Codemasters to EA

[Riff Machine 2,105]

I imagine a year or two from now, we’ll hear about the studio closing down.  

[GazzaGarratt 10,867]

Bit gutted about this really even though its been on the cards for a while. Codemasters was a super developer inthe UK. Made so many games, especially sports ones, that I absolutely loved and still play to this day.

 

I worry that we'll lose their game identity if EAs track record has anything to do with it. Please let me be proven wrong.

[J4MES OX4D 9,776]

Codemasters aren't quite as prominent as they used to be in the industry so this move may help in that respect whilst also taking the sting out of the cost of licences. These official racing games aren't cheap to produce so if they fail to sell well like a few of their recent games then it's a big problem. Hopefully EA will keep their money-grabbing mitts out of the gameplay by trying to monetize aspects of it and let the games run themselves as designed by the developers.