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Frank Sagnier takes helm at GRID developer
Read More »Rod Cousens leaves Codemasters, becomes new Jagex CEO
UK games industry stalwart Rod Cousens has left Codemasters and taken the job of CEO at Jagex. Cousens has departed as Codemasters CEO after a ten-year stint with immediate effect. His role will be filled by current COO Frank Sagnier, who joined the company last year. Rod will oversee the …
Read More »F1 2015 will be out in June
Codemasters’ F1 2015 will be released in June, distribution partner Bandai Namco has announced. This year’s game at least makes it to the start line earlier in the current season than recent entries. It will also mark the brand’s debut on PS4 and Xbox One. F1 2015 is set to …
Read More »New Dirt game teased by Codemasters
Codemasters might be working on a new entry in its Dirt racing series. The studio put out a job ad today on Twitter (below) which read: ‘Graphics Programmer wanted for a DiRTy little game we’ve been working on’. The full job ad says the developer’s racing studio is expanding and …
Read More »Top 100 Women in Games: Kirsty Payne
26 years ago, Kirsty Payne entered the games industry with Codemasters, working alongside Richard and David Darling in the days of Spectrucm, C64 and Atari ST. In amongst a plethora of what appeared to the younger me, serious companies and business suits, the early days of the games industry were …
Read More »Codemasters jobs at risk
Developer/publisher now in consultation period
Read More »Jobs at risk at Codemasters
A number of jobs are on the line at UK developer and publisher Codemasters. Eurogamer claims to have word from sources close to the studio” that 50 jobs are being reviewed with 30+ of these expected to be lost at the close of a 30 day consultation period. These include …
Read More »Dovetail Games hires Codies’ Steve Hood
Creative director of Formula One games takes up same role as simulation specialist
Read More »Games developers must fight internet abuse together
Death threats and vile tweets have forced multiple female developers to leave home, and yet still the storm of harassment rages on. James Batchelor asks what the games industry can – no, needs – to do to stop this
Read More »Codemasters announces Micro Machines-a-like Toybox Turbos
‘Retro table top racing’ is to make a return on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC with Codemasters’ new title Toybox Turbos. Although the publisher doesn’t reference the Micro Machines IP by name, it does say that the title features gameplay that reflects Codemasters’ fondly remembered miniature racing titles of the …
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