The Blur and Project Gotham studio closes on Friday; what will be its legacy?
On Friday, February 18th, Bizarre Creations’ Liverpool studio will turn off the lights, lock the windows and close its doors for the final time.
The group made around twenty games over 15 years, growing to around 200 staff at the peak of its success.
From Eurogamer: "Staff from two big-name former UK studio are teaming up for a new set of projects.
Wushu Studios, which is largely made up of ex-Evolution staff members (think MotorStorm and Driveclub) is joining forces with Lucid Games, which is largely filled by former Bizarre Creations talent (think Project Gotham Racing)."
I just want Sony to hire Evolution staff back and make Driveclub 2. I believe after all the delays and problems Driveclub had in the beginning damaged the relations between Sony and Evolution, but in the end, Evolution did all they promised and much more, and Sony was to proud to "forgive" them and keep them as "internal studio".
Brian Woodhouse, the former studio director of Project Gotham Racing developer Bizarre Creations, has now taken up the position of head of business development at the British-based Lucid Games.
GamesIndustry: "Studio growth is risky - Bizarre Creations, Avalanche, Realtime Worlds and more help uncover the success and pitfalls of rapid expansion."
Raising hell and wiz and liz FTMFW.
Love how activision can so quickly become victims in having to close one of their beloved studios, FFS.
I suppose they havent heard of offsetting.