Blur multiplayer demo live for all

By Oli Welsh Published 7 April, 2010

Had its head checked by a jumbo jet.

As we reported yesterday, the Blur multiplayer beta has been opened to all comers.

Now effectively a demo for the Bizarre Creations combat racer, the beta can be downloaded for free from Xbox Live Marketplace. It features four tracks, four modes and four classes of car, and the ability to rank up to level 15, unlocking stuff as you go. It's exclusive to 360.

Blur's released - for PC and PS3 as well - on 28th May.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Buenos_Estente #1 2 years ago

    I tried it but it wasnt easy, but nothing is

    no

  • Buzzing_Monkey #2 2 years ago

    Is the content only for gold members?

  • BillMurray #3 2 years ago

    It doesn't take much practice to get the hang of things.

  • matrim83 #4 2 years ago

    Had its head checked by a jumbo jet.

    :D Thats excellent! I dont normally give you guys enough credit from coming up with some cracking good taglines.

  • GamesConnoisseur #5 2 years ago

    The demo was pretty fun! Juggling 3 power ups and racing at same time give the game a new edge I felt. 20 players ripping each other and the road up was pretty hiliarious!

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #6 2 years ago

    Is the content only for gold members?

    It's online multiplayer only, so yes, Gold only.

    I'm not sure if I like it, but that's partly because a lot of waiting around in lobbies put me off. I see split-screen multiplayer is in the frontend menu, so bizarrely, this could end up being the Xbox Mario Kart alternative I've been waiting for...

  • Beano #7 2 years ago

    Tried the demo yesterday - a huge letdown!

    The low framerate (30fps) does not fit a fast arcade racer like this and no sense of speed at all. Burnout is still superior.

  • DrunkenDuncanUK #8 2 years ago

    Tried it love it the power ups remind me of rollcage for the psone.

  • fongy #9 2 years ago

    God-awful!!! Played the beta now a good few times, tried about 7 or 8 different tracks... got to level 12...
    The graphics (which I know aren't everything) are terrible, sense of speed isn't great and it's all a bit too random...
    Compare this to Split Second and there's no competition...
    I was really looking forward to this, and it was a huge letdown...
    Oh well, hopefully more people will buy Split Second (take a look at vids of it - AMAZING!)
    Did I mention how good Split Second is?!?!

  • BBIAJ #10 2 years ago

    @ fongy:

    Not many know how good Split/Second: Velocity potentially is as there is no demo freely available to the public as of yet, although I do believe that we're due one either before or shortly after the games release.

    As for how you somehow managed to play on almost double the number of tracks than are actually available in the Blur beta demo, that's quite an impressive feat right there!

  • Dizzy #11 2 years ago

    What happened to the graphics engine? PGR is a lot more advanced.

    The multi-platform curse strikes again?
    Edited by 1 at 07/04/10 @ 11:16

  • ColdShoulder #12 2 years ago

    Lol Fongy you dumb ass. Have you even played split second? And there are only 4 tracks in this beta.
    I've enjoyed playing 4 tracks for 8 hours now and look forward to the 30 promised in the full game. Plus the inevitable DLC...
    I'll try s/s when it's available but for 20 player madness I'll most likely stick with Blur.
    Oh and the guys complaining about sense of speed should try the class a cars. Much quicker than the usual d's and c's.

  • asphaltcowboy #13 2 years ago

    Really enjoyed the beta, it's really fun!
    Won't be picking it up til after Split/Second though

  • darleysam #14 2 years ago

    Oh Eurogamer, this isn't an EA title.

  • Les #15 2 years ago

    Each time I see the game title I think of the band... Speaking of which, does anyone understand how Damian Albarn can be so utterly brilliant with The Gorillaz in the past decade while the last 2 Blur albums have been average at best (IMHO)?

  • ignatiusjreilly #16 2 years ago

    Probably because Gorillaz is still new and interesting for him, although increasingly less so.

  • castertroy #17 2 years ago

    Had no intrest in this game but thought I would download it and give it ago. And I was surprised how fun it was. But when you know who gets released (s/s) this won't stand a chance!