Renowned racing game video game developer Codemasters – purveyor of titles such as DIRT 5, DiRT Rally 2.0, Formula 1 and GRID – is now edging closer to a buy-out by Californian giant Electronic Arts. In what has been somewhat of a saga, Codemasters has been led by Frank Sagnier since 2014 through some tumultuous…Continue reading “The EA takeover of Codemasters is getting closer”»

Codemasters has become the undisputed kings of console racers in recent years, thanks to DiRT Rally, GRID and, of course, the superlative F1 series. And though some people fondly remember Codemasters as ‘The Dizzy People’ from the 1980s, the company’s racing lineage was strong right from the get-go. But in the 35 years since its…Continue reading “Codemasters racing games that time forgot”»

Codemasters has signed a five-year deal with the WRC to develop licenced videogames from 2023 onwards, it has been revealed.

DiRT Rally 2.0 is undoubtedly one of the best rally simulators, and we’ve been chomping at the bit to see if someone who is great at the game can transfer those skills into real-life success. This season, we’ll be waiting no more, as Codemasters is backing a real-life team in the 2021 JWRC. Jon Armstrong…Continue reading “Codemasters enter real rally squad in Junior WRC 2021”»

Codemasters teases 2021 DIRT 5 roadmap, and it sounds promising One of the quirks of DIRT 5, Codemasters’ recent off-road racing game, is a succinct career mode that seems to rename similar race types in order to provide a faux-depth that it can’t quite back up over time. The recent Update 2.00 added some new…Continue reading “Codemasters teases 2021 DIRT 5 roadmap, and it sounds promising”»

Having supported on the upcoming Need for Speed game, Codemasters Cheshire will now permanently become part of Criterion Games.

 Big business deals take time. There are a lot of stakeholders to placate, due diligence to complete and, in deals the size of $1.2 billion, courts to appease.  But, today, Electronic Arts has finally sealed to deal to buy British racing video game specialist Codemasters. Alongside the mobile title Real Racing and blockbuster racing franchises Burnout and…Continue reading “At last! The EA takeover of Codemasters is complete”»

We covered the announcement last week about EA Play adding some of the Codemasters games to the service “soon,” per a few tweets and replies from the EA Play Twitter account. Thankfully, “soon” means “now,” as of Tuesday. It lines up with what the Xbox Game Pass website originally posted. EA Play subscribers on select…Continue reading “Select Codemasters racing games available now on EA Play”»

The EA Play service will soon have a handful of games from the Codemasters racing game library included in subscription-based membership. A tweet from the EA Play account teased three titles that were “next up on The Play List.” F1 2020, DiRT 5 and the latest GRID game boxes were all on display in the…Continue reading “EA Play adding Codemasters racing games “Soon””»