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News Sounds Like F1 2011 Is Heading To The Next Generation Portable
A report on Nintendo-Universe (we know
) suggests that a version of F1 2011 is currently in development for the NGP. The news comes via the official Twitter account for Codemasters Benelux, which cites the NGP version of the game via a retweet from a Dutch journalist. Assuming F1 2011 is due during late Summer on other platforms, the confirmation...
News DiRT 3 Dated For May 24th Worldwide Release, We're Quite Excited
We loved DiRT 2
The game's combination of simulation and arcade rally racing was perfect, leaving us gagging for more after seriously prolonged sessions behind the wheel. Naturally, we're a little bit hyped for DiRT 3, which has just been given a May 24th worldwide release window. Codemasters reckons that DiRT 3 will have double the track...
News Codemasters Boss Backs PSP2 Power Rumours
Codemasters' top noggin has added further fuel to the "PSP2 is super powerful" bonfire
Ironically speaking at the 3DS event in Amsterdam last week, Rod Cousens told Eurogamer that rumours about Sony's next handheld are true. It is indeed a bit of beast. In portable areas youre going to have statements, which already out in the press, saying...
News Sliding Cars Around *Is* Ridiculously Good Fun
The most fun thing about DiRT 2 (aside from its lavish presentation and addictive progression) was the way the cars handled
It wasn't a simulation game, nor it was it an arcade game — it was somewhere in between. That made sliding around corners ridiculously satisfying. Codemasters clearly understands the strength of its drift mechanic, with this...
News It's Probably Safe To Assume That DiRT 3 Will Be As Pretty As A Painting
Codemaster's generally put out super pretty games
Codemaster's DiRT franchise in particular looks pretty great. Is it any real surprise that first shots of DiRT 3 are amazing, then? Not really no. </em>
News This Is What Night-Time Racing Looks Like In F1 2010
By all accounts, F1 2010 is rather good
Sensational in fact. It might just fill that racing void until Gran Turismo 5 drops in November. As such, we thought you readers would appreciate this Eurogamer exclusive trailer of the game's night-time events. It includes music which might get your head nodding. The game's out soon.
News F1 2010 On PlayStation 3 Looks a Little Bit Like This
Codemasters has released some footage from F1 2010
The game's due out at the end of next month. As you'd imagine, it involves fast cars that go "vwoooooooom". It actually looks proper good too. Aswell as showing off some of the driving, this gameplay sizzle shows a cross-section of the campaign extras. In order to get the full experience,...
News Just So You Know, F1 2010's Hitting UK Stores At The End Of September
Codemasters has committed to a UK release date of September 24th for F1 2010
The date's revealed at the end of a video for the game over on the Formula One website. The game's being made just up the road from us (sort of). Naturally we feel rather excited about it. Thankfully, it's not just our location that's getting us excited — the game...
News DiRT 3 Gets Weather Effects, We're Singing In The Rain
Do you know what's better than DiRT 2? DiRT 2 in the rain, or, more efficiently, DiRT 3
That's right valued readers, Codies' new racer will feature brand-new weather effects. This target render of a rainy route shows some of Codemasters' ambition with the new title, while other screens show off snow and dusty tracks. But rain! Look, it's raining!...
News Operation Flashpoint: Red River Announced, Will Make You Angry Next Year
We can appreciate what the Operation Flashpoint franchise is trying to do -- create a simulator-like recreation of modern combat
We just can't find any fun in the formula. That's fine, because we hate Starcraft too; but plenty of people love it. Y'know, apples and oranges. Whatever. Seeing as it's our job, we're going to tell you about Operation...
News Codies: DiRT 3 "Is The Biggest Rally Game Ever Made"
Codemasters released the first trailer for DiRT 3 over the weekend, and have followed up the reveal with a blow-out in this month's EDGE magazine
In the issue, Codies game designer Matt Horsman describes it as "the biggest rally game ever made". They're not aiming small, then. Critically, the magazine notes that the festival setting of the...
