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==Background==
==Background==
All platforms gave Blur favourable reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-23 |title=GameFAQs reviews for blur |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/960251-blur/reviews |url-status=dead |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=GameFAQs}}</ref> Blur sold 31,000 copies in the US in the first 5 days<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-23 |title=Activison: Blur was not a failure |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/activision-blur-was-not-a-failure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/JLoI5 |archive-date=2026-01-04 |access-date=2025-11-23}}</ref> and sold a total of 500,000 copies by the time it was discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-23 |title=Article clipping from The Independent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/87964042 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/4CCWX |archive-date=5 Jan 2026 |access-date=2025-11-23}}</ref> A sequel was planned, but was abandoned and never finished due to the closing of Bizarre Creations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-23 |title=Blur 2 |url=https://www.igdb.com/games/blur-2 |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=IGDB}}</ref> An unofficial<!-- the game looks "unofficial" to me, but i can't read the language it's in. remove the word "unofficial" if it's not true --> free-to-play spin-off titled "Blur Overdrive" was released on November 1, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-11-1 |title=Blur Overdrive |url=https://4pda.to/forum/index.php?showtopic=513912 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/ThPCX |archive-date=2026-01-05 |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=4PDA}}</ref>
Most platforms gave Blur favourable reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-11-23 |title=GameFAQs reviews for blur |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/960251-blur/reviews |url-status=live |access-date=2026-02-06 |archive-url=https://archive.ph/w8wqq |archive-date=2026-01-26 |website=GameFAQs}}</ref> Blur sold 31,000 copies in the US in the first 5 days<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-07-08 |title=Activison: Blur was not a failure |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/activision-blur-was-not-a-failure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/JLoI5 |archive-date=2026-01-04 |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=Eurogamer}}</ref> and sold a total of 500,000 copies by the time it was discontinued.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-11-23 |title=Article clipping from The Independent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent/87964042 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.ph/4CCWX |archive-date=5 Jan 2026 |access-date=2025-11-23}}</ref> A sequel was planned, but was abandoned and never finished due to the closing of Bizarre Creations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |title=Blur 2 |url=https://kotaku.com/games/blur-2 |access-date=2026-02-06 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/6DONZ |archive-date=2026-02-06 |website=Kotaku}}</ref> An officially licensed free-to-play spin-off titled "Blur Overdrive" was released on November 1, 2013 by Marmalade Play.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Damien McFerran |date=2013-11-20 |title=Blur Overdrive Review |url=https://www.pocketgamer.com/blur-overdrive/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/Mz3sE |archive-date=2026-02-06 |access-date=2026-01-05 |website=Pocketgamer.com}}</ref>


==Discontinuation notice==
==Discontinuation notice==