Gone Too Soon: Bizarre Creations

I loved this company, especially MSR, Blur and Geometry Wars. Didn't they become Playground Games?

Fur Fighters is a masterpiece !

Blur was excellent. The graphics are great, fun gameplay.

Blur and Bloodstone were both great games.

Wow that clip of the blur 2 prototype, I thought for the longest time that was a split second 2 prototype for years lol

Why tf did Activision purposely screw over a company under them?? Like that only loses them money wtf

I still remember when teenage me was glowing with excitement when learning that former developers of Bizarre Creation had founded a new studio under Take-Two/2k's branch to develop a spiritual successor to the PGR franchise. You should have then seen my look of disappointment when I learned that it was a mobile exclusive title and you should've the look of betrayal when I've played it the week of its release. A sight to behold.

I actually have a bit of nostalgia for that Treasure Planet game

i knew a guy who worked on blur he said blur was originally supposed to be a realistic arcade racer but that activision insisted on the mario kart stuff that made it just like split second in the end they also wasted a lot of time removing curbs from tracks on their insistence >_<

Came for the games, stayed for the obscure wrestling-references.

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PGR was awesome

Oh corporate bs, ruining developers like Bizarre Creations....

I liked that treasure planet game._.

Fur fighters for ps5

PGR4 is the pinaccle of arcade racing games. The best arcade racer ever created. Blur wasn't that bad either. It was Activision who ignored game and did nothing in case of marketing. At least in middle and eastern Europe. It looks like Activision demanded certain game, changed it to make it more "cookie cutter" style, safe for marketing and popular trends, just to don't spend money on marketing and blame studio for not creating game that doesn't stand out.

The Club and Boom Boom Rocket was BOTH underrated gems and I had no idea they came from the same company

It's really too bad that Blood Stone failed. It's actually the only game I own from this company and I enjoyed it quite a bit. RIP Bizarre Creations.

I wish they would release a remastered version of Blur on current gen consoles. I absolutely love that game and it is in my top 5 racing games of all time.

Xbox should of brought them

Gotta love how many companies Activision and EA have destroyed not

Everyone is like: We need Portal 3
I am like: i need blur 2...







I need blur 2...

"Mario kart with real-life cars" is how I've described Blur to the people I've introduced it to. Everybody has ended up loving it, and I've even gotten a few non-gamers to enjoy it. It's got split screen and LAN on both PC and PS3. You can completely turn off rubber-banding AI if you want. I still break out my 2 copies and hook up 2 PS3's with fam around the holidays.

Fun game from a studio that was indeed gone too soon

I loved fur fighters so much

so I know EA is evil and shitty, but it really seems like Activision just... sucks more? Like, of the evil megacorps, Activision seems like it might be the most soulless and awful. I eagerly await the next headline that puts EA in the lead for that title again!

PGR4 was a god send of a racing game
its just true

Bloodstone was a great game

The moment I seen their company logo with the flying pumpkin head & the lettering that it was Rodney Matthews. I'd recognize his artwork anywhere.

Blur is one of the most underrated games ever created

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My nephew is paying 4 to 12 dollars (?) for a stupid emote - skin in Fortnite 🙈

How I miss the ‘00s - ‘10s…

Blur was frickin awesome, I still play it sometimes when I want to go fast. The power-ups aren't bad at all, they're essential to the experience. These aren't Mario Kart puckups, they spawn at designated points. they're also (relatively) low-impact, a direct shunt/mine will cost the driver maybe 1 second. There's only one pickup with any RNG, a rubberband item that places 3 weak land-mines in a semi-random pattern in front of of the lead driver. And even then- learn to dodge oncoming obstacles. Filthy casual journalists, If you have problems with the powerups in Blur then git good.
And there's a crapton of single-player content too, it's at least a 20-hour game (50+ if you want EVERY LIGHT... and you do)

PGR is a great series. I sunk many hours into PGR2 and had a laugh that the showfloor mode shown towards the end, the player hadn't unlocked the Speed 12. I remember when they went up for sale and figured Microsoft would buy them. Oh well, their farewell video played with Clare De Lune is hit hard when released by the studio.

I think a lot of the members went on to Playground Games.

Such a great video, can't believe it took us this long to watch it. Fatal Rewind always was a curious, difficult game and MSR/PGR were incredible.
Thanks so much for this and for speaking out on how Blur got the shaft even though it was really great 💎

Blur is such a stellar game, it just feels so good to play with so much room for hype moments. Begging for a remaster, or hell, just a current gen re-release.

Man, I forgot Matt had Griptonite in the opening for this. I loved their stuff on the DS, and would watch the hell out of an episode about them. I know he hasn’t done a Gone Too Soon in quite a while, though.

Do more gone too soon about the great devs that were gone too soon

I thought Blood Stone was a pretty decent game.

I loved Treasure Planet for PS2.

O shit BLUR and BOOM BOOM ROCKET nice shit nigga

I recall being introduced to Bizarre Creations via their ‘08 shooter/racing hybrid The Club. Been playing it lately and it’s aged quite well in spite of its flaws (especially when you consider that most TPSs were of the cover-based kind back in the seventh generation).

To this day, I will never forgive Activision.

Fuck that company.

ACTIVISION!!!!!!!!!

Rip blur 2 😢