The gaming community has been astir with the limited information available regarding Hogrocket Studios. All we knew is that Bizarre Creations – the company responsible for games such as Blur, Geometry Wars, Project Gotham Racing, and many more – disappeared and came back onto the scene with whispers that a new indie company was formed in the aftermath. Hogrocket studios consists of three big names: Pete Collier, Ben Ward, and Stephen Cakebread. I was able to reach out to them last week, and they were kind enough to answer some of my basic questions. Here are the results:
From Eurogamer: "Staff from two big-name former UK studio are teaming up for a new set of projects.
Wushu Studios, which is largely made up of ex-Evolution staff members (think MotorStorm and Driveclub) is joining forces with Lucid Games, which is largely filled by former Bizarre Creations talent (think Project Gotham Racing)."
I just want Sony to hire Evolution staff back and make Driveclub 2. I believe after all the delays and problems Driveclub had in the beginning damaged the relations between Sony and Evolution, but in the end, Evolution did all they promised and much more, and Sony was to proud to "forgive" them and keep them as "internal studio".
Brian Woodhouse, the former studio director of Project Gotham Racing developer Bizarre Creations, has now taken up the position of head of business development at the British-based Lucid Games.
GamesIndustry: "Studio growth is risky - Bizarre Creations, Avalanche, Realtime Worlds and more help uncover the success and pitfalls of rapid expansion."
