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GRID Update Released on Steam (News)

Oct 22, 2009

Codemasters has released an update for their racing title GRID, now available on Steam.

Race Driver: Grid Patch 1.3 Released (News)

Oct 13, 2009

Codemasters releases patch 1.3 for the PC version of Race Driver: Grid.

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.

GRID Now 50% Cheaper (News)

Jul 10, 2009

Codemasters' GRID is this weekend's deal at digital game store Steam. From now until Sunday, the racing game will cost you only $14.99 instead of the regular $30.

Race Driver Grid: DirectX 10 mod under construction (News)

Apr 1, 2009

The mod for Race Driver: GRID will add DirectX 10 effects to the game. First impression is great and the graphics are enhanced.

Fable II, LBP, GRID Receive Kudos in Parliament (News)

Mar 30, 2009

BeefJack writes: "It's not often that a politician sings the praises of the video game industry, which is why a big deal should be made of it when it does happen.

Edward Vaizey, a Conservative MP, has requested the motion that the UK government recognise the importance of the UK Video Game Industry and in particular those games created by UK developers."

OnLive Beta sign-up begins (News)

Mar 25, 2009

The official website of OnLive launched last night. If you haven't heard about, it's the newly unveiled internet-based game delivery service.

A beta sign-up form is now online. The requirements listed for signing up in the OnLive beta testing is: "You need to be at least 18, based in the US and have a broadband-connected PC running Windows Vista®/XP®, or an Intel®-based Mac." The beta is set to begin soon, in summer 2009.

The games listed and being featured on the OnLive network include:
Burnout Paradise
HAWX
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Tomb Raider: Underworld
GRID
World of Goo
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Crysis Warhead
Wheelman
LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Unreal Tournament 3
Major League Baseball 2K9
Mirror's Edge
Prince of Persia
BioShock

MCV Industry Excellence Awards 2009 Finalists Announced (News)

Feb 26, 2009

Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and Activision will battle it out for the Games Publisher Award, whilst individual titles Guitar Hero World Tour, GTA IV, FIFA 09, Fallout 3, Wii Fit and Call of Duty: World At War compete for Game Campaign.

Race Driver: GRID - PC Patch 1.3 Details (News)

Jan 14, 2009

With GRID's PC patch on its way soon, here is the list of changes this patch brings. Information about a release date for the patch (and PC DLC) is still unknown at this time.

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....

GRID: even better graphics (News)

Aug 6, 2008

The modding folks from Race Driver: GRID did some nice job in improving the graphics of the game. More realistic colors, better shadows, better reflections. PCGH has the info and the pics.

Second GRID DLC Car Confimed as VW W12 Nardo. (News)

Jul 11, 2008

Codemasters have revealed the second car to be included in the upcoming DLC pack for GRID to be the VW W12 Nardo.

The game expansion will feature the car that set several world endurance records for speed and distance at the Nardo test track in southern Italy, believed to be the first time this specific version of the car has been used in a videogame.

Race Driver: Grid PC 1.02 Patch Released (News)

Jul 10, 2008

The 1.02 patch for Race Driver: Grid has been released fixing some problems, balancing the game and tweaking the experience. It's 192 megabytes.

Codemasters Responds to GRID Complaints (News)

Jul 7, 2008

Codemasters has responded to irate Race Driver: GRID fans that were stripped of their hard earned ranks in the recent server-wide reset.

"Given the number of reports we've had of people abusing the ranking system to get unfair ranks, it was only fair that we did a reset," said Rich Tysoe, Codemasters' motorsports overseer, on the community forum.

"It's never an easy decision to make, and we'd rather it hadn't come to this, but changes in the patch should make gaining those ranking points back fairer.

GRID PC Patch 1.2 Coming Soon (News)

Jul 5, 2008

Codemasters has announced the soon to be release of patch 1.2 for Race Driver GRID. The PC patch is said to fix a number of problems including the addition of TrackIR support and Windows Vista 64-bit support. The PS3 patch was released today worldwide...

Codemasters confirms first car for GRID DLC pack with Livery Competition. (News)

Jul 4, 2008

Codemasters have launched a Competition offering people the chance to get a livery they've designed featured in the upcoming DLC car pack for GRID.

Entrants have to design a livery for the McLaren F1 GTR '95, which is the first car confirmed to be in the pack.

