These cuts follow the releases of both EA Sports WRC and F1 23 by the studio, which was bought by EA back in 2021 for a tidy $1.2 billion. As of writing it’s unclear how many staff at codies ...

Now, with the layoffs at Codemasters, EA may be looking to cut back on its investments in the racing genre. Back in 2021, EA acquired Codemasters, outbidding Take-Two Interactive for $1.2 billion.

EA initially purchased Codemasters for $1.2 billion in early 2021, earning the publisher the rights to F1 and FIA World Rally Championship licenses, along with owned IP such as Grid, Dirt, and ...

Codemasters and EA Sports have released the latest update for F1 25.

Codemasters has been around since the 8-bit era and was the last big, independent British publisher and developer, before they were bought by EA for £1.2 billion in 2020.

Electronic Arts has confirmed with IGN that it has laid off an unspecified number of employees from Codemasters, the developer of the Grid, F1, and EA Sports WRC racing games.

EA Sports WRC, the first WRC game to come from EA through developer Codemasters will be fully revealed next week on September 5, 2023.

Codemasters’ WRC license deal—which was actually secured before the company was acquired by EA—was said to last five years when GameIndustry.biz reported it in 2020.

Codemasters had originally agreed to be bought by Take-Two but its board has now ditched that recommendation in favor of the richer offer from EA. The EA deal is expected to close in the first ...

Take-Two had originally offered Codemasters $994 million in November before EA made its counter-offer. EA's deal is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2021. In a statement ...

EA Sports WRC is developed by veteran UK racing studio Codemasters, the team behind the Colin McRae and Dirt Rally series, and arrives on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, and PC on November 3 ...