Bizarre's new racer Blur sighted

By Robert Purchese Published 22 April, 2009

Flash cars with guns.

Bizarre Creations has whipped the wrappers off Blur, its brand new racing IP for Activision.

Blur, like Project Gotham, features flash cars roaring around exotic locations such as New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London (hold on) Tokyo and more, according to a preview in French magazine Joypad (spotted by IGN).

But there are also weapons: mines, shields and even some kind of electric attack. And that means Bizarre Creations has had to redevelop the collision detection to cope.

There's little else for now, although we're rummaging around to see what we can find.

Activision bought Bizarre Creations back in September 2007, a move that the developer said allowed renewed focus on games as all the boring company stuff would, in future, be taken care of by someone else.

Bizarre was to work on one racing and one character-based game for Activision. And with Microsoft owning the PGR series, SEGA retaining The Club and EA presiding over Boom Boom Rocket, that suggested the need to create new IP.

So far so good, it seems.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (29) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • BBIAJ #1 3 years ago

    New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, and Tokyo?

    Yawn! Aren't they bored of churning out the same old cities time and time again? What happened to the excellent variety of PGR2 chaps?
    Edited by 1 at 22/04/09 @ 09:59

  • Xerx3s #2 3 years ago

    Wait, they left ms to make something else and what do they make? A racer? I would have been interested without the guns. Now...not so much.

  • neonxaos #3 3 years ago

    This honestly sounds a bit different... weapons in a Bizarre racer. I am envisioning Gran Turismo and Forza with guns now too :)

  • metalangel #4 3 years ago

    Ponytailed marketing execs strike again... "Bizarre! Buddy! Make PGR again, bro! But add guns! Kids love guns! Yeah! Kudos to ya! Get it? KUDOS?"

    So, will this break the mould of car combat games and NOT suck?

  • Dizzy #5 3 years ago

    I have a bad feeling about this.

  • nasanu #6 3 years ago

    Guns? Pass.

  • space_ace #7 3 years ago

    he not keen on being like
    anyone else
    so he just plays on his computer game!

    blur - parklife

  • DrDamn #8 3 years ago

    Could be interesting if the world was opened up and not strictly track based. I suspect track based though.

  • rotmm #9 3 years ago

    Blur? So a PS3 exclusive then.








    btw, j/k.

  • thenastypasty #10 3 years ago

    I think this could be quite promising. pgr4 is my no1 racing game of all time,so mix that with some gun i think could be fun.

  • AtomicBanana #11 3 years ago

    I've loved every racing game they've ever made. Don't let me down guys!

  • Eraysor #12 3 years ago

    I've always liked vehicle combat games, but I never liked PGR. Hopefully they'll ignore any kudos-style elements in this one.

  • Monsta #13 3 years ago

    was loving it until you mentioned weapons

  • kincaide #14 3 years ago

    Bang goes another day

  • Toothball #15 3 years ago

    I lost all interest at the first mention of weapons. Well, I lost what little interest was left after the mention of Activision anyway. I've been holding out for the feel that made MSR so wonderful, which the Gotham games never quite seemed to deliver. I don't think this is going to do anything I want from it.

    Also, I didn't realise that Bizarre made The Club. Might pick it up if I see it for pennies.

  • barchetta #16 3 years ago

    From the inside cover of the latest EDGE expect to see a larger expose. Though if they had expected an exclusive then they'll now be disappointed! Though, on second thoughts isn't Joypad a sister publication of EDGE and shares articles?

    So PGR meets The Club. Ah well, surely better than Full Auto?

  • Eraser #17 3 years ago

    So all they have to do is add banana peels and you've got Mario Kart again?

  • BadBoyBonner #18 3 years ago

    This new game seems like it has lost it's focus ;-)

  • Eraser #19 3 years ago

    Very clever.

  • homerramone #20 3 years ago

    sounds like full auto to me

  • Darren #21 3 years ago

    PGR 4 is still my favourite racer of this generation - although GRID comes very close - so I'm immensely excited at the prospect of playing another racing game from the supremely talented Bizarre Creations. Shame its the same old cities but at least the concept sounds a little different for them. Full Auto springs to mind but hopefully it'll be much, much better than that heap of mediocrity.

  • OldK1ngCole #22 3 years ago

    I've bought everything Bizarre have produced up till this point and I genuinely believe they are the most talented developers of driving games in the world. Really didn't see this coming though.

    Please, please, please let this be good.

  • Dodgymat #23 3 years ago

    Is this what has become of Bizarre? Their latest game announced in a French mag, in French. I thought they signed for Activision, not Ubisoft. Sad.

    As for the name, lets hope it doesn't end up being another generic "one name racer" like GRiD, DiRT, SHiFT or NiTRO which seem to be the norm these days.

    i.e SHiT

  • mashk #24 3 years ago

    They're taking the fun out of everything.

  • BadBoyBonner #25 3 years ago

    Making me run, When I don't want to think

  • evild_edd #26 3 years ago

    @ Toothball: "Also, I didn't realise that Bizarre made The Club. Might pick it up if I see it for pennies"

    Just finished playing this actually, after I picked it up for a ridiculously cheap £7.50 a while back (second hand deal, I think). Absolutely cracking title for those who like their twitch gaming - succeeds in Bizaar's mission to do the shoot-em-up, what PGR did for the racing genre :0)

    P.S. The name does the business for me as well. Off to Mr Albarn et al at Hyde Park this year - can't wait! ^_^

  • Numbat #27 3 years ago

    Hmm - doesn't excite me, but I loved Wipeout - could have scope I guess. But I hated handling of the bikes in PGR4. I am really bored of Kudos though and will be glad if that dies. Also bored with the same cities - so many to choose from - We want NEW!

  • marmaduke #28 3 years ago

    "Some kind of electric attack"

    Somewhere there's a University course for aspiring game artists that has an entire module in this. By training their students in creating this they guarantee them jobs later in life.

    Other modules deal with 'Fire attacks', 'Ice attacks', and how to draw big monsters that bellow at you before they attack.

  • ExplodingClown #29 3 years ago

    So... Full Auto redux then.


    Someone just hurry up and make a new fucking Carmageddon, already.