News Debut DiRT 3 Trailer Is Actually Super Cool
As promised, Codemasters has released the first trailer for DiRT 3
It doesn't really reveal much about the game, but it does have us totally pumped. The trailer shows a Ford driving through a number of different environments, before drifting beneath an exploding truck. We're hyped as we loved DiRT 2. How about you guys?
News First DIRT 3 Trailer Hits This Weekend, Enjoy Your First Peek
That, right there, presented in glistening digital format, is your first look at Codemasters' DIRT 3
We've known that the rally franchise was getting a sequel for some time, but we're about to get a better idea about the game's direction this weekend. The game's set to air its debut trailer on ESPN during the X-Games. No doubt it'll be on YouTube...
News How'd You Like To Go Behind The Scenes With F1 2010?
Ever found yourself waking up in the morning and asking yourself, "You know, I wish I knew how Codemasters were making the upcoming F1 2010 game for the PlayStation 3
" You're not alone. At last, however, you're morning curiosity can be streamed into something else, as Codies has released an extended behind the scenes look at F1 2010's...
News New GRID (Yes!), Operation Flashpoint (Meh?) In Development At Codemasters
Rejoice fans of good racing games - there's a new GRID title in development at Codemasters' Southam studio
The game's being worked on alongside the already announced DIRT sequel. Get in - the more caps-locked four-letter racing franchises from Codies the better. The news comes from Codemasters' SVP of production, Jamie Macdonald. In an interview...
News Stuart Black Walks Away From Bodycount, Codemasters
Welcome to bizarre-o-world
After months of slagging off various PlayStation shooters, and tipping the upcoming Bodycount as the next big-thing, Codemasters has confirmed that Stuart Black - the dude behind the PS2 shooter Black - will be leaving the company in October. Bodycount, which was seen by many as a spiritual successor to Black, will not...
E3 2010 First Bodycount Footage Looks Kind Of, Well, Early
We're not really sure why Codemasters have decided to show Bodycount so early
When you have to put a little disclaimer at the bottom of your footage, something is clearly wrong. From what the trailer shows, the concept for Bodycount look pretty solid — you shoot things and they blow up. But the feedback from the weapons looks all kinda wrong...
News Codemasters Detail F1 2010's Online Component, Sounds Good
The producer of F1 2010, Paul Jeal, has revealed the very first tid-bits of information regarding the online component of the upcoming racer
Jeal confirmed that there will be three gameplay types for the racer, including Quick Race (a three lap slice of action), Endurance Race (a longer, eight lap race with mandatory pit-stops) and Custom Race...
News Oh Look, It's People Talking About That F1 2010 Game
Codemasters has released a video which contains some footage from their upcoming F1 2010 game
The video features a number of key dudes from the game's development talking about the game and cars and stuff. It's also got that famous "niaaaaaaaaooooow" sound a lot. Looks like Codies have nailed it.
News Codemasters' VP Ain't All That Impressed With The Playstation Portable
Codemaster's VP Gavin Cheshire has had a right rant at the PSP and its younger sibling the PSPgo in the latest issue of EDGE magazine
In the interview, he describes the system as bollocking useless waste of space.Well, speaking as a person who bought a PSP, the problem was that I always thought because it was a better screen than iPods...
News Rejoice: DiRT 3 Is In Development, Confirms Codemasters
Codemasters' VP Gavin Cheshire has confirmed that DiRT 3 is absolutely in development at the studio
Speaking with EDGE on the studio's status as one of the last big publishers based in the UK, Gavin stated:Really, its all about letting the teams just innovate. Theres some great stuff coming from Birmingham thats going into Dirt 3, and...
News Bodycount Man: Black 2 Was In Development At Criterion, Was Canned Soon After
Stuart Black, the man behind the PS2's excellent Black and upcoming PS3 shooter Bodycount, has revealed that Black 2 was in development at Criterion
The head told Gamespot that the game was shelved after the team lost their "direction".I certainly did some preliminary pre-production work on Black 2 once we finished Black, the first...
