Ex-Activision Boss Forgets Name Of “Bad Acquisition” Behind Project Gotham Racing, Blur And Geometry Wars

Bizarre, quite frankly.

Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has been speaking about his time in the video game industry recently, and while he’s quick to recall that GoldenEye on Wii almost didn’t have guns in it, he struggles to recall the name of one of the UK’s most respected (and now defunct) game studios (thanks, VGC).

Discussing the topic of acquisitions, Kotick appeared to offer the example of Bizarre Creations, the Liverpool-based studio—responsible for Sony’s F1 games, Metropolis Street Racer, Project Gotham Racing, Blur and Geometry Wars—that Activision snapped up in 2007 for $67.4 million.

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Bizarre, quite frankly.

Former Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick has been speaking about his time in the video game industry recently, and while he’s quick to recall that GoldenEye on Wii almost didn’t have guns in it, he struggles to recall the name of one of the UK’s most respected (and now defunct) game studios (thanks, VGC).

Discussing the topic of acquisitions, Kotick appeared to offer the example of Bizarre Creations, the Liverpool-based studio—responsible for Sony’s F1 games, Metropolis Street Racer, Project Gotham Racing, Blur and Geometry Wars—that Activision snapped up in 2007 for $67.4 million.

Read the full article on timeextension.com

 

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