Bizarre likely to work on existing Activision IP

14 Comments by Ross Miller Oct 12th 2007 2:00PM
Filed under: Action, Driving, Business

While still poised to work on a new racing franchise, recently-acquired developer Bizarre Creations has a second, action-oriented team that will "probably be working on a property that [new parent company] Activision already owns," according to executive vice president of publishing Robin Kaminsky (via Develop).

As noted by Develop, major Activision properties include Call of Duty (staying firmly with Infinity Ward, we'd presume), Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero and a multitude of license titles. Could Bizarre be assigned a James Bond game? The Club, Bizzare's arcade shooter, is scheduled for early 2008.

Tags: activision, bizarre, bizarre-creations

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mr nimblewick (SegaDF - Jogurt Ring): Oct 12th 2007; 2:12PM

Hopefully it's new and exciting.

Oh no I didn't!

NATO_Duke: Oct 12th 2007; 2:32PM

Oh no you di'nt

J.Goodwin: Oct 12th 2007; 2:14PM

Maybe they'll bring back Fur Fighters.

Acclaim is very dead now, so I wonder who owns the IP.

Mike: Oct 12th 2007; 2:44PM

My guess would be COD5... didn't Infinity Ward do COD2 & 4 with someone else doing 3?

Dracard: Oct 12th 2007; 2:51PM

They should totally revive the Interstate '76. Maybe remake '82 and make it good.

blooh (CDF - Nipple Ring): Oct 12th 2007; 2:52PM

i'd like a good bond game. there hasn't been one since goldeneye

ukickmydog (NDF - Earth): Oct 12th 2007; 3:46PM

mechwarrior!

EternityInBlack: Oct 12th 2007; 4:25PM

Maybe they're making a sequel to Supercar Street Challenge http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct;=res&cd;=5&url;=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSupercar_Street_Challenge&ei;=5NcPR-ugLJG6gQOgpPSuCA&usg;=AFQjCNErXvPVfONeVlIhLvDee7Ez9Pxzbw&sig2;=mObOno3L9PutRnL9XWwKLA
:) /hurl

Sean: Oct 12th 2007; 4:50PM

Tony Hawk's Pro Guitar Duty.

Nima Nikzad: Oct 12th 2007; 5:12PM

A new James Bond game is already in development at Treyarch. It is on the company homepage, but other than that no information has been made public.

dc: Oct 12th 2007; 6:15PM

Now that I think about it Activision really doesn't have a lot of franchises. There's CoD, Tony Hawk, Gun, Guitar Hero, Marvel license, id games and Bond. I'm probably missing a bunch but still, how the hell did they get so big with such a limited portfolio?

EternityInBlack: Oct 12th 2007; 7:48PM

Two words: Movie games

J.Goodwin: Oct 12th 2007; 9:05PM

They only have parts of the Marvel license too.

Apparently EA has the fighting game part.

Yeah, I don't get it either.

Zach Isso: Oct 12th 2007; 9:44PM

Gun, Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero - Neversoft

James Bond, Call of Duty, Spider-Man - Treyarch

So that leaves Madagascar 2: The Crate Escape, Monsters vs. Aliens, Transformers, and the most likely of all, Pimp My Ride.

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