suggest that Activision’s closed down the studio, laying off all 200 of its employees.
“Sad Day for games developers. Really glad I didn’t sell my company to Activision,” wrote Traveler’s Tale director Jon Burton on his Twitter account.
While Activision’s yet to officially confirm the shutdown, it’s pretty much a fact. Bizarre Creations have been established since 1994 and are most highly known for their work on the Geometry Wars and Project Gotham Racing franchises. Activision purchased the studio in 2007; they released three titles under their name.
We hope those fired in the studio closure find work elsewhere. It’s never good for one to lose their job.
Thanks, CVG.
It should be Activision who are shut down. This is anger inducing news, whether Bizarre’s latest games’ were good or not. Activision are a truly negative force these days
I really do hate Activision. I refuse to pay hard earned money for they’re games so they can shut down dev studios who don’t sell 5 million copies, shit COD games like there is no tomorrow, and keep Bobby KoDick in fresh virgins nightly.
Down with Activision!!!
Bizarre Creations worked on one of the best downloadable titles for the Xbox 360, Geometry Wars. If there is any proof needed to say Activision is the root of all evil in the video games industry it’s this. Plus an interview Bobby Kotick did with Joystiq recently all he talked about was the Call of Duty franchise be successful and put down EA some as he usually does. He didn’t even mention that Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock on all consoles combined didn’t even sell 100,000 units.