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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.

1998 vs 2008: How has gaming changed in 10 years? (Feature)

Dec 31, 2008

Seeing as it took almost 40 years for movies to learn how to talk, gaming hasn’t exactly shuffled its feet. It hasn’t even been 40 years since Computer Space became the first commercial game, and what began as little more than dandruff on a black screen is already threatening photo-, audio- and physical realism. ...

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."

ELSPA Weekly Chart - Playstation 3 (News)

Sep 25, 2007

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

Codemasters pulls Colin McRae ad campaign (News)

Sep 20, 2007

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.

Colin McRae and son die in helicopter crash (News)

Sep 17, 2007

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 ...

Colin McRae: DIRT (Review)

Sep 13, 2007

Sept 13, 2007 Let's start with a moan. What percentage of people actually play their PS3 on one of those High Definition Television things? It's got to be well under half of you. You'd like to think developers would actually test their games on a standard def TV before kicking them out of the door and out onto retail shelves. So there we were, squinting at the (admittedly lovely looking, when presented on the right technology) Career menu screen, unable to read even the most rudimentary ...

Colin McRae PS3 developer video (News)

Sep 11, 2007

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 ...

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 (Screenshots)

Sep 11, 2007

EU PSN Update - 31/08/07 (News)

Aug 31, 2007

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.

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.

PS3 will get Colin McRae in steelbook edition (News)

Jul 27, 2007

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.

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

Jun 28, 2007

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.

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 (Preview)

May 3, 2007

Obviously, as MotorStorm has so brilliantly demonstrated, what people want most from a racer these days is down and dirty mud-splattered action where rival cars do everything in their power - and a little more besides - to make sure they cross the finish line first. Where's the fun in racing on your own through checkpoints against the clock when PS3 can handle multiple cars smashing up scenery and each other in fierce, no-holds barred battles? Racing games need to move with the times to compete ...

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: DIRT (Preview)

Mar 21, 2007

Colin McRaes Rally was a fun, if under appreciated, series from the Xbox and PS2 days, and now the series is restarting its engine and we must say, DIRT never looked so clean. Rally racing may not be as big or popular as NASCAR in the US, but DIRT promises to make you wanna drive around in the mud and the muck, spraying it all over your ...

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 ...

New rally racer muds it up (News)

May 4, 2006

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, ...

Bonus Car Ending Video (Unlockable)

Jul 24, 2008

Go to GamesRadar to see the Unlockable ...