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[Sam-KK24]

Yes, it's official! Codemasters have secured the F1 license, and the first of their games will come out in 09

Codemasters® secures official FORMULA ONE video game licence - product line to be jewel in racing game crown.


Codemasters Studios to drive new generation of FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games across multiple formats.

Codemasters®, developer and publisher of award-winning racing video games, has secured the exclusive video game rights to FORMULA 1 it was announced today. In a worldwide licensing agreement with Formula One Administration Limited, Codemasters will develop a new generation of the multi-million selling FORMULA 1 game franchise across multiple platforms.

Codemasters Studios, creators of genre-leading racing titles Colin McRae: DiRT™ and Race Driver: GRID™, will lead the design and development of official FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games for home console, handheld and PC gaming formats.

“FORMULA 1 is ambitious in expanding its reach with more circuits planned beyond recent additions in the Middle East and China. It is also ambitious in expanding its reach via technology. The digital communities that computer and video gaming creates will play a key role in further growing the FORMULA 1 audience and connecting them globally,” said Rod Cousens, chief executive officer, Codemasters. “As a world-leading creator of driving games, this alliance with FORMULA 1 is the jewel in Codemasters’ racing crown and creates an undisputed segment champion. FORMULA 1 has gone with the best, the segment leader. It has gone to the home of the EGO Engine for quality; it has gone to the company that can host FORMULA 1 Online, to the company that is streaking away from the pack.”

“Codemasters’ success and recent innovations in the racing game space makes the company more than appropriately tuned for the challenge,” said Chris Deering, chairman, Codemasters. “The combination of FORMULA 1’s new momentum of expansion and Codemasters’ contemporary technology and past experience is the breaking of a new dawn for the sport, on the track and on the HD game screen.”

The worldwide deal provides Codemasters with rights to feature all Grand Prix circuits, FORMULA 1 teams, cars, and driver likenesses.

The FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games will be developed using the evolution of the award-winning EGO™ Game Technology Engine, Codemasters’ highly versatile cross-platform middleware technology. Its advanced graphics and physics technology brings an unmatched cinematic quality and realism to interactive entertainment.

The EGO Engine is currently being deployed in the creation of Race Driver: GRID™, the latest in Codemasters Studio’s international circuit-based racing series. Set to be a landmark release when it launches on May 30th, Race Driver: GRID was recently hailed as “The driving game of the summer” by BBC Top Gear magazine.

Codemasters expects the first game based on the FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP to launch in 2009.

[bud]

hopefully they do a good job of it!

[Dutchcruijff]

Finally for the love of christ. Anyone play any Colin McRae, is it any good?

[McLaren Fan]

Sounds good. It would also be nice if they allowed you to race on older tracks, either in a time trial or by unlocking them. That is something that has been forgotten in Formula One games.

[al4x]

does this possibly mean there will be a pc f1 game?

[bud]

does this possibly mean there will be a pc f1 game?

probably

[woody2goody]

I hope it's not too arcadey, because Codemasters admit that GRID isn't a simulation.

I can't stand F1 arcade games. It'll be tough for them to match up to F1 CE but I'm sure it will be a good game. Plus, by '09, there will be a couple more nice new tracks to drive!

If there's one thing that they will do better at it's the actual racing experience. The AI may finally decide to do some proper overtaking

Combine all these things together and an '09 F1 game should be fantastic with the new regs.

I hope Codemasters go a bit further than Sony did, i.e. maybe making an end of season game so car performance is accurate. Also, they should include proper driver hiring and firing, and the option to race as a team's test driver.

it's a shame that their aquisition didn't come a few months earlier, so there was a chance of an '08 end of season game. The only bad thing about this is Bernie again being greedy and wanting as much money from the developers/publishers as possible. The sooner Bernie and Max Mosley retire the better off F1 will be.

[Rivelution]

I hope its a simulation rather than an arcade racer. Dirt was a pretty good game, and I think they will do a pretty good job. Will this be on all platforms? i.e. 360, Ps3?

