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Transmission's cricket tie-in powered by NaturalMotion's animation tech

The ghost of unprofitable Christmas past will hit consumers this Q4 – as retailers keep software prices high and publishers shunt more triple-A titles than ever to next year. A swathe of massive games – including 2K’s Bioshock 2 and Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Conviction – have had their release dates …

As interest in the real-life Ashes hits fever pitch, Nintendo and Codemasters have teamed up to promote the Wii edition of the series’ official game. Ashes 2009 is being backed by a significant TV campaign that will begin on Monday August 3rd and run for four weeks. The ad will …

The UK publishing community has called for an official downloads sales chart, headed up by GfK-ChartTrack. An ELSPA forum took place earlier this week (Wednesday, July 29th) in which the leading publisher bosses discussed the possibility of setting up a download-only chart. Publishers feel that the true popularity of their …

Codemasters has signed a deal with EBS Sales to increase its presence in Benelux. The agreement, which was signed during IDEF in Cannes, will see EBS Sales market Codemasters’ games, such as the updated Bestsellers series for PC, PS3 Platinum and Xbox 360 Classic, to non-traditional gamers. We are seeing …

Codemasters has announced that Ashes Cricket 2009 will be released on Friday August 7th. The game is set to hit Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and is the official tie-in to the nPower-sponsored cricket series that is being played right now. As well as a full Ashes mode, featuring …

Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will be released worldwide in early October. The game will be released on October 9th in the UK, October 8th across Europe and October 6th in North America for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The title is the sequel to the hugely popular 2001 FPS …

Codemasters has revealed that Colin McRae: Dirt 2 will launch worldwide in September. The off-road racer is set to hit PS3, 360, Wii, DS, PSP and PC on September 8th in the US, September 10th across Europe and September 11th in the UK. The game is developed in-house at Codemasters’ …

Damnation development studio suffers from 'issues' with Codemasters

Britsoft publisher Codemasters has confirmed that global cricket superstar Kevin Pietersen will be the face of its upcoming Ashes Cricket 2009, which is due for release on PS3, 360, Wii and PC. Pietersen will be joining up with the likes of Aussie legends Ricky Ponting and Shane Warner, as well …