Category Archives: Codemasters

Former Codemasters Guildford programmer, Semi Essessi, has spoken out against the firm, stating it imposed long hours without lawful breaks, and threatening former staff members “with bankruptcy” proceedings for not returning wages the firm “mistakenly” paid after shuttering the studio.

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Codemasters has opened up applications for the closed beta of F1 Online. The browser-based F2P effort will feature all the teams, drivers and circuits from the 2011 Formula One season. Codies has also released the first gameplay trailer from the game which you can find below the break.

The full thing is expected to launch next year.

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Codemasters has announced DiRT Showdown, an arcady-type iteration of the rally series that will focus on aspects such as gymkhana, destruction derby and more. Three types of event make up Showdown: standard racing, stunt racing and destruction. As well as being playable alone, there’s split-screen and online for up to eight players. The release of Showdown will support a fourth DiRT iteration in the future. There’s a hands-on report over at GameSpot. The first trailer is below.

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Hit the break to catch the latest trailer for the 2011 edition of Dizzy’s 1991 puzzle-platformer, complete with classic music, somersaulting egg, a lion, a troll and the Grim Reaper to boot.

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk launches next Friday December 9 for mobile iOS and Android devices, priced £1.49. An iPad version will also be available, priced £2.49.

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Codemasters has confirmed that the upcoming Dizzy remake will release on Android, iPhone and iPad on December 9.

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Codemasters has seemingly confirmed the return of ancient, egg-shaped mascot Dizzy, releasing a teaser video and launching Eggcitingnews.com

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Codemasters will bring F1 2011 to Europe as a launch title for PlayStation Vita on February 22, the publisher said today. Its also released a brand new gameplay video, which you can get below the break. F1 will also be part of the handheld’s launch in Japan next month on December 17.

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Codemasters has announced this morning it’ll release F1 2011 on 3DS on November 25. Made by Sumo Digital, it’ll come with all the tracks, teams and drivers from the 2011 season. Get the first video below.

The racer launched on console and PC in September. It’ll also be at the Japanese Vita launch next month.

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We thought the point about Formula One was going fast, not slow-motion. Our head hurts.

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The reviews embargo for F1 2011′s just lifted, with some good scores for this year’s installment coming in thick and fast. Seems like if you’re a proper F1 fan, you may want to get this. Get all the scores below the break. If you have one to add, drop it in the comments.

Game’s out next year for PS3, 360 and PC, with a Japanese Vita release on December 17. Here’s the final dev diary from this morning.

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Codemasters has released the final developer’s diary for F1 2011, show one of the biggest changes for this year’s game in more detail: the inclusion of the safety car. The Codies Birmingham team also talk about the other changes for this year’s game, including the reintroduction of KERS, the new Drag Reduction System (DRS) and the degrading Pirelli tyres.

Get the video below the break. F1 2011 launches next week for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Codemasters has released the first footage of F1 2011 being played on Vita from Tokyo Game Show this morning. It’s not full of too many shockers; there’s F1 cars going round Spa. Not much else to say to that other than it’s below the break. The game will have all the teams, drivers and tracks from the 2011 season.

F1 2011 launches in Japan as a launch title for Vita on December 17. The console versions of the racer arrive at the end of thismonth for PS3, 360 and PC.

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Codemasters has announced it’s “proposing to retire” its Guildford studio.

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Codemasters has released the third dev diary for F1 2011 ahead of the game’s release in two weeks time. The video shows devs Stephen Hood and Paul Jeal discuss one of the major new features for this year’s game: co-op championship, where you and a friend will compete against one another to be the number one driver in the team, as well as together help the team win the constructors championship. Get the video below the break.

It’s out on September 23 for PS3, 360 and PC. Vita and 3DS versions are also in development.

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According to a forum post on the Steam forum (via Kotaku), 3 million promo keys of DiRT 3 have leaked. The codes, which were given out as part of a promotion between Codemasters and AMD when you bought a graphics card from the latter, were part of a list that found its way online. As the codes belong to Steam, it would be simply a case of blocking any said code that was part of the list from the service to prevent it being played.

Codemasters is set to release F1 2011 on October 6 in Japan for ¥7,770, according to a Game Impress report. The release is perfectly timed, with the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka also happening that weekend in the country between October 7-9.

It’ll release here in the UK at the end of this month for PS3, 360 and PC. 3DS and Vita versions are also in development.

Bodycount’s not a game that takes itself too seriously, so Codemasters had no problem turning over some grunty sound assets to YouTube star Freddie Wong for this new trailer.

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Codemasters has released a brand new trailer of F1 2011 ahead of the racer’s released next month. The video shows the story of the 2011 season so far as it prepares to return from its summer break in Belgium this weekend, with the safety car being shown for the first so far, finally confirming it for the game after fan demand. Video’s below.

F1 2011 is out on PS3, 360 and PC on September 23.

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In a recent interview, level designer, Andrew Parsons, from Codemasters’ Guilford studio explained the cover system, the scavenger character class and a lack of females in the upcoming PS3 and 360 shooter.

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Codemasters has announced that the demo fro Bodycount is now available on XBL.

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