With Bizarre Creations now an Activision owned company, Microsoft's Project Gotham Racing series needs to find a new developer. Pro-G caught up with Bizarre's Commercial Director Sarah Chudley, to talk about the series as whole, working with Microsoft and the benefits of single platform development.
Pro-G: As one of the leading developers in the world, what is helping move games forward more: sheer hardware power or innovative control systems?
Sarah Chudley: Clever design! You can have all the power in the world and even special in-nostril smell-o-vision controllers as much as you like, but they won't be anything without great gameplay. In some ways, the days before 3D helped constrain the gameplay and focus the action, so now it's more about making sure that you don't get carried away with the power or input devices and dilute the gaming experience. Consoles may be magnificent and controllers such as the Wii devices innovative, but you've really got to work to make the best use of them. After all, it's the gameplay that gets you hooked, not the hardware...
