La CodeMasters, nota a molti per aver prodotto titoli come Colin Mc Rae Rally DIRT, e l'ultimo Race Driver GRID, si è appena aggiudicata la licenza FIA per il 2009. Licenza che finora era esclusiva di casa SONY.
La stessa azienda ha anche confermato che il titolo sulla Formula 1 sarà multipiattaforma (comprese le console portatili) e sfrutterà il nuovo engine grafico utilizzato dal recente Race Driver DIRT.
Non ci resta quindi che attendere nuove informazioni sul titolo di prossima programmazione.
Di seguito il testo integrale della notizia:
Citazione:
Codemasters, developer and publisher of award-winning racing video games, has secured the exclusive video game rights to FORMULA 1™ it was announced on Friday. In a worldwide licensing agreement with Formula One Administration Limited, Codemasters will develop a new generation of the multi-million selling Formula One 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 One 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 One audience and connecting them globally,” said Rod Cousens, chief executive officer, Codemasters.
“As a world-leading creator of driving games, this alliance with Formula One is the jewel in Codemasters’ racing crown and creates an undisputed segment champion. Formula One 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 One 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 One’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 One 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 30, 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.
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Official Formula 1 website
p.s.: avevo postato questa news oggi pomeriggio , ma purtroppo non è stata presa in considerazione
CodeMasters si aggiudica i diritti FIA ! Presto un titolo Formula 1 nel 2009
... Si dice che sarà rivolto ad un pubblico diverso rispetto agli altri giochi, e quindi avrà una buona dose di simulazione, potrà risultare più semplice e più accessibile, quindi diciamo "arcade", modificando i parametri, quindi speriamo sia la volta buona!
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