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Activision is an American video game publisher and developer.
Activision is an American video game publisher and developer.
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Daily Grind: Blur Online Multiplayer Beta
Despite the numerous Wipeout games that have been released across Sony’s platforms over the last few years, none have held more significance than the first game in the series which was released alongside the PlayStation in 1995. With an aesthetic crafted by retro-minimalist graphic design studio The Designers Republic and a soundscape of european electronica plucked from from the decade’s burgeoning scene, the game’s success was a product of zeitgeist as much as effective design.
It’s interesting then to see Bizarre Creations, whose 1996 release Formula 1 was just as instrumental to the PlayStation’s early success (at least in Europe) as Wipeout, take inspiration from its former publisher’s futuristic racing series. Their latest title, Blur, is a weaponised racer which presents the technological stopgap between the modern supercars of our world and the anti-gravity vessels of the Feisar corporation.
Far from rehashing a dormant genre, the studio has been keen to talk up the social aspects of their game. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are cited as being just as essential to Blur’s design as the racing games the studio has spent the previous 14 years of its existence producing. Curious to see this fusion of combative competition and social interaction, I spent some time with the multiplayer beta that’s currently running on Xbox Live.
Awesome: Power Play - Pole Position - Social Climber - The Neon Handshake
Boresome: Stopping Power - The Twits
To find out whether the Blur Online Multiplayer Beta lives up to its acronym, Read on!
Despite the numerous Wipeout games that have been released across Sony’s platforms over the last few years, none have held more significance than the first game in the series which was released alongside the PlayStation in 1995. With an aesthetic crafted by retro-minimalist graphic design studio The Designers Republic and a soundscape of european electronica plucked from from the decade’s burgeoning scene, the game’s success was a product of zeitgeist as much as effective design.
It’s interesting then to see Bizarre Creations, whose 1996 release Formula 1 was just as instrumental to the PlayStation’s early success (at least in Europe) as Wipeout, take inspiration from its former publisher’s futuristic racing series. Their latest title, Blur, is a weaponised racer which presents the technological stopgap between the modern supercars of our world and the anti-gravity vessels of the Feisar corporation.
Far from rehashing a dormant genre, the studio has been keen to talk up the social aspects of their game. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are cited as being just as essential to Blur’s design as the racing games the studio has spent the previous 14 years of its existence producing. Curious to see this fusion of combative competition and social interaction, I spent some time with the multiplayer beta that’s currently running on Xbox Live.
Awesome: Power Play - Pole Position - Social Climber - The Neon Handshake
Boresome: Stopping Power - The Twits
To find out whether the Blur Online Multiplayer Beta lives up to its acronym, Read on!
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Mini-Grindcast: Shattered Spider-Mans
Did anybody call for a Mini-Grindcast?! The friendly neighbourhood podcasters of Thankless Grind don ridiculous spandex costumes and assemble on the roof of Centre Point to discuss the recently announced Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. In addition to theorising which corner of the Marvel Universe the game’s unannounced variations of Spider-Man could be plucked from, Ian and Josh ponder flying cars, the high-speed internet of the future and the awesomeness of Captain America eating Thor.
Listen on for 5 minutes of conversation.
Listen on for 5 minutes of conversation.
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