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GoGamer Discounts Arkham Asylum, Prototype, Painkiller: Resurrection (Race Driver: GRID)

1/11/2009

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.

Codmasters Take Home Develop Grand Prix Award (Race Driver: GRID)

16/07/2009

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.

Fable II, LBP, GRID Receive Kudos in Parliament (Race Driver: GRID)

30/03/2009

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."

MCV Industry Excellence Awards 2009 Finalists Announced (Race Driver: GRID)

26/02/2009

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 gets 8 Ball from Today (Race Driver: GRID)

4/12/2008

Quote from site:

"Codemasters today announced the launch of the new downloadable "8 Ball" premium content pack for Race Driver: GRID, the hit racing game of the summer, for the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. The 8 Ball pack will be available today, Thursday 7th December, from Xbox Live Marketplace (800 Microsoft Points) and from Playstation Network (£6.29 / €7.99 / $9.99)".

Codemasters Acquire Swordfish Studios (Race Driver: GRID)

14/11/2008

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 : new patch coming soon to Xbox 360 and PS3 (Race Driver: GRID)

25/08/2008

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...

Second GRID DLC Car Confimed as VW W12 Nardo. (Race Driver: GRID)

11/07/2008

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.

Codemasters Responds to GRID Complaints (Race Driver: GRID)

7/07/2008

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 (Race Driver: GRID)

5/07/2008

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 not planning on adding trophies to GRID (Race Driver: GRID)

4/07/2008

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.

On the official GRID forums an administrator has posted saying that they're "currently not planning to restrospectively support PSN trophies - it;s not a trivial thing to add to a game" [sic].

Though this is disappointing, it's not too unexpected. Third party games are the least likely to be patched in. With Criterion showing their contemporaries, hopefully more will decide to rake in the goodwill of gamers by following suit.

Codemasters confirms first car for GRID DLC pack with Livery Competition. (Race Driver: GRID)

4/07/2008

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.

GRID update for PS3 is out now (Race Driver: GRID)

17/06/2008

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.

Second Race Driver: GRID Demo Released (Race Driver: GRID)

10/06/2008

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.

GRID spearheads Codemasters' move into Japan (Race Driver: GRID)

6/06/2008

Codemaster is making moves on the Japanese market, with the first step the localisation of the recently release Race Driver: GRID

And Rod Cousens, CEO of the UK publisher, has indicated that Codemasters intends to establish a stronger presence in the region with more announcements expected in the coming months.

GRID to launch in Japan this year (Race Driver: GRID)

6/06/2008

VG247: Codemasters just confirmed that Race Driver: GRID will launch for 360 and PS3 in Japan at some point this year.

The game's going to be full localised, as you'd expect, with Japanese text and speech.

41 changes in GRID patch feature list (Race Driver: GRID)

5/06/2008

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.

The patch features 41 changes and bug fixes designed to enhance the online experience such as reverse gear being disabled for the first 2 seconds of the race. The patch also resolves the stuttering issue many users have reported on the Xbox 360 version.

Worldwide PS3 releases for the week of June 1st (Race Driver: GRID)

2/06/2008

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:

US Games:

GRID
Kung Fu Panda
The Bourne Conspiracy
Lego Indiana Jones
Incredible Hulk

EU Games:

Lego Indiana Jones
Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

Asian Games:

Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit
FIFA Street 3

GRID launches in London, TVGB chats with chief dev (Race Driver: GRID)

1/06/2008

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."

This Week's New Videogame Releases (Week of 6/2/08) (Race Driver: GRID)

31/05/2008

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.