Codemasters acquire Slightly Mad Studios

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#1

Dirt, F1, Grid and now Project Cars all under one roof.

http://www.codemasters.com/codemasters-acquires-slightly-mad-studios/

Codemasters® today announced it has agreed to acquire racing simulation specialists, Slightly Mad Studios. The agreement cements Codemasters’ position as a world-leading games developer and publisher of racing videogames and expands its portfolio to include the award-winning Project CARS, together with an unannounced Hollywood blockbuster title. Frank Sagnier will remain CEO of Codemasters Group plc which now includes Slightly Mad Studios and Ian Bell will retain his position of Founder and CEO of Slightly Mad Studios. Codemasters now employs c.700 people globally with offices including London, Birmingham, Southam and Runcorn.

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#2

Sounds good to me, but what about their crazy console?

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#3

Lol, remember that? Sounded like a badly timed April Fools joke.

Last I heard about it there were trademark issues and then investors pulled out. Whether there ever were actual investors or not, who knows?

Edit: Yip, never gonna happen…

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#4

i’ve never been a fan of ian bell he is just a doos in general, the studio was struggling thats why they always kickstartered their games and the mad box was just a ruse to spur investor interest in the company, hopefully the company will prosper under the codemasters banner unlike evolution studios team that got almost entirely laid off after the failure of onrush

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#5

Ditto. I’m willing to overlook a doos, but their buggy games, have been game breaking for me. Gaming breaking multiplied by doos equals :fu:

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#6

M0AR racing goodness

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#7

I’m excited to see what happens. With the devs of Driveclub and Project Cars now under Codies’ roof we have some of the best simcade devs united!

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#8

they were kinda fired after onrush faltered