I guess this means no Metropolis Street Racer 2...

Here's to hoping the ex-members of Bizzare creations will make their own studio free of the tyranical reign of Activision.

Damn gotham racing was dope

MS should pick them up again.  It was foolish to let them go in the first place.

:'(

The 1994 - 2011 part really got me :(

I wrote this whole big post and realized everyone has already said what I needed to say so I'll shorten it down. 
 
Much love Bizarre and the best to every individual. Fuck Activision from the top and a good ways down. 
 
Developers++ 
Greedy Publisher Overlords--

Instead of all the people on here complaining about the closure of bizzare how about you just maybe buy the games of the developers you "so called" support?
 
The bottom line is that you guys didn't buy enough so they got shut down .
 
Now I have never been a fan of bizarre so although the closure is bad news for the people involved and sad for everyone involved in gaming it doesn't really surprise me
 
So many people seem shocked at the closure but surely if you all bought their games they would currently be working on their next big title

I decided to fire up some Blur because of this. 
 
Now, I'm really sad there's not going to be a Blur 2. They definitely had something there, and it's depressing to know that PGR, Geometry Wars, and Blur will just fade away now that they're gone.

RIP Bizarre.  Geometry wars is the only game I still play on my DS.  
 
And Activision, you can go fuck yourself.

Beautiful musical selection. 
 
I love Bizarre's work on Geometry Wars. I've never been much of a racing fan, so I don't shy at not having picked up PGR or Blur. But I've bought two copies of Geometry Wars, as well as GW2. 
 
From that point of view, I can say that they had an extremely talented team of gameplay designers, artists, musicians, and sound engineers. If they had made more games in that style, I would've been thrilled to pay out the nose for their work. It's unfortunate that racing, like the music genre, has largely lost the pull it once had to make major sales. 
 
Hopefully, all the fine developers at the studio will be picked up and be making original game design again soon.

R.I.P Bizarre Creations, good luck in the future to all those involved EXCEPT ACTIVISION

Kudos

Man, I like PGR a lot, and James Bond was jolly not the best games but cool.. and man... geometry wars.
 
RIP Bizzare.

This really sucks! Where did it all go wrong?

I thought Project Gotham was a game that sold quite well. What happened?

Good luck to you guys :(

Activision, you cannibalizing motherfucker.

Blur was one of my favorite modern racing games.  Godspeed, guys :(

Man it's a tough world out there if these guys got dissolved. Hard to take big risks? I would love to hear how exactly this happened.

" @SuperSambo said:

" I don't understand. Get them working in PGR5 and you've got a money spinner! Why not do that rather than abandoning them? "

Because its Activision. "

Such a great developer....
 
and now they are gone. Why Activision? WHY!?!?

" @Meteora said:

" @SuperSambo said:

" I don't understand. Get them working in PGR5 and you've got a money spinner! Why not do that rather than abandoning them? "

Because its Activision. "

Uh, no...it's Microsoft. They own the PGR franchise which is why Activision doesn't just make another one unless they want to license it back from Microsoft or co-publish or something.  That's the whole reason they did Blur in the first place, because they no longer had the rights to make another PGR--so they had do a racing game by another name. "

Out of work Scousers are dangerous, no good can come of this.
 
Joking. But I am moving my car.

At least their babies will live on. In infamy../

They had the potential to be one of the greats and it's unfortunate that they had met their demise before their time. I think I'll pop in The Club today as a tribute to one of the most promising gaming companies ever, Bizarre Creations.  
 
Thank you for entertaining us with all your magnificent games and all the best in your future endeavors. 
 
Love, 
 
Psykhophear 
 
 
P/S: And as for Activision, I wish that one day you will face the same fate as a dose of your own medicine. Bizarre was doing fine until you interfered. I hope you're happy Activision, because we're not. May this year's bad economy will hunt you down and kill every one of you insects.

Ill always love Bizarre for the fact that they made Geometry Wars and to this day that is still one of my all time favorite games. Kudos Bizarre, kudos indeed.

Fuck Activition. 

I remember (if my memory doesn't trick me) them developing an rather great Formula One game on the PS1. Played the hell out of that. 

I can't believe a development house like Bizzare is going out like this.  Project Gotham/Geometry Wars and Blur seriously all very good games.  Camon Microsoft, purchase this team and get busy on PGR5!

Total bummer.

The end title card should have been:

I honestly can't see how Microsoft would let a property like PGR slip from their hands. Bizarre housed a huge amount of talent, and I'm sure that even if the former employees won't get to work on another PGR-game, they will find work elsewhere. I wonder if Turn 10 is employing...

 
*sniff*  Thanks for the memories, BC-- here's wishing your departed members success in 2011.

Fuck Activision.

" I honestly can't see how Microsoft would let a property like PGR slip from their hands. Bizarre housed a huge amount of talent...

I would have bought a PGR5 Day One. Sniff. Good Luck Bizarre I hope we see your games again.

No more PGR! :(  so sad

RIP Bizzaire Creations.... I actually am a bit misty-eyed myself after that.

Farwell Bizarre. Today is a sad day indeed. Activison you suck.

Let this be a lesson to any studio on the receiving end of a visit from an Activision suit. They're a giant parasite feasting on the creative.

" Fuck Activition.  "

Those saying fuck you to Activision better not have been buying COD year in and year out. Especially after the shit that went down with Infinity Ward.

Yep, misty eye'd here too..... damn this sucks. 

sad to see a other uk game company go dow the pan

Fuck you Activision