Activision recommends closure of Bizarre Creations

Publisher said to have looked at all other options.

Activision has decided the best course of action to take regarding Liverpool-based Bizarre Creations is to close the studio, Activision Worldwide Studios' chief operating officer Coddy Johnson has told Develop.

Late last year reports of a possible studio closure surfaced, the publisher stating that although it "made a substantial investment in creating a new IP, Blur, it did not find a commercial audience."

There had been hope the studio would live on under the ownership of a new publisher, but Johnson's comments suggest this is now unlikely to happen.

He told Develop: "I want to be clear, our first choice was to try and keep this group together and find a buyer for the studio."

He added that the publisher had "explored a lot of leads – pretty much anyone you can imagine in the industry."

This hunt for a buyer ultimately failed.

"We've not been able to find and interested parties. So we've made as a last resort, a recommendation to the team for closure," he concluded.