Originally published by Microsoft Games Studios, the first title was included as a minigame in Project Gotham Racing 2 for Xbox.

Other titles in the series was launched in follow years to other platforms by Bizarre Creations and publishers Vivendi Games and Activision.

[2] Geometry Wars: Waves was developed by Stephen Cakebread of Bizarre Creations, released as a bonus mini-game as part of Project Gotham Racing 4 on Xbox 360 on October 2, 2007.

The game is a variant of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved where the player is given one life to survive continual waves of orange rockets that pace back and forth across the edges of the play-field for as long as possible.

It is the first installment of Geometry Wars to be released on Sony platforms and developed after the creator of the series Bizarre Creations was shut down by Activision.