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Activision has announced that Bizarre Creations' racing game Blur will be released in November.
"In November we'll release our new racing game Blur from Bizarre Creations," Mike Griffith, Activision big cheese, told investors during a financial call yesterday (transcript on Seeking Alpha).
"Blur had a strong showing at E3 as well, including the nomination for best racing game. We're excited to be entering this genre and we think the game itself sets us apart from the competition and will establish a new franchise for the company."
Bizarre Creations is, of course, the creator of Project Gotham Racing, and so has serious genre pedigree.
Blur pelts down the arcade lane once more, only this time without seatbelts on and with a cannon fastened to the bonnet. Head over to our hands-on impressions of Blur to see what we thought.
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kangarootoo
06/08/09 @ 12:51
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There seems to be an awful lot of slightly similar arcade racers coming out in the next year. I'm starting to lose track of which is which.
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muscleblade
06/08/09 @ 13:03
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Hmmm. I think AC2 and MW2 is more than enough for me in November tbh. This could be a fantastic game though.
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AtomicBanana
06/08/09 @ 13:23
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Being A massive PGR whore (loosing 1000's of hours to 2,3 and 4) I really wanted to like this. Sadly I just don't think the realistic cars gel with the arcade game play and power ups. I think it looks totally out classed by Split Second, in style and execution. I hope I'm not right, I really genuinely want this game to work for them.
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farticusmaximus
06/08/09 @ 13:33
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I'm also a huge fan of the PGR games and am also finding it difficult to get excited about Blur. It just seems to lack an identity, right down to the incredibly uninspired name.
Hopefully it's all in the gameplay though, and with any luck a demo will set us right. I still can't help feeling that an XBL/PSN release of Carmageddon would wipe the floor with the likes of Split Second, Blur, Fuel, Spume, Gruel, Fwoom, Slur, Yawn and all the other blandly-named, ill-defined racers on the horizon. |
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svd_grasshopper
06/08/09 @ 13:48
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the weapons will put me off from buying this, guaranteed. stupid!!!
a chance to do a crossplatform PGR, MSR or whatever. and we get this shite. VERY disappointing. look forward to the GRID2 which was the next best thing.
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I got the impression that Blur was poorly received at E3 but then Activision, who are publishing the game, aren't going to admit that.
Much as I love Bizarre Creations and their PGR series, I can't say I'm too excited about this game from what I've seen of it but hopefully it'll prove to be another gem like PGR 4. If so then I hope it sells better than PGR 4 did! |
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StooMonster
06/08/09 @ 14:05
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Blur is weird, it's very similar to Mario Kart but with PGR style graphics for cars. Items to pickup give you weapons, boosts or defence and there are jumps and hidden short cuts etc.
Cartoon gameplay but realistic graphics, does this work as a mashup? |
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metalangel
06/08/09 @ 18:23
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I'm sure this will do a roaring trade in the already overcrowded, AAA-ridden holiday crush! Except not really. Car combat games are very often shit, and I can't help but imagine this will be as bland as Hi-Octane was on the Saturn.
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BillyBrush
06/08/09 @ 20:15
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Dev has a history of making quality racing games....but...this is i imagine will be NFS, Midnight Club only maybe better...which, whilst good is not PGR, which was the perfect mix of arcade / sim they had lightning in a bottle, and they've changed to a new bottle
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Der_tolle_Emil
06/08/09 @ 21:15
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Well, PGR4 certainly was all kinds of awesome. However, I'm not quite interested in this yet from what I have read and by the time it will be released I will still be playing Forza 3.
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RobotRocker
07/08/09 @ 10:54
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Blur has some nice ideas and the "Racebook" feature sounds really intriguing. It was a total flop at E3 though (Mostly since Split//Second stole all its thunder) and launching it into a crowded market at Christmas isnt going to do it any favours. Its a shame, because Bizarre deserve a bit of success. But then, thats what they get for hoping into bed with Activision.
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metalangel
07/08/09 @ 17:02
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Perhaps if Blur comes with a pointless piece of plastic shit and they raise the price a bit, more idiots will buy it?
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