Race Driver Grid Patch 1.1 Released (News)

Jun 12, 2008

Codemasters have released the first patch for Race Driver Grid which brings the game to version 1.1 However please note that this version of the patch only works with the PC-DVD version of the game and not if you have downloaded the game from Steam, Metaboli or Direct2Drive. Patches for the downloaded version of the game should be available "within days".

Better graphics in GRID (News)

Jun 10, 2008

The crazy modding scene for Race driver: GRID works on several projects like high quality settings or realistic graphics. PCGHx checked some of the mods and show the graphics you get.

Second Race Driver: GRID Demo Released (News)

Jun 10, 2008

Shacknews is reporting that Codemasters has released a second Race Driver: GRID demo, sponsored by eBay Motors. The 690mb download features the eBay Motors Muscle Series and two tracks.

Race Driver: GRID is now available on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with a Nintendo DS release following in August.

Codemasters Has GRID Patch on the Way (News)

Jun 2, 2008

Codemasters has said it is busy working on a patch to stop stuttering issues in the Xbox 360 version of Race Driver: GRID. Developer boss Gavin Raeburn waded into the official forum to confirm as much, and offered a temporary solution for those of you affected.

"We're close to getting to the root of the problem and we will be including a fix and a backup workaround option (just in case) in our forthcoming patch due within the next few weeks or sooner," said Gavin "Uncle Chewy" Raeburn. "We think the issue is due to specific drive hardware, possibly with bad blocks /sectors.

"The best temporary measure is to copy your Gamertag to a memory card, remove the hard drive and run the game that way. Replays and caching will be disabled, though instant replay will still work as this caches to memory."

The Xbox 360 version appears to have the bulk of the problems, although some have reported similar issues when running the game on PC.

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."

The Stig celebrates Race Driver: GRID launch (News)

May 30, 2008

Boomtown reports: "Top Gear's The Stig and his race driving palls had come along to lend their support to the release of Race Driver: GRID. The drivers happily revved their engines for the assembled crowd. As you might expect it was The Stig that really caught everyone's attention with many vying to say hello to the mysterious magnesium-scented tame racing driver.

Inside the store, the drivers picked up their consoles and copies of the games - The Stig with an Xbox 360 Elite fanboys will notice - before roaring off in a slightly less than legal (but thrilling) fashion northwards along Tottenham Court Road."

GRID (Review)

May 30, 2008

“Hello, Bozo.” It’s charming enough when a game greets you every time you load it. It’s even more endearing when you can choose to be called, instead of your first name, a gently satirical nickname like Bossman, or Chief or, indeed, Bozo. The announcer sounds like she’s almost laughing whenever she says it, like it’s our little shared joke. So we’re proud to be a Bozo, and we feel welcomed. ...

GRID (Screenshots)

May 30, 2008

GRID trailer shows off new mode (News)

May 28, 2008

Codemasters has released a new video for GRID (Race Driver: GRID in the UK) that shows off a mode reminiscent of the rewind mode in Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.

The feature, dubbed 'Flashback,' allows players to inspect the detail of any crash using a rotating camera and go through the carnage frame-by-frame.

At any point during the replay, players can start racing again and attempt to ...

Race Driver: GRID - Damage Trailer (Video)

May 28, 2008

An extremely well done racing game that finds a perfect balance between the fun of arcade racing and the depth and realism of a simulation.

GRID demo reaches a million downloads (News)

May 21, 2008

TVGB: "I seriously can't say 'one million' out loud without at least thinking about putting my pinky finger to my lip and adding dollars to the end despite Dr. Evil's cultural relevance being pretty much gone. Thus when I read the press release announcing that Race Driver: GRID's demo had been downloaded over one million times across the 360, PS3 and PC I couldn't help but envision Dr. Evil racing in a beautifully rendered car, swerving around tracks around the world."

GRID - Trailer (Video)

May 19, 2008

An extremely well done racing game that finds a perfect balance between the fun of arcade racing and the depth and realism of a simulation.

Console versions of GRID still on track as DS SKU is delayed (News)

May 19, 2008

VG247: Codemasters confirmed this morning that the DS version of Race Driver GRID has been pushed into June, but that the release of the PC, PS3 and 360 versions is unaffected.

"Oh no, they're still bang on for next Friday," said a spokesperson for the publisher.

