GamesRadar - Colin McRae: Dirt

Codmasters Take Home Develop Grand Prix Award (News)

Jul 16, 2009

Codemasters, the developer and publisher of acclaimed videogames including Colin McRae: DiRT and Race Driver: GRID, was honoured at the 2009 Develop Industry Excellence Awards winning the coveted Grand Prix Award. The ceremony was held last night in Brighton, UK, as part of the Develop Conference 2009.

Codemasters Acquire Swordfish Studios (News)

Nov 14, 2008

Facilitating an accelerated expansion of its development talent base, Codemasters today announced it has reached an agreement with Activision Vivendi to take over Swordfish Studios, the Birmingham-based games development house....

Darlings named in Queen’s birthday honors (News)

Jun 16, 2008

David and Richard Darling, co-founders of Codemasters, were both made Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), which sounds like a real-time strategy Harry Potter game.

We've been big fans of Codemasters since the days of Dizzy and Brain Ache, but the UK firm is better known for ultra-realistic racing games these days and Lord of the Rings Online. The Darlings literally went from bedroom coders to business superstars, and ...

GRID launches in London, TVGB chats with chief dev (News)

Jun 1, 2008

TVGB: "..they'd wait to see how GRID performed whilst working on that before they picking their next move. Furthermore, because of the loss of Colin McRae last year, the company was still discussing internally where to take the renowned rally franchise."

GameTap Thursday: Mardi kicks up DiRT and Pop-A-Tronic Warlords (News)

Apr 1, 2008

GameTap pulls one of its random Tuesday updates this week immediately causing Joystiq to become suspicious:

* DiRT (Windows)
* Pop-A-Tronic (Windows)
* Warlords (DOS)

Colin McRae: DiRT - Multicar gameplay 09-11-07 (Video)

Sep 11, 2007

Muddy rally racer tools through rural environments, frequently leaving the pavement behind to fishtail to victory.

Colin McRae: Dirt - Damage system 07-31-07 (Video)

Jul 31, 2007

Muddy rally racer tools through rural environments, frequently leaving the pavement behind to fishtail to victory.

Colin McRae Dirt (Review)

Jun 11, 2007

Simply put, Dirt is visually luxurious. This debut for Codemasters in-house Neon Engine (also being used for next years Race Driver One) is an impressive showcase for the obvious power behind the technology, making rival racing titles such as Forza Motorsport 2 look about as appealing as a tapeworm sandwich in comparison. So stunning are the locations, youll feel your neck redden under the heat of the desolate dustball tracks, and youll practically feel the moisture rising up through your ...

Colin McRae: Dirt - Trailer 06-06-07 (Video)

Jun 6, 2007

Muddy rally racer tools through rural environments, frequently leaving the pavement behind to fishtail to victory.

Colin McRae DIRT - hands-on (Preview)

May 14, 2007

Everything you know is wrong. Well, probably not everything, even if you went to a good school. Anyway, Colin McRae has changed: its been totally reinvented, but in a good way. In a really good way. So out goes the porridge-pale Scot glued in a Subaru and racing where your only rival is the ticking of the clock, and in comes a horde of intelligent drivers, enough cars to jam I-5 and an annoying American commentator so “pumped” that hed probably burst into a shower of Moms apple pie ...

Colin McRae: Dirt (Screenshots)

May 14, 2007

Dirt never looked so good - stunning new trailer (News)

Mar 28, 2007

Colin McRae: Dirt looks amazing and Codemasters is only too happy to show it off. This new trailer is just a teaser of what the game will look like and, of course, it's stunning. Good as it may look, however, it doesn't look like real-time graphics to us, which is a shame because the actual game looks so good that in-game footage would easily have been impressive enough. Just check out our screens through the Images tab, which DO represent in-game visuals. Colin McRae: Dirt is expanding the ...

Colin McRae: Dirty new images (News)

Nov 16, 2006

Thursday 16 November 2006 These new images from Colin McRae: Dirt, Codemasters' reinvented, next-gen vehicle for the off-road racing maestro, show off the game's lush visuals thanks to a newly developed game engine called Neon. Dirt is the first game to use the engine, which has been created by Codies' own computer bods. Hit the images tab above for more views. Colin McRae: Dirt drops the series' tight focus on the World Rally Championship, instead taking in a wider array of off-road events, ...

Colin McRae gets mucky (News)

Jul 20, 2006

Codemasters' long running Colin McRae rally series will be making its next-gen debut as Colin McRae: Dirt, landing on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2007. Dirt is the UK developer's most diverse McRae game yet with off-road racing, desert challenges, hill climbs and Rallycross events, while the vehicle line-up includes Dakar-style trucks, super-powered 4x4s and ...