News Bodycount Will "Rip Apart The FPS", Be "Genre Defining"
Lofty claims are being made about Codemasters new FPS Bodycount
The words "genre" and "defining" have popped up in Codemasters' press release piece - suggesting they're apparently taking this game pretty seriously.Our core focus for Bodycount is to deliver best-in-class gun play that places the gamer at the heart of the...
News Bodycount Hitting Playstation 3 In Q1, 2011
Codemasters has announced that Bodycount, the new first-person shooter from ex-Criterion dude Stuart Black, will hit the Playstation 3 in the first quarter of 2011
At this stage, details are extremely scarce, but one thing we do know is that the game will run on Codemasters' fantastic EGO engine (DiRT 2, Operation Flashpoint). Black told Joystiq,...
News If You're After More Black, Look No Further Than Bodycount
OXM UK's revealed that the top-secret shooter Codemasters shooter from Black developer Stuart Black is
.. Bodycount. Utterly generic names aside, the magazine claims that the game is "the Ultimate Shooter". Presumably it'll have lots of explosions and whatnot. Unfortunately no other details are known at this point.
News Dude Behind Black: "Current First-Person Shooters Are Boring!"
You may have heard that Stuart Black, the dude that created PS2 shooter Black, is now working with Codemasters on a new FPS IP
Indeed, the likelihood is that Codemasters' latest will be a spiritual successor to the popular Black. And the dude has fire in his belly, as he's told OXM he's bored of current shooters:"There's a lot of cover-based...
News DLC, Patches, Smarties Coming To Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Codemaster's Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising only came out last week (we're ploughing our way through it for a review; it's hard) but that ain't stopping it getting updates
"We've got some very ambitious plans with DLC - our first pack is coming up in a matter of weeks," Sion Lenton, executive producer on the strategy shooter, told the...
Following the success of DiRT2, Codemasters have flown out of the gates with another successful debut on the UK sales charts
Their super hardcore first person shooter Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising debuted at number two on the charts, right behind EA's FIFA 10, which enjoyed a second week on the top spot. Need For Speed Shift came in at number...
News Sony To Publish DiRT 2 For PSP, PS3 In PAL Land
Sony are set to publish another third-party game post Ghostbusters: The Video Game
Codemasters' DiRT 2 will be published on the Playstation 3 and PSP in PAL territories by Sony. It will not be a timed-Sony exclusive like Ghostbusters was, Codemasters will still handle all the publishing of the other platform releases. Codemasters are pretty pleased...
First Impressions Colin McRae: DiRT 2 on Playstation 3
Irritating capitalization aside, Colin McRae: DiRT 2 looks and plays like an absolute dream
From the solid handling, to the impressive damage modelling and quirky presentation, we're itching to try out more. The first thing we noticed about Colin McRae: DiRT 2 was the interesting colour palette. The game has a rather quirky, pseudo-cartoon look to...
News Colin McRae: DiRT 2 Looks Phenomenal In Its Latest Trailers
Here's one of the latest trailers from Codemasters' upcoming Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Not only does the game look gorgeous, but you know with Codemasters involved the racing is going to handle some kinda crazy awesome too. Despite the looks being similar to Motorstorm, expect a more arcadey feel to the vehicles. More trailers after the jump. Looking...
News Damnation Developers Laid Off In Their Entirety
We thought Damnation was pretty terrible to be honest
It had a saving grace in its level design and platforming. Sadly, pretty much every other element of the game fell short. As a shorter PSN release Damnation could have worked, but as a retail experience, sadly not. And sales conclude the game wasn't the biggest success story. As such, Kotaku have...
News F1 2009 Coming To PSP, 2010 Coming To PS3 Next Year
Are you into F1 and Jenson Button and that kind of stuff? We actually have quite a few buddies (yes, we have friends - Ed) who actually are, so news of F1 2009 coming to PSP this year will be a thrill to them
Announced today by Codemasters, "F1 2009 will use all of this year's cars, teams and tracks - including the Singapore night race, the...
