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.
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Nov 14, 2008

Codemasters Acquire Swordfish Studios

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PS3 - Colin McRae: Dirt - Codemasters Acquire Swordfish Studios

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....
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Jun 16, 2008

Darlings named in Queen’s birthday honors

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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 ... » Read More

Jun 1, 2008

GRID launches in London, TVGB chats with chief dev

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PS3 - Colin McRae: Dirt - GRID launches in London, TVGB chats with chief dev

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."
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Sep 25, 2007

ELSPA Weekly Chart - Playstation 3

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PS3 - Colin McRae: Dirt - ELSPA Weekly Chart - Playstation 3

In what you could call a fitting tribute, Colin McRae: DIRT is back at number one...
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Sep 20, 2007

Codemasters pulls Colin McRae ad campaign

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Publisher moves as a sign of respect.

Codemasters has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz it has pulled a major advertising campaign for the PlayStation 3 version of Colin McRae: DIRT.
The publisher has cancelled the TV campaign as a sign of respect following McRae's death last weekend.

"With consideration to and in agreement with McRae's family, there was a stop put on the TV ads that were planned to run on Sky channels at the weekend and through this week," said a spokesperson for Codemasters.
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Sep 17, 2007

Colin McRae and son die in helicopter crash

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Sept 17, 2007 Racing legend Colin McRae, his son, and two family friends died in a helicopter crash on Saturday, September 15, when it went down near McRae's family home. For those of you who don't know, McRae has worked closely with Codemasters on the popular Colin McRae racing series for several years now. The PS3 version of DiRT hit shelves last week. The BBC reports: "Rally champion Colin McRae, his five-year-old son, a six-year-old boy and a family friend were killed in a helicopter ... » Read More

Sep 11, 2007

Colin McRae PS3 developer video

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Sept 11, 2007 Codemasters is gearing up to unleash its gorgeous-looking rally racer on Sony's gaming beast at the end of the week, and this video features Chief games designer, Matt Horsman showing off the multi-car off road races in the game. Head here for the new screens. He gives you a look at the cross over, motocross and C.O.R.E events that Xbox 360 owners are already blasting through, considering the game launched on 360 back in June. Both versions look pretty much identical, although ... » Read More

Aug 31, 2007

EU PSN Update - 31/08/07

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PS3 - Colin McRae: Dirt - EU PSN Update - 31/08/07

There seems to finally be an update on the EU Playstation Network, although a day later than usual. Don't get too excited there. As of time of writing the update includes:

Colin McRae: Dirt (Demo)
Jed Ashforth Interview (Video)
All the Kings Men (Blu-ray Trailer)

As you have noticed there isn't even a sign of the latest Heavenly Sword video's, so hopefully I've caught it in the middle of an update.
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Jul 27, 2007

PS3 will get Colin McRae in steelbook edition

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PS3 - Colin McRae: Dirt - PS3 will get Colin McRae in steelbook edition

Codemasters Europe announced Colin Mcrae on the PlayStation will be released in a special steelbook edition. It is yet unknown if this steelbook-version will include some kind of bonus materials and also the price of this special steelbook edition is still unknown. Hit the jump to see a image of this steelbook-edition.
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Jun 28, 2007

Colin Mcrae: DiRT Sales Top 500,000 in First Week

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PS3 - Colin McRae: Dirt - Colin Mcrae: DiRT Sales Top 500,000 in First Week

With week one sales out the door, Codemasters is proud to announce that DiRT, the company's critically acclaimed new racing title, has exceeded expectations across the board. If DiRT's early review score of 9/10 from Official Xbox Magazine (U.S.) wasn't any indication, Codemasters is now reporting that week one sales of the game have surpassed 500K copies globally, and the playable demos for the Xbox 360 video game entertainment system from Microsoft and the PC have been downloaded over 500K times worldwide.
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Mar 28, 2007

Dirt never looked so good - stunning new trailer

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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 ... » Read More

Nov 16, 2006

Colin McRae: Dirty new images

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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, ... » Read More

Jul 20, 2006

Colin McRae gets mucky

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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 ... » Read More

May 4, 2006

New rally racer muds it up

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Codemasters has today confirmed that its much loved and hugely successful off-road series is to reappear after its two year pit-stop as a next-gen racer, under the working title of CMR'07. Currently penciled in for unnamed "next-generation platforms," the British-developed veteran racer will include all manner of enhancements and new modes alongside its traditional high-speed rallying, with the focus on realism and detail. Along with the international events, official cars and real tracks, ... » Read More

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