Posts Tagged ‘Blur’

PS3 Preview – Blur
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

Blur is very much what Project Gotham Racing isn’t.  Bizarre Creations‘ latest racer attempts to address many of the issues they have seen with the racing genre. Primarily, inaccessibility via driver assistance, a feature nicknamed, “The hand of God.” This allows a crashed driver to be whisked back into the race among the pack of [...]

Bizarre Creations Says Blur’s PS3 Port Will Not Suffer
Thursday, March 4th, 2010

At this point in the current generation of consoles, multiplatform games are basically identical on either the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. But when the PS3 was new to the scene, it often got lesser treatment. This fact is no doubt in the back of the minds of many gamers. Will the upcoming action-racer Blur [...]

Blur Pushes the Limits of Racing in New Video
Sunday, February 28th, 2010

With its ultra high-speed racing action, Activision and Bizarre Creations‘ electrifying upcoming racer titled Blur is looking like a firm contender for one of the best racers for the new decade. A new official video for Blur has been released where the development team discusses different aspects of the title’s gameplay.

Blur Speeding Towards Electrifying Beta
Thursday, February 11th, 2010

During its 2009 financial earnings report, Activision confirmed that the electrifying racer, Blur, will receive a multiplayer beta.

Blur Story Progression Trailer Speeds Through
Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Activision is looking to revolutionize the racing genre with the introduction of Bizarre Creations’ Blur. A new “Story Progression” trailer has been released.

Blur Ready to Rock Out With their Blocks Out
Monday, October 19th, 2009

BLUR TO FEATURE IN LEGO ROCK BAND Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games today announce that LEGO® Rock Band™ will feature the likeness of chart-topping UK band, Blur. Singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree will be shown in the game as LEGO mini figures as players perform [...]

Blur Farther From Finish Line Than Expected
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

It looks like 2009 will be known as the year of the delays. That’s what it seems like, as a new racing game has been pushed back pretty far, especially since there’s already been some introductory advertising at retailers.

LEGO Rock Band Signs Bon Jovi, Blink 182, The Hives & More
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV Games Unveil Five New Tracks for LEGO Rock Band Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and MTV games today announced five new songs for the upcoming videogame release, LEGO Rock Band.

Activision Teases Project Gotham Developer with Massive Incentive
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Salary bonuses are a commonplace practice in high-stakes industries, but [shal]Activision[/shal] is taking the concept and applying it to an entire development team. And the team we’re referring to is Bizzare Creations, who’s famous (and very fun) Xbox 360 titles [shal]Project Gotham[/shal] Racing and [shal]Geometry Wars[/shal] sold millions of copies. Associate producer Chris Pickford revealed that the Project [...]

EA Joins In On Racing Game Trash Talk
Saturday, June 13th, 2009

It seems a lot of developers behind upcoming racing games are all hot-headed these days. First, Che Chou of Turn 10 Studios called Gran Turismo 5 stagnant. Then, Che tried to bribe people with in-game cars for Forza 2 if they voted in a CNET poll (which GT5 promptly won!). Now EA is joining in [...]

Activision’s Blur gets Teaser Site Treatment
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009

ACTIVISION AND BIZARRE CREATIONS TO REVOLUTIONIZE RACING GENRE WITH BLUR Activision Publishing is set to revolutionize the racing genre with the debut of Bizarre Creations’ newest project, Blur™ – the ultimate wheel-to-wheel racing action experience. The game drops players into heart-pumping, electrified racing action with 20 cars on a track all targeting the finish line [...]

Activision: “Blur To Do For Racing what Call of Duty did for Shooters”
Sunday, May 10th, 2009

After completing the company’s revenue report yesterday, Activision Blizzard’s CEO Michael Griffith was able to talk about his company’s new racing title, and why he expects it to be so successful.