Bobby Kotick, former Activision Blizzard CEO, recently faced scrutiny for fumbling details about a failed acquisition in a podcast with the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins. His age, 62, may contribute to lapses in memory as he reflects on a past acquisition involving the driving game developer based in Manchester. The article also touches on the legacy of Geometry Wars, a groundbreaking twin-stick shooter game that emerged during the Xbox 360 launch, illustrating the lasting impact of the game's simplicity and its role in shaping console gaming.
We actually had a bad acquisition. The company that was, um ... in Manchester, that did the driving game for Xbox, and it was called, um ...
Geometry Wars, the game that helped establish a new kind of console game on Microsoft's muscular sophomore effort, became arguably the Xbox 360's best launch title.
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