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Electronic Arts’ FIFA 10 has remained the best-selling game of the week – it’s still the UK’s No.1 game. The all-conquering football franchise, which EA only last week revealed had sold through almost 2m units in Europe, was one of the biggest game launches ever a week ago and interest …
Read More »Supermarket price slashing continues
Fears over whether supermarkets will slash prices on more new titles this Q4 are looking justified today, as ASDA reveals that it will sell Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising at 27 from midnight tonight. The offer comes after supermarkets offered FIFA 10 for sub-30 last weekend – with Tesco …
Read More »Codemasters in ‘far-reaching’ morpheme deal
UK developer will use NaturalMotionâ??s animation middleware on a long-term basis
Read More »Alex McLean takes over Codemasters Birmingham
Former Pivotal man promoted to replace Trevor Williams
Read More »Trevor Williams leaves Codemasters
Birmingham studio head departs for new opportunities
Read More »F1 2009 out on November 20th
UK publisher Codemasters has revealed that the Wii and DS versions of anticipated racer F1 2009 will be released in the UK on November 20th. The pair will be released in other PAL territories a day earlier and will cross the line at US retail on November 17th. Unlike previous …
Read More »DIRT and GRID exec producer leaves Codemasters
Gavin Raeburn leaves UK studio to pursue personal projects
Read More »Codemasters confident of Q4 success
Correction: MCV would like to clarify that the quote attributed to Jeremy Wigmore in the headline to this story in today’s print edition of MCV was not a specific comment made by Mr Wigmore. Codemasters believes it can pull off its best ever Q4 – after another impressive showing from …
Read More »Codemasters heralds first-party might
Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has told MCV that recruiting the ‘might’ of PlayStation’s European sales team will ensure the success of upcoming racer Dirt 2. In a surprise move recently, Codemasters confirmed that Sony is to take over sales and distribution duties for the upcoming title on both PS3 and …
Read More »Codemasters drops ArchLord
UK publisher Codemasters has chosen not to renew its deal to operate MMO ArchLord in the West – though the game will not be closing with Webzen stepping in to take control of the service. A Codemasters statement on the ArchLord forum reads: Our licence for ArchLord is due to …
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