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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.

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."

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.

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. ...

Xbox Live Marketplace Update: Thursday 4th December 2008 (News)

Dec 4, 2008

Console Monster writes: "If you've been kept in the house because of the 'poor' weather conditions and are looking for new content to download then look no further as the Xbox Live Marketplace update for Thursday 4th December 2008 is here:

Name: Race Driver GRID 8-Ball Pack
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Jedi Temple Mission Pack
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions

Name: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Costume Pack #2
Price: 400 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox Live Regions.."

Race Driver Grid gets 8 Ball from Today (News)

Dec 4, 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 (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....

Gaming car crashes through the ages (Video)

Sep 17, 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.

Gaming car crashes through the ages (Feature)

Sep 17, 2008

After a few hours playing your new racing game, sooner or later you will stop braking for corners (if you ever started), or even turn round and drive around the track the wrong way into the oncoming pack of cars. Why would such craziness take over an otherwise stable mind? Because crashing cars is fun. It's as simple as that.

From the flashing screen and bouncing wheel of Super Monaco GP to the physics-fest of Burnout ...

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

Aug 25, 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. (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.

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 Xbox 360 patch released, resets online rank (News)

Jul 6, 2008

The patch for GRID on Xbox 360 has been put live, with it comes a number of enhancements and changes. The patch has a side effect of resetting every players online rank back down to zero. Many players have invested a considerable amount of time into the game on their way to the top ranks in order to unlock achievements. Players on the verge of meeting the requirements will now find they will have to start again from scratch at the very bottom rank.

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.

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.

GRID spearheads Codemasters' move into Japan (News)

Jun 6, 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 (News)

Jun 6, 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 (News)

Jun 5, 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.

The ELSPA Weekly Chart - Xbox 360 (News)

Jun 3, 2008

Can Race Driver: GRID knock Grand Theft Auto IV off from top spot in the Xbox 360 chart?

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."

This Week's New Videogame Releases (Week of 6/2/08) (News)

May 31, 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.

360 version of GRID hits the skids (News)

May 31, 2008

From Gamer.tm "It seems that not all is well with the 360 version of GRID,with gamers complaining that the game repeatedly freezes during play.

The cause of the problem appears to be the 360's hard drive. So GRID's executive producer Gavin Raeburn has told the Codemasters forum, the British developer believes that "the issue is due to specific drive hardware, possibly with bad blocks/sectors."

According to Raeburn though, Codemasters is "close to getting to the root of the problem" and that "a patch will be released as soon as [Codemasters] can get it through Microsoft [certification]."

It seems that no similar issues have been reported with the PS3 or PC versions."

Codemaster's GRID PR Stunt (News)

May 31, 2008

Details of today's stunt by Codemasters in London, at which 6 racing drivers pulled up outside Zavvi and illegally parked whilst popping in to grab a copy of the game!

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. ...

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 (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.

Gametrailers staff explains GRID incident (News)

May 13, 2008

Gametrailers staff wrote: "When we capture video from games, we capture them to tapes, the tapes are then labeled and given to the video editors to cut into videos, for instance, a ps3/360 comparison video.

Two things went wrong this time. A) the tape was mislabeled as 360 footage so the editor thought he was comparing different things, and B) our editorial check on the video didn't go through the usual rigors, and failed to notice the mistake. When people check hundreds of videos a day, sometimes things slip through.

Obviously this is a huge issue, and we took it down as soon as we found out about it.

Never attribute to malice what you can instead attribute to a mistake. This was a simple oversight, and then spun by Kotaku into some sort of evil empire stunt.

I hope that clears things up some."

Gametrailers: 360 version of GRID better; Uses PS3 footage? ...WTF? (News)

May 10, 2008

youtube.com User- ShinGino says" In gametrailers' recent comparison of GRID, a new racing game for the 360 and PS3, they claim the 360 version of the game does much better handling crash physics. The problem is the image they used has a triangle, R1, and R2 button explaining the control scheme in the left hand corner. What the hell?"

Codemasters Giving Away Ford Mustang GT-R (News)

May 9, 2008

Codemasters has announced today that the Grid playable demo is on the XBox Market and Playstation Network. In addition to getting the demo, players can race for a chance to win an eBay Motors Ford Mustang GT-R

Win a BMW by playing GRID demo (News)

May 8, 2008

Codemasters has announced the immediate availability of a Race Driver: GRID playable demo for Xbox 360, with the PS3 demo set to go live later today.

The demo features a selection of race events to try out, including racing a Ford Mustang GT-R on the streets of San Francisco in the eBay Motors Muscle Cup, taking control of a Nissan S15 Silvia in the Advan Drift Trophy at Yokohama Docks, and getting behind the wheel of a BMW 320si touring car around the hairpins of the Jarama circuit in Spain.

The demo also features 12-player online support for competitions at the European and US locations.

Most exciting though is the Pan-European Fastest Lap Challenge which is offering players the chance to win a BMW 3-Series. To participate, players must submit their fastest European Time Trial lap time on the Jarama track.

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.

GRID Achievements Revealed (News)

May 7, 2008

Xbox360Achievements.org have just unveiled the achievements for Codemasters upcoming title, Race Driver: GRID.

The game has a really diverse achievement list with 50 achievements totaling 1000 points. The achievements will have players reversing over the finish line, getting some big air, buying a brand new Lamborgini all for those precious gamerpoints.

This however is far from an easy 1000 and the list overall looks fairly tasking... 1st in a 24hr Le Mans event anyone?

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.

Europe - Race Driver: GRID preorder could net you a BMW 320SI E90 (News)

May 2, 2008

A special addition to the already impressive line-up of racing cars in this all-new racing game, the Gamestation branded BMW 320SI E90 is based on the BMW 3 series with a highly tuned version of the road car's 2.0 litre engine and the capacity to reach a staggering 150 mph. The Gamestation BMW also has 275 bhp, transforming the humble road car into a monster racing machine that would effortlessly fetch a whopping £160,000. For special preview footage of the racing car visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFeNyeay278

Pre-orders for Codemasters' latest release, Race Driver: GRID will be taken at Gamestation stores nationwide as well as online from Friday 2nd May, ready for the launch on 30th May.

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.

GRID - playable debut (News)

Mar 11, 2008

Gamers will be able to race a selection of cars and tracks from Race Driver: GRID, the intense new racing experience from Codemasters Studios, at Play.com Live.

The Play.com Live event on March 15 and 16 will give people the chance to try out the latest computer games and watch the hottest groups Â¿ all inside the world famous home of UK football.

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 ...

8-Ball DLC Achievments (Unlockable)

Feb 18, 2009

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Codes (Cheat)

Jun 12, 2008

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Unlock All Cheats (Cheat)

Jun 12, 2008

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Ninja Difficulty (Cheat)

Jun 9, 2008

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Things to Achieve (Unlockable)

May 30, 2008

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