Codemasters, the makers of many zoom ’em ups, apparently need extra energy below their hood. They bought the whole lot of Slightly Mad Studios, builders of the Project Cars and Need For Speed: Shift games, this week to the tune of £23 million. The entirety of Slightly Mad’s 150-person group will reportedly be a part of the corporate.
Codies mentioned in the announcement that the acquisition will assist them higher benefit from the streaming market and no matter adjustments next-gen consoles convey. “This unequivocally establishes us as a global powerhouse in the development of racing titles,” mentioned CEO Frank Sagnier. Codemasters are greatest recognized for his or her F1, Dirt and Grid games.
Unfortunately, no one had something to say about Slightly Mad’s, uh… hotly anticipated proprietary console, the Mad Box.
The announcement additionally rapidly famous “an unannounced Hollywood blockbuster title” as a part of the deal, which may actually not be Fast and the Furious associated. But I wouldn’t take that wager.
This acquisition actually boosts Codemasters’ status inside racing games, if not the scale of their shadow. Slightly Mad had been already busy creating no matter comes subsequent for Project Cars, so it will likely be fascinating to see what an inflow of assets from their new house owners does to the completed product. Stirling Matheson present in our Project Cars 2 review that it was nicely shy of good however a variety of enjoyable, regardless.
