Bizarre Creations

Bizarre Creations Limited
Formerly	Raising Hell Software Limited; (1988–1994)
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Video games
Founded	1988
Founder	Martyn Chudley
Defunct	February 18, 2011
Fate	Dissolved
Successor	Lucid Games
Headquarters	Liverpool, England
Key people	Martyn Chudley (managing director); Brian Woodhouse (studio head);
Products	Formula One series; Geometry Wars series; Project Gotham Racing series;
Number of employees	200 (2011)
Parent	Microsoft Game Studios; (minority stake, 2001–2007); Activision; (2007–2011);
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Bizarre Creations Limited was a British video game development studio based in Liverpool, best known for their racing titles Metropolis Street Racer (Dreamcast) and the follow-up Project Gotham Racing series (Xbox, Xbox 360, mobile phones and Zune HD). The company has also developed games in other genres, including the Geometry Wars arcade series, plus the third-person shooters Fur Fighters and The Club. Bizarre Creations was acquired by publisher Activision in 2007, and subsequently completed its racer Blur in May 2010.

On 20 January 2011, Activision announced Bizarre Creations would close, and later confirmed the date. Bizarre marked the closure by releasing a retrospective video of its work.

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