Legal Niches

Bizarre Creations Set To Close

By james_fudge

Activision's Bizarre Creations has accepted a recommendation by parent company Activision to close its doors. The Liverpool-based studio behind Blur was being shopped around by Activsion but the company said that it could not find a buyer despite several unnamed companies showing interest in purchasing it.

Coddy Johnson, Activision Worldwide Studios' chief operating officer, said that the company had "looked at all options" before recommending to close the group.

"I want to be clear, our first choice was to try and keep this group together and find a buyer for the studio," he told Develop. "This decision comes after a few months of exhausted examination of a number of different options across the board."

"We of course care about this team. We're offering the studio as many resources as possible, including counseling, external placement services and external career fairs," he added. Read More

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on January 19, 2011 (boomark / email).