More details: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-19-codemasters-is-no-more-meet-codemasters-racing
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Codemasters Rebranded As Codemasters Racing; To Make Racing Games Only.
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More details: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-04-19-codemasters-is-no-more-meet-codemasters-racing
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
After Bodycount cratered we knew this was coming, but I'm a little amazed that they actually renamed the whole company.
Outside of racing, I can only really point to Overlord as a franchise of theirs that I enjoyed. Hopefully the IP either reverts to Triumph or they find another publishing partner for a similar kind of game.
Outside of racing, I can only really point to Overlord as a franchise of theirs that I enjoyed. Hopefully the IP either reverts to Triumph or they find another publishing partner for a similar kind of game.
The Elite
BOSS
Now that they have their priority sorted out, they should put something together to rival both Gran Turismo and Forza. I'd be excited to see what they could produce.
Another TOCA would be huge too.
Cheesemeister
Member
Now more irrelevant than ever!
Seriously, why would you pigeonhole your company like that?
EDIT: Label, huh? You need more than one for that argument to qualify.
Seriously, why would you pigeonhole your company like that?
EDIT: Label, huh? You need more than one for that argument to qualify.
Seraphinianus
Banned
why not Race Masters?
er wait...
er wait...
StoppedInTracks
Member
Operation Flashpoint :'(
The Elite
BOSS
So this is like the EA Sports brand?
You don't often see publishers making smart moves, but this definitely qualifies.
The big publishers have pretty much abandoned the market Codemasters serves. Focus on that 100 percent (especially since everything else you do is incredibly niche and a waste of corporate resources). Very smart move.
EDIT: Or not. Figures. Made too much sense for such a niche publisher to just focus on the one thing they do well.
The big publishers have pretty much abandoned the market Codemasters serves. Focus on that 100 percent (especially since everything else you do is incredibly niche and a waste of corporate resources). Very smart move.
EDIT: Or not. Figures. Made too much sense for such a niche publisher to just focus on the one thing they do well.
"UPDATE: Codemasters has been in touch to clarify its Codemasters Racing announcement.
Codemasters remains the name of the company. Codemasters Racing is a new label, which launches alongside DiRT Showdown, and will be the home of Codies' racing brands: DiRT, F1 and GRID."
Check the article.
Codemasters remains the name of the company. Codemasters Racing is a new label, which launches alongside DiRT Showdown, and will be the home of Codies' racing brands: DiRT, F1 and GRID."
Check the article.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Boooo. Was hoping for a sequel to Jericho.
Exactly like that.
If it helps, Codemasters no longer owns the first game anymore. Cold War Crisis is now owned by the original developers, and was re-released last year as ArmA: Cold War Assault.
If you liked the original OFP, play the ArmA games. They're the same.
All the games Codemasters did on their own were terrible. Nothing of value was lost.
I think focusing on the racing games is a good idea. It's their best output and the games still do well.
walking fiend
Member
I always thought they are a going to become like THQ sooner or later; I am not worried anymore.
(I guess the name change part is mostly to deliver a clear message, which will also be good for marketing and promotional)
edit: just saw the label part, lol
So this means they may still function as a publisher for other developers, but won't develop anything themselves that isn't a racing game? Works fine for myself as Overlord was all I cared about. Lame for their other stuff, but it seems as if they were in the minority anyway.
j0hnny_385
Member
700 people working there? Damn! O_O
Always-honest
Banned
It's what they do best. Smart move
The Elite
BOSS
The fact that people liked the idea of Codemasters going racing only speaks volumes. It's really all that I think about when I think of the Codemasters brand anyways.
IF THEY...
...find a way to resurrect the TOCA franchise in the veins of legendary TOCA Race Driver 3 game..
AND IF THEY...
...find a way to obtain WRC licence and finally do some good with the heritage of the Colin series..
AND IF THEY...
...have enough money to start working on the next-gen platforms TODAY so they can actually achieve 60fps performance on consoles with the engine instead of current 30fps crygame..
AND IF THEY..
... get rid of the Demonware for the matchmaking/online support..
AND IF THEY...
...go back to the very, very roots that made them FAMOUS...
Than I am so damn happy with this decision.
...find a way to resurrect the TOCA franchise in the veins of legendary TOCA Race Driver 3 game..
AND IF THEY...
...find a way to obtain WRC licence and finally do some good with the heritage of the Colin series..
AND IF THEY...
...have enough money to start working on the next-gen platforms TODAY so they can actually achieve 60fps performance on consoles with the engine instead of current 30fps crygame..
AND IF THEY..
... get rid of the Demonware for the matchmaking/online support..
AND IF THEY...
...go back to the very, very roots that made them FAMOUS...
Than I am so damn happy with this decision.
Well, for them its actually a smart move. They never really made any good games that wasn't a racing game.
sixteen-bit
Member
Focus on strengths, makes sense.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
That's even dumber, haahaha.
OH yes, pleaaase! With all kinds of crazy household and garden tracks!
Jamesways
Member
frankie_baby
Member
Oh god yes, when was there a micro machines game last?
while i agree 60fps is *almost* a must for the racing genre, your statement makes it sound like their current-gen console engine is lacking when in fact it is capable of making easily among the best looking racers on the systems.
but yeah, make next-gen 60 again.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
This is actually good news, as far as I'm concerned. Racing is the one thing Codemasters really does well... and they do it really, really damn well.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
It's a label... but they have no other games in development outside of that label.
Eh?
Eh?
Fixed it for you.
Not going to happen i'm afraid.
They've found broad success with their revamped racing games so they wont be returning to their roots unfortunately.
Although, we might see a 'sim' style spinoff in the future...
Helios, GRID 2...nao....Was just going to pop in here to clarify the re-branding and what it means, but looks like I've been beaten to it
and fix the handling while you're at it..
Neuromancer
Member
Oh its just a 'label'
Carry on then
Carry on then
Anton Sugar
Member
Nice. Now let Bohemia buy Operation Flashpoint back so it can die a good death.
Diablohead
Member
codemasters make rather good racing games (with some I dislike) and all their other efforts have never done very well, so smart move.