EA now owns Codemasters and its many, many racing games

Posted on 18/02/2021 by Engadget

It's official: EA now has a much larger stake in the racing game world. The publisher has completed its $1.2 billion acquisition of Codemasters soon after shareholders approved the deal and just a few months after Take-Two's failed attempt. T...

EA moves closer to $1.2 billion Codemasters purchase

Posted on 04/02/2021 by Engadget

EA has edged closer to buying Codemasters after shareholders of the latter approved the takeover. Out of 76 shareholders, 63 approved EA's $1.2 billion bid. Those who voted for the deal hold just under 99 percent of the total Codemasters stock.Compet...

EA points to growth for FIFA Ultimate Team, ‘Apex Legends’ and ‘Sims 4’

Posted on 03/02/2021 by Engadget

EA released its quarterly earnings today, and raised its outlook for the full year based on the results. It pointed to titles that back up its live service focus, including Apex Legends, which had 30 percent growth in players, year over year.The game...

EA, not Take-Two, is buying Codemasters now

Posted on 14/12/2020 by Engadget

Well, that was unexpected. Codemasters, the British developer behind countless racing franchises including Dirt, Project Cars and the annualized F1 games, has been snapped up by EA. A little more than a month ago, Take-Two Interactive, the owner of 2...

After Math: Apple debuts devices running on its own silicon

Posted on 15/11/2020 by Engadget

The world tuned in on Tuesday to watch Apple CEO Tim Cook unveil the company’s latest technological advancement, the M1 chipset, as well as the brand new devices that will be running on it. But that was far from all the news from last week, here are...

Take-Two is buying F1 developer Codemasters for almost $1 billion

Posted on 10/11/2020 by Engadget

Take-Two Interactive, the gaming giant which owns 2K and Rockstar Games, is buying another big video game studio for close to a billion dollars. Codemasters, based in Oxfordshire, is a British studio behind the Dirt, F1 and Micro Machines franchises,...

‘Project Cars 3’ trailer has some sim racing fans worried

Posted on 04/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The folks at Simply Mad Studios have released a short preview for their first Project Cars game under new ownership with Codemasters, and the response from fans has been a bit uneven. The nearly two-minute video looks sharp and smooth of course, with...

‘Dirt 5’ will arrive in October

Posted on 07/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Just a few days after announcing it won’t release any more major updates for Dirt Rally 2.0, Codemasters has unveiled the next game in the Dirt franchise. Dirt 5 will include new features and “no two races will be the same,” according to the publishe...

GeForce Now loses Microsoft, Warner Bros. games on April 24th

Posted on 21/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

NVIDIA’s GeForce Now is still bleeding game support despite recent additions. The GPU maker has revealed that all titles from Warner Bros., Xbox Game Studios, Codemasters and Klei will lose support for the game streaming service on April 24th. The ne...

‘Project Cars’ developer bought by racing sim giant Codemasters

Posted on 30/11/2019 by Engadget RSS Feed

There's mixed feelings for racing game fans this week as publisher Codemasters announced it will purchase Slightly Mad Studios, the developer of the Project Cars series. Codemasters will pay $30 million for the acquisition, as reported by GamesIndust...

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