GoGamer has listed their Halloween weekend 48 hour madness sale. Several big name titles have been put on sale including Batman: Arkham Asylum, Fallout 3, GRID (PS3), Prototype, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky and more.
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.
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.
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.
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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....
According the French site UltimatePS3, Codemasters will release a new patch of Race Driver GRID to Xbox 360 and PS3. Complete changelog in the link below...
Codemasters have revealed the second car to be included in the upcoming DLC pack for GRID to be the VW W12 Nardo.
Codemasters has responded to irate Race Driver: GRID fans that were stripped of their hard earned ranks in the recent server-wide reset.
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 is, sadly, the latest developer to be added to the list of those who won't be adding trophy support to their already released titles.
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.
Following PC patch v1.1., PS3 just got the new update ready for download, just run the game while connected to PSN to grab it.
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.
Codemaster is making moves on the Japanese market, with the first step the localisation of the recently release Race Driver: GRID
VG247: Codemasters just confirmed that Race Driver: GRID will launch for 360 and PS3 in Japan at some point this year.
Codemasters have announced the list of features, changes and bug fixes on the way in their forthcoming patch for the game. The patch is planned to go live at the end of next week although this date is subject to change. Unless platform specific the list applies to all versions of the game.
PS3 Fanboy writes: "You've got to wonder exactly what these publishers are thinking. In America, particularly, there are a silly amount of games coming out this week. With Metal Gear Solid 4's imminent release next week, these titles may well suffer as a result. Still, at least the very small percentage of PS3 gamers who don't pick up MGS4 will have plenty to keep them busy. Weirdos. Here's the full release list:
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."
See what's coming in the week ahead for the PLAYSTATION 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP and DS. New hardware too: red God of War PSP and Metal Gear branded bluetooth headset.