Bizarre Creations
Defunct British video game development studio / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bizarre Creations Limited was a British video game development studio based in Liverpool, best known for their racing titles Metropolis Street Racer (Dreamcast) and the follow-up Project Gotham Racing series (Xbox, Xbox 360, mobile phones and Zune HD). The company has also developed games in other genres, including the Geometry Wars arcade series, plus the third-person shooters Fur Fighters and The Club. Bizarre Creations was acquired by publisher Activision in 2007, and subsequently completed its racer Blur in May 2010.
Formerly | Raising Hell Software Limited (1988–1994) |
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Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Video games |
Founded | 1988; 36 years ago (1988) |
Founder | Martyn Chudley |
Defunct | February 18, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-18) |
Fate | Dissolved |
Successor | Lucid Games |
Headquarters | Liverpool, England |
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Number of employees | 200[1] (2011) |
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On 20 January 2011, Activision announced Bizarre Creations would close, and later confirmed the date. Bizarre marked the closure by releasing a retrospective video of its work.[2]