The Art Of: Bizarre Creations’ Blur

EDGE – A scorching Catherine wheel of an urban arcade racer, Blur was marketed as a ‘mature’ Mario Kart to a notional untapped market. Joining Split/Second: Velocity in the May 2010 bloodbath caused by the release of Red Dead Redemption, it flopped, sending out dire signals for mid-tier gaming. Sure enough, creator Bizarre Creations was closed less than one year later. Now installed as head of art and animation at BioWare, Neil Thompson, a former art director at Bizarre, casts a glance back at the glory of the game itself.