GRID Goes Gold (News)

May 16, 2008

In a post on the official Codemasters forum, GRID's Executive Producer has confirmed that the game has "Gone gold" and entered the manufacturing phase.

Grid multiplayer detailed (News)

May 14, 2008

Grid, the amazing next-gen racer, is boasting 12-player events with full car damage online, Codemasters has revealed. New multiplayer shots have also been released.

Taking out some of the long-windedness of having to find games online Codies says, "players can rapidly find the event they want and a slick voting system, matchmaking mechanism and seamless host migration".

There'll also be the usual rankings and leaderboards ...

Race Driver: GRID multiplayer revealed (News)

May 14, 2008

Eurogamer reports that Codemasters has unveiled Race Driver: GRID's multiplayer features and revealed that the game - due out on PS3, 360 and PC on 30th May - features full damage modelling.

GRID features 32 online race events taking in 80 circuits overall, with support for 12 players online and a ranking system that rewards skill and persistence.

Players will be rewarded with points for winning and beating better-ranked opponents, among other things, graduating from Junior Rookie to Legend as they amass points.

GRID PC Demo Now Available (News)

May 12, 2008

Codemasters has announced today that the PC version of their upcoming racing game is now available on PC. The demo allows gamers in the US and UK to play online with up to 12 players.

Race Driver: GRID PC Demo Released (News)

May 12, 2008

From the official announcement: "PC gamers can get off the grid and race the world right now as Codemasters® announces that the Race Driver: GRID playable demo for Games For Windows® is now available to download from http://community.racedrivergrid.com/.

Delivering intense competition right from the off, the demo enables players to compete in single-player GRID World events and 12-player online races."

Race Drive: Grid demo hits Xbox Live Marketplace, PC demo delayed (News)

May 8, 2008

Codemasters announced today that its released a playable demo for the Xbox 360 version of Race Drive: Grid onto the Xbox Live Marketplace.

The demo will contain 3 events which consists of The eBay Motors Muscle Cup which allows you to take the wheel of a Ford Mustang GT-R, whilst the advanced International Trophy lets you drive a Nissan S15 Silvia, and lastly the Euro Turing Car Series gives you a BMW 320si touring car.

Race Driver: GRID - Demo Next Week (News)

May 3, 2008

Clear your schedule, make sure your hard drive has space, Ensure you close all unnecessary downloads; the GRID Demo will be released next week (Week Commencing May 5th) for all the non-handheld formats.

GRID - Le Mans interview (Video)

May 1, 2008

An extremely well done racing game that finds a perfect balance between the fun of arcade racing and the depth and realism of a simulation.

Tracks, Cars and More Announced for Race Driver; GRiD (News)

Apr 29, 2008

Gameplayer has just got word regarding the finer points of the upcoming Race Driver: GRiD, including the numbers of tracks and car classes, plus some interesting info about the A.I

Codemasters to hold GRID Media Event...Demo Coming Soon? (News)

Apr 24, 2008

Game Focus writes: "...we've learned today that a media press event will be held by Codemasters in Birmingham, England on..."

V8 Supercars not Dead (News)

Apr 18, 2008

Gameplayer has some promising news for Codemasters and Race Driver fans regarding the V8 Supercars, rudely removed from the upcoming game GRiD.

"I like the sound of that. I like it a lot. The dream is alive lads and ladies: Bathurst here I come!"

GRID (Preview)

Apr 2, 2008

Where once we played a TOCA game which covered pretty much every kind of racing discipline, we now have a svelte and well-buff racer, and it’s left its past behind. “Hey TOCA! How are you?” we said - but it totally blanked us. It only answers to GRID now. It hasn’t gone all supermodel-thin by any means, but latest-gen tech is being tapped to angle for more realistic racing over sheer size, so ...

GRID trailer is incredible (News)

Mar 20, 2008

The first trailer for Codemasters Race Driver: GRID has appeared online, and you can view it by clicking once on our much-loved video player just below these words. It's like a family member to us.Due for release in June 2008, Race Driver: GRID continues the popular racing game series and will be the first title in the franchise to appear on the current generation of consoles, coming to PS3, Xbox 360, PC and, er, Nintendo DS.A disclaimer ...

Codemasters to give Gran Turismo 5 a run for its money (News)

Mar 17, 2008

"It's all about the race." That is the mantra over at Codemasters right now. The studio has a title in the works that may give Gran Turismo 5: Prologue a little competition in the racing genre. The title is being developed for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and Nintendo DS. Yes, even the DS is getting some love here, quite impressive.