[bud]

they better not have an arcade mode! they have a lot to live up to with F1 CE in terms of graphics and physics.

i only hope being cross platform us PS3 users wont get a dumbed down version..

[Ferrari man 009]

Yes, it's official! Codemasters have secured the F1 license, and the first of their games will come out in 09

Codemasters® secures official FORMULA ONE video game licence - product line to be jewel in racing game crown.


Codemasters Studios to drive new generation of FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games across multiple formats.

Codemasters®, developer and publisher of award-winning racing video games, has secured the exclusive video game rights to FORMULA 1 it was announced today. In a worldwide licensing agreement with Formula One Administration Limited, Codemasters will develop a new generation of the multi-million selling FORMULA 1 game franchise across multiple platforms.

Codemasters Studios, creators of genre-leading racing titles Colin McRae: DiRT™ and Race Driver: GRID™, will lead the design and development of official FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games for home console, handheld and PC gaming formats.

“FORMULA 1 is ambitious in expanding its reach with more circuits planned beyond recent additions in the Middle East and China. It is also ambitious in expanding its reach via technology. The digital communities that computer and video gaming creates will play a key role in further growing the FORMULA 1 audience and connecting them globally,” said Rod Cousens, chief executive officer, Codemasters. “As a world-leading creator of driving games, this alliance with FORMULA 1 is the jewel in Codemasters’ racing crown and creates an undisputed segment champion. FORMULA 1 has gone with the best, the segment leader. It has gone to the home of the EGO Engine for quality; it has gone to the company that can host FORMULA 1 Online, to the company that is streaking away from the pack.”

“Codemasters’ success and recent innovations in the racing game space makes the company more than appropriately tuned for the challenge,” said Chris Deering, chairman, Codemasters. “The combination of FORMULA 1’s new momentum of expansion and Codemasters’ contemporary technology and past experience is the breaking of a new dawn for the sport, on the track and on the HD game screen.”

The worldwide deal provides Codemasters with rights to feature all Grand Prix circuits, FORMULA 1 teams, cars, and driver likenesses.

The FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games will be developed using the evolution of the award-winning EGO™ Game Technology Engine, Codemasters’ highly versatile cross-platform middleware technology. Its advanced graphics and physics technology brings an unmatched cinematic quality and realism to interactive entertainment.

The EGO Engine is currently being deployed in the creation of Race Driver: GRID™, the latest in Codemasters Studio’s international circuit-based racing series. Set to be a landmark release when it launches on May 30th, Race Driver: GRID was recently hailed as “The driving game of the summer” by BBC Top Gear magazine.

Codemasters expects the first game based on the FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP to launch in 2009.

Will there be a 2008 race then ????? I think i previously heard that ea were making one , which is ok because they did not too bad but i don't know.

[Kiwi_Chris]

An arcade 'mode' i can handle what i would love to see in a F1 game are things like a pace car and proper rules ie: you get a stop and go you have to go into the pits and serve a stop and go, to many f1 games have copped out on that with 'time penaltys' instead

[bud]

An arcade 'mode' i can handle what i would love to see in a F1 game are things like a pace car and proper rules ie: you get a stop and go you have to go into the pits and serve a stop and go, to many f1 games have copped out on that with 'time penaltys' instead

Well they better not have an arcade mode, Studio Liverpool didnt though they had the driving aids available which i think kept the game as one instead of splitting it into two different games in one with one arcade and one simulation

[Rob-F1]

2009.... oh for god sake!

[Jensonb]

Sucks that noone's bothered to make, or even plan, a 2007 or 2008 game.

[Rob-F1]

Who would buy a game for £40 when its based on last year?

And its too late now to release an F1 game for this year. If they tried to develop one now it would be a really rushed job. Lets hope Codemasters make one hell of a game to make up for 2 years without any brand new F1 games...