Codemasters confirms Sega studio acquisition

MCV Staff 25th April 2008 Business News

Codemasters has confirmed to MCV sister site

Develop

that it is to take over Sega’s UK Racing Studio, as

revealed

earlier this week.

In a statement, the firm described the move to step in and save the studio – the closure of which Develop reported just over two weeks ago – as ‘an agreement that facilitates accelerated growth’ for Codemasters’ work in the racing genre.

At its HQ in Southam, close to the Sega Racing team in Solihull, Codemasters already hosts a large development studio responsible for the likes of Colin McRae and Race Driver.

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