Codemasters Acquires Official Formula 1 License

**MIG-31** · May 9, 2008, 06:06 PM

British publisher and developer Codemasters has announced that the company has secured the exclusive video game rights to Formula 1 racing, with its first title, based on the 2009 season, due for release next year on all console and PC formats.

The announcement has come as a surprise, after widely reported rumors that Electronic Arts had secured the license, or at least that of British driver Lewis Hamilton, from its previous holder, Sony. However, Codemasters has confirmed that it has won the worldwide right to feature all Grand Prix circuits, Formula 1 teams, cars and driver likenesses.
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Source: Gamasutra

BlueMak · May 9, 2008, 06:09 PM

Yes Yes Yes Yes, Fraking Yes Yes Yes!!!!!!!!!!!11

calidan · May 10, 2008, 02:19 AM

The only good thing about this is other systems will have Formula 1 games. Codemasters games that I have played sucked so I'm not expecting much.

BlueMak · May 10, 2008, 03:00 AM

Codemasters know how to make games, they are very good at making racing games. They are better at racing games than perhaps anyone else, or at a minimum among the best.
The main good thing though, at least for me, is that finaly I will play a Formual 1 game. By releasing F1 games only on the PS3, it was the only reason to buy one. Good thing I never had to make the jump.

May 9, 2008, 06:06 PM	#1
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 55,779 Rep Power: 444 System Specs	Codemasters Acquires Official Formula 1 License British publisher and developer Codemasters has announced that the company has secured the exclusive video game rights to Formula 1 racing, with its first title, based on the 2009 season, due for release next year on all console and PC formats. The announcement has come as a surprise, after widely reported rumors that Electronic Arts had secured the license, or at least that of British driver Lewis Hamilton, from its previous holder, Sony. However, Codemasters has confirmed that it has won the worldwide right to feature all Grand Prix circuits, Formula 1 teams, cars and driver likenesses. ____________ Source: Gamasutra __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

May 9, 2008, 06:09 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 328 System Specs	Yes Yes Yes Yes, Fraking Yes Yes Yes!!!!!!!!!!!11 __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

May 10, 2008, 02:19 AM	#3
calidan Frozen in Carbonite Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 1,409 Rep Power: 57 System Specs	The only good thing about this is other systems will have Formula 1 games. Codemasters games that I have played sucked so I'm not expecting much. __________________ Steam Community :: ID :: calidan "Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead." - Jackie Chan

May 10, 2008, 03:00 AM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 328 System Specs	Codemasters know how to make games, they are very good at making racing games. They are better at racing games than perhaps anyone else, or at a minimum among the best. The main good thing though, at least for me, is that finaly I will play a Formual 1 game. By releasing F1 games only on the PS3, it was the only reason to buy one. Good thing I never had to make the jump. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*