Posted on Monday 21-Feb-2011 12:09 PM

Bizarre Creations design lead joins Sumo Digital

Gareth Wilson to head up Outrun, All-Stars Racing dev

By Andy Robinson for computerandvideogames.com

Former Bizarre Creations design manager Gareth Wilson has joined UK studio Sumo Digital following the closure of the PGR dev, CVG can reveal.

Wilson, who worked as a lead designer on both the Project Gotham series and Blur, will now act as chief games designer at the Sheffield developer.

Project Gotham Racing 4 Screenshot
Sumo's past projects include Sega All-Stars Racing, Outrun Online Arcade, F1 2009 Wii and curiously, the PSP version of Blur rival Split/Second: High Voltage.

Wilson's the first senior Bizarre Creations employee to have his future publicly confirmed. Bizarre sadly shut it doors on Friday after 17 years making games.

He's a very talented man. Good luck, Gareth.

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Andy Robinson
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Andy has written about video games for ten years for publications such as PC Zone, T3, The Sunday Mirror and of course, CVG. Read more

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    l1nc on 21 Feb '11 said:

    He will make the already good sumo really shine. Please make a Daytona online remake for Sega that would be kool.

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    Praetor1 on 21 Feb '11 said:

    Gareth Wilson once ruined the surface of a leather desk of mine by leaving a sticky glass without a coaster. Does that constitute a claim to fame I wonder?

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    altitude2k on 21 Feb '11 said:

    It's good he's got a job, but it makes me a bit sad because this is a blow to the idea that the team aka Bizarre had something else going on behind the scenes - i.e. reforming under MS.

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    MANYOO4EVA on 21 Feb '11 said:

    Just bought PGR 4 for £6.85p from Shopto for old times sake and still smashing it up online with Blur. Both great games. Activision are idiots for canning this studio. Their loss another publishers gain.

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    SpaceNinja3030 on 21 Feb '11 said:

    Good luck to him. As much as I would have liked to see the Bizarre team resurface wholesale like altitude2k, in all honestly this is probably the best place for Gareth. Fits just like a driving glove!