Volition veterans ignite Blazing Lizard
Former THQ employees plan to bring experience earned on Saints Row, Red Faction to bear on downloadable games.
A trio of former developers at THQ's Volition, Inc. studio have unveiled their new start-up studio to the world. Sandeep Shekar, Jiovanie Velazquez, and Christopher Stockman today announced their new venture, the Savoy, Illinois-based Blazing Lizard.
Boasting more than three decades of cumulative experience between them, the trio worked on a number of hit Volition games, including Saints Row, The Punisher, Red Faction, Red Faction 2, and Descent: FreeSpace. According to the group's Web site, the studio's goal is "to create high-quality, compelling console-downloadable games for all platforms."
Blazing Lizard is set to unveil its first title, an original intellectual property, next week. In the meantime, the group has posted a handful of blurred screenshots to its Web site.
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more 2-d fighting games!!!! Maybe a Spaceballs fighting game id buy it
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Amen to the Cniinc!!!
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Now they just need Freespace 3.
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If they helped towards making great games like that. i don't see why they cant make some good downloadable games. those screen shots are good for blurred images
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Good luck to them. Sometimes these small Indie development studios can put out the best games.
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Good on them!
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Looks like the games are going to be really boring. But you never know they may get something that kicks a.
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EarthThatWas: Campfire next to three palm trees on a beach.
Hmm . . . I see the three palm trees and the sun setting over the water. I'm not sure about the campfire though unless that's what that brown glob is on the far left. I'd bet that was something else burning though, not just a simple little campfire . . .
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sounds like they will just make crap
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Maybe Devils Row? (the pre-quel to Saints Row)... hey, squint your eyes and look at the picture again, you can clearly see what it is!
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red faction was one of the most innovative shooters of last gneration, and saints row was a better playing game than the gtas.
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Saint's Row and Red Faction kinda sucked to me... Hopefully their future titles will be better.
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I don't care what they make, it has to be better than the mass manufactured iterative regurgitation that is: Activision, EA, THQ.
Go Indie Developer ! P.S. Please don't sell out !
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the real question is if these 3 are the ones who made freespace a great game. Just because they worked there doesnt mean they were important to that game when it was being developed.....
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Hmm....I wonder what's up their sleeves.
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If they want some really hot attention, they should make the spiritual successor to Freespace 2 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Blazing lizard ... hmmm i hope the developers don't not literally incorporate that into the game !!!
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The next Red Faction was already confirmed to be coming earlier this month. No, these guys won't be working on it. Volition/THQ (for better or worse with the latter) still owns the rights to the IP. Plus, Blazing Lizard was outright said they'll be working on downloadable games for the different platforms.
Settle down. Be happy they even released a screenshot at all. That's more than you typically see from new studios.
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Freespace or Red Facion 3 are never going to happen. Wherever the rights ended up whoever owns them has in all likelyhood completely forgotten about them.
As for people bashing the blurrd pics, at least they've released something resembling a pic, like a lot of companies who boast about something great coming then don't tell anyone anything at all ever.
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Wow, Shame all they did was boast and not tell us about any games they are creating.
Off To a great start guys!
Can't wait for Blur 2: Revenge of the Anti-blurs! Gonna be the best combined RPG and Shooter this decade!
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What an awesome picture...
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That looks like a tree
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OMG LOOK AT THAT, Attack of the Blurr 2!
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Red Faction for XBLA
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Campfire next to three palm trees on a beach.
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ummmm...
For one, Volition doesn't even OWN the rights to Freespace anymore. Neither does the now defunct Interplay. Volition sold the rights a long time ago and the buyer has lost interest.
Not that it matters since THESE GUYS AREN'T VOLITION.
So no, you will not be seeing Red Faction 3 or Freespace 3.
Deathscyth-Hell. I completely feel you on that statement but as I said, it ain't happening. However, hardlight.net has a lot of source enhanced mods out for the game. Look over there. You'll find enough stuff to keep you busy. hehe.
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evilted4 "please please please make freespace 3"
copied, x9
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I would live a red faction 3. Red faction was ok but two took it to a whole nother level!
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Sounds interesting; we will have to check it out next week.
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ummm...ok
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please please please make freespace 3
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I like the graphics already
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Hope it turns out to be a cool game!
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lol.
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Excellent! (guitar plays in background)
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heh heh "Actual game to be less blurry."
nice
I find it funny they put blurred screenshots up just to tempt people. Great move. Glad to wait and see what happens.
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yeah they should make Red Faction 3
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lol actual game to be less blurry lol
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I just want RF3, so hurry up guys and make it.
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How about doing Freespace 3 *shakes fist*
I like the humour on the website though
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I enjoy downloadable games. They r a lot of fun to play when Gears pisses me off (Freaking host shotgun).
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Hopefully this doesn't affect the quality of Saints Row 2. That's one of my most wanted games, even though I've heard no info about the story.
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The Punisher was a great game...AND movie. Don't care what anybody says, It was a great movie.
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"Don't do drug's and games!"
That's what I get from the pic
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Sweet. Geometry Wars proved that downloadable games can ROCK and now we're in for some more
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Freespace!!!!!! What a great series!!!!
Lancer VI
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I LOVE YOU ALL LETS MAKE BABIES
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FREESPACE 3 FTW!!!!!
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Freespace was the ****
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Cool! Nice to see more developers in Illinois. Not many developers in the Chicago area at all
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