Bizarre: "We Wanted Geo Wars to be Free"


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Bizarre: "We Wanted Geo Wars to be Free"

UK dev wanted XBLA title to be a "gift to hardcore gamers."

by Rob Burman, IGN UK

UK, March 14, 2007 - Ben Ward, Community and Web lead at Bizarre Creations, has revealed the developer originally wanted the cult classic Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved to be given away free on Xbox Live Arcade as "a gift to hardcore gamers".

In an interview with IGN, Ward said that Bizarre didn't really view Arcade as a way to make money and initally the dev was keen to make the action-packed shooter a free download. However, due to restrictions Bizarre was forced to charge for the game, although insisted Microsoft put it out in Live's lowest price bracket - 400 MS points.

You can read the full interview with Ward, in which he also reveals more details about Bizarre's upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game, Boom Boom Rocket, here.

Source: http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/772/772652p1.html

Oh well free would of been cool but 400 points isnt that much. Wonder if their next game will be free? :blink:

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microsoft would never miss out on an oppurtunity for extra money... heck, i expect bizarre are probably happy they charged for it... imagine how much they've made off geo wars.

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