RaceDriver GRID Countdown: Official Site coming soon (News)

Feb 24, 2008

Codemasters New racer is just around the corner.

GRID dev lead reveals Codemasters' Ego engine, confirms summer 2008 release for all SKUs (News)

Feb 19, 2008

Talking to videogaming247, Ralph Fulton - chief games designer on Codemasters' Race Driver GRID - has confirmed a simultaneous summer 2008 release date for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, and has made first mention of next evolution of the company's Neon racing technology, named the Ego engine.

GRID designed to break America (News)

Feb 14, 2008

Codemasters' sexy new racing game Race Driver: GRID has been designed to appeal to American gamers who didn't 'get' TOCA, says chief games designer Ralph Fulton.

"We reached a stage with the TOCA franchise where we'd hit a ceiling with the number of people to whom we could sell that type of content. It certainly does not appeal broadly in the United States, hence unit sales in single digits for previous TOCA games over there," Fulton told Eurogamer.

GRID (Preview)

Feb 6, 2008

Shedding the TOCA name, GRID (known as Race Driver: GRID in Europe) looks to redefine a genre already somewhat redefined by Codemasters’ excellent Colin McRae: DiRT. “The first big change is that this isn’t a TOCA game. We don’t feel the TOCA prefix is relevant any more to the content we’re including and the racing experience we’re aiming to deliver,” explains Ralph Fulton, Codemasters’ chief ...

GRID (Preview)

Jan 2, 2008

Jan 2, 2008 Codemasters are readying GRID (known as Race Driver: GRID in Europe) for summer ‘08 release - but the next iteration of the TOCA series has already steered into controversy. Hardcore fans are upset at the series new street racing elements, but - dont worry - the realistic handling that TOCA is synonymous with remains. While youll still get to bomb around fully-licensed tracks like Silverstone, youll also be traveling the globe to race over three continents. So one minute you ...

Shock! Race Driver Content Split into Localised Seperate Games (News)

Nov 30, 2007

Gameplayer is reporting that Codemasters may be looking to split the Race Driver series into separate games for local audiences. This comes from confirmation that Race Driver and V8 Supercars, traditionally the same game, will be split in 2008.

"It would be like splitting FIFA into two games, one with the rest of the world, and one just for the A-League!"

PGR-beating Race Driver screens (News)

Nov 29, 2007

Nov 29, 2007 We were expecting some fairly bland images of cars on race courses, but instead Codemasters' latest racer bound for PS3, 360 and PC will have you pulling nutty Fast and Furious-style drifts in city streets, as these sweet new screens show. This is what we're all about - throwing the car's rear end out and powering round corners sideways while the screeching tires kick up ludicrous amounts of smoke, just inches from the car in front. It looks like a more realistic Ridge Racer ...

Race Driver is changing names to Race Driver: GRID + New Screenshots (News)

Nov 29, 2007

Codemasters announced that the new title in their racing franchise Race Driver (earlier known as Race Driver One) is changing names to Race Driver: GRID. This is the second time after Colin McRae DiRT that the UK based publisher decides to change a title of one of their franchises. Codemasters also released a couple of new screenshots of GRID.

Race Driver: GRID is due to release half 2008 and is scheduled for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Race Drive One: First superb shots (News)

Sep 10, 2007

Sept 10 2007 The TOCA Race Driver series boasted some of the greatest racing action on last-gen consoles. Even the PSP version was brilliant. Now, with the first batch of images, publisher Codemasters has revealed the retina-piercing beauty of the new instalment in the franchise: Race Driver One. All the recent crop of next-gen (this-gen?) games have pleased our eyes - Project Gotham Racing 4 is especially pretty - but Race Driver One is easily among the most gorgeous. Perhaps it's the ...

Three new PS3, 360 and PC titles revealed (News)

Apr 20, 2007

Publisher/developer Codemasters has today revealed three new titles for 2008 that will be released on 'leading console platforms' (read that as PS3 and Xbox 360) and PC. Race Driver One may not have the TOCA prefix but is the next outing in the successful series of racing games; Operation Flashpoint 2 is the long-awaited sequel to the PC-only tactical shooter; and Rise of the Argonauts is an all new action RPG. Read on for more info on each of these new games... Rise of the ...

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