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Bizarre Creations announces plans to open up its closed Blur beta to all users over Xbox Live...
Due to popular demand, Bizarre Creations has announced plans to open up its closed Blur beta to all Xbox Live users. The beta is currently only available to users with a key, although these have apparently run out and Bizarre is now keen to open the beta publicly at some point this week.
According to a Kotaku report, Blur's Lead Designer, Gareth Wilson had initially stated that the beta was due to go public today, although it's yet to materialise on Xbox Live this morning. When it does go live, the beta should be available as a free download via the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Wilson also clarified why the beta has only been made available via Xbox Live and not Sony's PSN service: "When we were doing the beta it's hard enough to try and get a beta out that doesn't crash every five minutes while trying to finish a full game. Trying to do that on multiple platforms at once - so trying to do a PS3, Xbox and PC beta release at the same time - it just isn't possible."
So, before the fanboys get up in arms, it seems very unlikely that there's any exclusive agreement or underhanded platform bias in play here.
"It was enough of a distraction doing it for one platform," Wilson added. "For our selfish needs, we only needed it on one platform because all we wanted to do was gather data about how people are using the cars, the power ups, the tracks, and to be honest we can get that data from one platform.
"We just chose Xbox really because it's the platform that, to be straight, has more online users than the PS3."
Update: Major Nelson has just confirmed that the Blur beta is now accessible from the demo section of the Xbox Live Marketplace.
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Added:Sat 15th Oct 2011 20:25, Post No: 40
WE WONT BLUR 2 GIVE US BLUR 2 PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Added:Thu 12th Aug 2010 17:22, Post No: 39
i looked it up and found that EA closed the servers for takedown in april 2010 "look it up on wikipedia" i know some time's wiki isnt very accurate however as the game was re released on XBL the servers were opened again however i cant see how anyone can draw a conclusion to state that TDU is a simulation and thats it weird to compare it to burnout where as i know that TDU is an arcade racer (if it was a sim the car handling and physics were way off especially if a saleen S7 has a top speed of 300mph lol even when its not tuned it still has unrealistic handling especially accelleration) and burnout has some of the best crash damage of any racing game, both TDU and Burnout are arcade racers and both are open world where as games like mario kart, wipeout and blur are linear "non open world" thay may have multiple routes on the tracks but thats it you cant drive where you want (many times PGR came out and i was hoping for an open world but instead got another linear racer, with this much proccessing power and advanced HD content its about time more open world racing games came out. the only really good linear racing sim id say has to be GT5 as for arcade racers till anything like burnout paradise comes out like TDU2 ill stear well clear.
Added:Thu 12th Aug 2010 10:04, Post No: 38
Okay, firstly about the servers: EA closed its Burnout: Takedown servers all the way back in 2007. There was an Xbox Originals version of the game and I'm not sure if this had online multiplayer/new servers, but certainly the original EA servers for Takedown ceased to operate roughly three years ago.
Secondly, whether Blur is better or worse than Burnout Paradise is a matter of opinion. I think Blur is better and I have outlined the reasons why. In a debate like this, you then have to outline your reasons for believing the opposite, not simply say "no matter how much you try to insist Blur is better it just isn't". That doesn't mean anything!
Also, Test Drive Unlimited is a driving sim. Very different gameplay to arcade racers. Seems a little weird to use it for comparison in this case.
Added:Thu 12th Aug 2010 09:54, Post No: 37
Wipeout is a very apt comparison - it's a power-up based racer and not a car/combat game ala Twisted Metal.
Blur is Wipeout/Mario Kart - simple as that.
Added:Thu 12th Aug 2010 01:22, Post No: 36
as post 32 points out the servers have only been closed since april this year, so i dont see how that's "years ago" you mean months ago im also right about BP being better than blur no matter how much you try to insist blur is better it just isnt, there is only 1 game id say is as good as burnout paradise and that's TDU however theres just over a month till TDU2 comes out, the game's you should be comparing blur to is twisted metal or split second (wipeout is just too futuristic to be a good comparison).
Added:Wed 11th Aug 2010 14:32, Post No: 35
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Added:Wed 11th Aug 2010 12:54, Post No: 34
how do you reverse nitro rift on the ps3
Added:Mon 09th Aug 2010 09:48, Post No: 33
Sorry, you're right about Takedown having online multiplayer. Still, it was at a time when a much smaller percentage of console gamers played online (particularly on PS2), so comparing server numbers for Takedown and Paradise still isn't relevant (as post 32 points out, the Takedown servers have been closed for years).
Added:Fri 06th Aug 2010 21:10, Post No: 32
ok so you cant play takedown online anymore as EA shut the servers down in april this year (unless you knew that already, maybe thats why your saying blur is better, sorry but again paradise is better, pgr is better, MSR is better) and if sega's classic Dreamcast/Saturn games comming out on psn/xbl might just see MSR as sega owns the rights to the name "MSR" and that bizzarre creations are no longer owned by microsoft could see the game that started the PGR seriese all those years ago make a return apperience on a sony console.
Added:Fri 06th Aug 2010 20:50, Post No: 31
lol what ever, just cause you cant find any sales figures for takedown you think the whole world has to agree with you, paradise is the future of burnout, free roam is what people want "hell why do you think blur is in bargin bins everywhere" HMV has it for just £20 just like split second nice idea but falls far short of games that its trying so hard to imitate. (split second, looks and feels like full auto and blur is basicly wipeout on wheels just not as fun as wipeout) but yeah your right blur is better than takedown and takedown was an online game so i guess you never played online then (playing at home isnt the same experience as online lol maybe you diddnt look at the back of the box and see the network/online play and even worse if you have an xbox/360 as the old xbox servers have been shut down unlike psn, you pay for a service only to have part of it shut down to create extra bandwidth when sony do it for free and still support ps2,ps3 and psp network/online play).
if you really want to play a last gen title online you can on ps2 but forget it on 360 as it just aint happening and that the thing takedown is last gen what about revenge a vast improvement on takedown ??? but paradise opened new doors for new gameplay elements you can say traffic makes the game but seriously too much traffic would have killed the game especially in gameplay, htey just removed 1 feature and replaced it with loads more. maybe blur 2 might change things but as far as im concerned blur is no match for burnout paradise.