EA Completes Acquisition of Codemasters, Establishing New Global Powerhouse for Racing Games

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EA has officially completed its acquisition of UK-based developer Codemasters. The publishing giant confirmed the news in a press release today, which noted that the $1.2 billion deal will open up a new chapter of racing game entertainment for both parties thanks to their newly combined portfolio of franchises. These include Codemaster’s Formula 1, DIRT, DiRT Rally, GRID, and Project CARS titles, which will join EA’s Need for Speed and Real Racing properties.



“This is the beginning of an exciting new era for racing games and content as we bring together the talented teams at Electronic Arts and Codemasters,” said Andrew Wilson, CEO of Electronic Arts. “Racing fandom continues...
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Bigben Interactive, who recently rebranded as Nacon. The Developers of the WRC series are working on the next Test Drive game.
 
Stoly said:
back in the day, Accolade
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I looked it up - actually a very interesting history. Atari had it for a while, until they went through bankruptcy. It's owned by a French publisher named Nacon right now, and they had filed for IP trademark for a new Test Drive title last year.

Nacon (formerly called BigBen) has a lot of console titles (mostly smaller Gameboy type games) - they did publish the WRC series, among a few other notable titles.
 
Brian_B said:
I looked it up - actually a very interesting history. Atari had it for a while, until they went through bankruptcy. It's owned by a French publisher named Nacon right now, and they had filed for IP trademark for a new Test Drive title last year.

Nacon (formerly called BigBen) has a lot of console titles (mostly smaller Gameboy type games) - they did publish the WRC series, among a few other notable titles.
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If memory serves me well, Accolade did TestDrive 1 through 5, then it was bought by Infogrames, then ATARI (I think they did the Unlimited series) and now Nacon.

I played the first 3, skipped 4,5 and my last one was 6. None of the spin-offs
 
Brian_B said:
I looked it up - actually a very interesting history. Atari had it for a while, until they went through bankruptcy. It's owned by a French publisher named Nacon right now, and they had filed for IP trademark for a new Test Drive title last year.

Nacon (formerly called BigBen) has a lot of console titles (mostly smaller Gameboy type games) - they did publish the WRC series, among a few other notable titles.
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Am I shadowbanned?
 
hubaduba said:
Deepest condolences to fans of Codemasters games.
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well as usual they will release 1 or 2 dissapointing games (even if they are the best games they ever made people will hate it as they are now EA, or it is missing 1 tiny feature they can't live without), the main talent will leave the studio and start a couple of smaller studio's who will crank out awesome games again.

It's the circle of life
 
MadMummy76 said:
Am I shadowbanned?
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I didn’t see your post when I made mine - odds are it was sitting in my browser for an hour or two while I was working and didn’t hit Post for a while. Sorry about that
 
Stoly said:
If memory serves me well, Accolade did TestDrive 1 through 5, then it was bought by Infogrames, then ATARI (I think they did the Unlimited series) and now Nacon.

I played the first 3, skipped 4,5 and my last one was 6. None of the spin-offs
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You should try Test Drive Unlimited if you can find a copy. It recreated all 600 square miles of Oahu. The sequel added the 200 square mile Ibiza to go with Oahu. By comparison, Forza Horizon maps are only 30-40 square miles.
 
Armenius said:
You should try Test Drive Unlimited if you can find a copy. It recreated all 600 square miles of Oahu. The sequel added the 200 square mile Ibiza to go with Oahu. By comparison, Forza Horizon maps are only 30-40 square miles.
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Yeah, playing forza horizon was like a kid's toy after TDU. And terrible thing is that it's the best racing game since TDU outside of sims.
 
Yea and I thought the tdu servers were all shut down too. Loved that game though.
 
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