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Bizarre sacked from PGR series prior to sale

Before its recent acquisition by Activision, Microsoft had already told Bizarre Creations that it would no longer be used for the development of future instalments of the microsoft-owned PGR series - thus ending a close working relationship and presumably prompting Bizarre's eventual sale.

According to a source within Bizarre who cannot be named (such is the way with such things), Microsoft had informed Bizarre that it would be taking development of future Gotham games in-house, before its then owners had decided to put the developer up for sale.

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Published: 804 days 13 hours ago | Rumors | Xbox 360 | Industry News

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krackchap - 804 days 13 hours ago

1 - early christmas gift

thats what you get for telling a DVD is limiting our vision.j/k
nice series btw,loved the first one metropolis street racer.

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Floxnard - 804 days 13 hours ago

1.1 - lol

That's funny, but I liked Bizzare, and I think it's a shame they won't be designing the PGR series anymore. T'was a great series.

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barom - 804 days 10 hours ago

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Don't worry. Nothing is stopping them from making another franchise.

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The Round Peg - 804 days 12 hours ago

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I wonder if it has anything to do with what Bizarre had said about DVD size.

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BloodySinner - 804 days 12 hours ago

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The Project Gotham series will never be the same without Bizarre.

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Meus Renaissance - 804 days 12 hours ago

4 - DVD

It's not so much an issue now but it will be in time. That's no secret so I doubt Bizarre making a comment about it had anything to do their dismissal from the game.

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shotty - 804 days 11 hours ago

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How so? Things get efficent with time

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rbanke - 804 days 10 hours ago

4.2 - @4.1

Things do get efficient, but not to that extreme. When it comes to using space and memory, the technology world doesnt often use less, it almost allways uses more. More ram, more drive space, bigger disk media, etc etc.

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TrapperDan - 804 days 12 hours ago

5 - This story is a bunch of BS

No one noticed that? Look at the details. Microsoft put BC up for sale? They didn't own BC flat out. They had a stake in them. This article is written using common knowledge information and made up filler to get hits. Look at the G-D details.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 804 days 11 hours ago

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That BS about the DVD size wasn't really brought by Bizarre, they even debunked the rumor afterwards saying with dynamic weather effects they didn't need to have the textures in day/night setting, but easily could get same effects in real time weather changes (think of sun coming up/going under, day&night in Viva Piniata, real time calculated)

But if MS did end the PGR series with Bizarre before Activision took them over, I am pretty much curious to know why exactly....

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nirwanda - 804 days 11 hours ago

7 - I hope they

buy the rites to MSR from sega to stick two fingers up at ms don't think ms like the fact they were starting to produce multi-format stuff.

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Jenzo - 804 days 10 hours ago

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This means no PGR for PS3. I wonder if Bizarre will make some other racing game for the PS3 instead. Interesting.

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DeZimatoR - 804 days 9 hours ago

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Bizarre should just make a game that only differs from the previous PGR games on the name.

Man this was harsh by M$... :S

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Jenzo - 804 days 7 hours ago

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Yeah, should have fired the developers responsible for graphics on the Forza team instead...

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UltramanJ - 804 days 7 hours ago

10 - *cough* Bullshit *cough*

What a bunch of bs! There's no way in hell M$ would've pulled Bizarre from the PGR series unlss they had to. I shudder to think of what half assed developer is going to get the reigns of the PGR series which I now consider dead since the original developers left.

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level 360 - 803 days 23 hours ago

11 - New direction

Why?, what has Bizzare done to deserve this?
In a way it could also be a blessing in disguise
for them to move-on and venture into new directions.
Possibly another triple-A title in the near future.
Good luck, and thanks for developing the PGR Series.

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beardtm - 803 days 15 hours ago

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RIP PGR Series.

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