As you peruse the smoldering remains of Bizarre Creations, you catch the faintest stirring out of the corner of your eye. You turn just in time to see, there, rising from the ashes, it's ... a pig in a spaceship?
Okay, so we don't know why Bizarre refugees Ben Ward (studio communications), Peter Collier (former level designer) and Geometry Wars creator Stephen Cakebread settled on "Hogrocket" as the name for their new UK studio, but we're glad to see them getting back to work.
The freshly announced "micro-studio" says it'll target iPad/iPhone with its first batch of games. It may be a little early for such proclamations, but if Hogrocket turns out mobile games as addictive as Geometry Wars with any regularity then ... well, this little piggy will be going to our wallets more times than we care to think about.
Reader Comments (12)
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 9:06AM Acosta02 said
Mmmm, cakebread.
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 9:10AM Comrade Domovoi said
I think that the most important thing to get out of all this, is that there is a man named Stephen Cakebread on board.
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 9:17AM Maximo said
Its good to have some quality guys working on moblie games.
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 9:20AM Burnflare said
No matter how you look at it, the name Hogrocket is still Bizarre.
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Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 9:32AM CaptainProtonX said
Logo needs a little work. Would have preferred a flying, flaming, goggle-wearing pig.
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 10:04AM Shockwave said
They went from such a badass logo to... something that looks like it came from a clipart book. Eww..
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 10:54AM Apakal said
Ah the euphemisms...
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 11:00AM VeeDeeVee said
It all looks a bit lofi at the moment. I hope things improve.
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 11:33AM dscuber9000 said
I love the name! Not as much as Geometry Wars, though. I'll keep a lookout for a Hogrocket XBLA game, though!
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 12:18PM Fuzunga said
I hope they do something awesome for XBLA.
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 1:23PM QuePasa87 said
Name and logo are lame, but best of luck to them.
Posted: Mar 23rd 2011 9:07PM DustoMan said
A small indy dev from the creator of Geometry Wars? Awesome!
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