| Bizarre Creations | |
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| Type | Video game developer |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Industry | Video games |
| Owner | Vivendi |
| Employees | 165 |
| Parent | Activision Blizzard |
| Website | http://www.bizarrecreations.com/ |
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Bizarre Creations evolved from Raising Hell Software, a developer of video games founded in 1988 by Martyn Chudley. Bizarre Creations is a Liverpool -based Video game developer beginning development under this name in 1994 Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Sega pressured them over the use of "Hell" in the name so the company went nameless for a short time. is a multinational Video game Software and Hardware development company and a former Home computer In 1994 a submission to Psygnosis/Sony forced the need for a new name. The founder initially put "Weird Concepts" on the submission documententation. Later a staff member used Microsoft Word's thesaurus on the name and "Bizarre Creations" was the suggestion that stuck. Microsoft Word is Microsoft 's flagship word processing software.
The Bizarre Creations team started off with five people working on a concept project called 'Slaughter'. After seeing the demo, Psygnosis signed on the developer to develop Formula 1 for the PlayStation. Psygnosis was a British Video game developer publisher, perhaps best known for their Lemmings, Wipeout Formula One was a series of computer and video games originally created by Psygnosis and more recently Studio Liverpool. Formula 1 became the best selling game in Europe in 1996.
In 2006, the studio announced a departure from their usual racing genre. Events January 26 2006 -- Nintendo announces its newly redesigned handheld the Nintendo DS Lite. See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction The Club is a third person shooter, released on February 7, 2008. The Club is a Video game by Bizarre Creations and is published by Sega. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
On September 26, 2007, Activision acquired Bizarre Creations[1]. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. The future of the Project Gotham Racing franchise is uncertain. Project Gotham Racing ( PGR) is a franchise of racing video games developed by Bizarre Creations and is published by Microsoft. They announced that PGR4 will be the last game produced for Microsoft[2], who own the rights to the Project Gotham Racing brand, so any future releases to the series will not be Bizarre Creations-developed. Project Gotham Racing 4 is the fourth title in the main Project Gotham Racing series, developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer
Bizarre Creations is also rumored to be making a racing genre video game based on the James Bond series for Activision. See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. [3]
Games
- Bizarre Creations Racing Project (in development) - Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC (TBA)
- The Club — Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC (2008)
- Geometry Wars: Galaxies - Nintendo DS, Wii (2007)
- Project Gotham Racing 4 - Xbox 360 (2007)
- Boom Boom Rocket — Xbox Live Arcade (2007)
- Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved — Xbox Live Arcade (2005), Windows Vista (2007), Windows XP (via Steam) (2007)
- Project Gotham Racing 3 — Xbox 360 (2005)
- Project Gotham Racing 2 — Xbox (2003)
- Treasure Planet — PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance (2002)
- Project Gotham Racing — Xbox (2001)
- Fur Fighters: Viggo's Revenge — PlayStation 2 (2001)
- Metropolis Street Racer — Dreamcast (2001)
- Fur Fighters — Dreamcast, PC (2000)
- Formula 1 97 / Formula One: Championship Edition — PlayStation (1997)
- Formula One — PlayStation (1996)
- Wiz 'n' Liz — Sega Genesis, Amiga
- The Killing Game Show/Fatal Rewind — Sega Genesis (1991), Amiga (1990), Atari ST (1990)