It’s a known fact that racing games haven’t done too well this generation, but Bizzare Creations design manager Gareth Wilson believes that new hardware will change that and has the ability to revitalize the genre.

When I think of top selling games, the first thing that comes to my mind is Gran Turismo and of course Need for Speed — when you look at the arcade versions of these games, but considering the fact that these are established franchises and most new IPs created this generation have sold poorly, it does leave a lot of room for discussion.

“Racing games always do well when a new console comes out, and you do a new physics engine and improved graphics, but towards the end of a console cycle it’s always quite hard to push racing games, Wilson said.

“Because if you’ve DiRT 1 do you need DiRT 3? If you’ve got Project Gotham Racing 3 do you need Project Gotham Racing 4? I’m not so sure.

“So with the next hardware we should be able to create features with another level of immersion and quality. There’s stuff we can do with this generation that we couldn’t before, and with the next we can make everything that bit more awesome. Racing games need that,” he added.

I kind of agree with him, and it remains to be seen if new consoles can indeed spark a change and help the racing genre expand.

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Thanks, VG247.

Naturally, then, you would expect the developers of the other Bond project, the Xbox 360/PS3 James Bond Blood Stone, to be slightly worried, what with the original N64 Goldeneye game being one of the most influential and greatest games of all time and all. However, unexpectedly, Bizzare Creations, the men behind Blood Stone, are unruffled by the impending face off.

“I think for us, you want to be asking the same thing to Eurocom: are they worried about being in our shadow?” stated Bizarre Creations exec Nick Davies.

“We are giving the big broad Bond experience, I think we’re giving everything a Bond fan’s going to want to see in one game. Their game’s fantastic and I think it’ll do really well. I think the two games are going out at the same time, they are going for slightly different audiences: Obviously the Wii version has got its audience, the 360, PS3, PC have got their own so I think they’re two very different games.”

“We’ll just concentrate on ours, we think we’ve got a really good package, we think we’ve got everything the players want to see and want to do as James Bond. So we think it stands alone as a big deal,” he concluded.

For those who are unaware, James Bond Blood Stone hits the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and DS this November. On the other side of the arena we have the remake of the N64 title, Goldeneye 007, which hits the Wii and DS this November.

The final Activision shooter for the month is Call of Duty: Black Ops, due for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PC and DS.

Hmm. Looks like the DS is getting the best deal, then.