09-05-2008 11:14
Codemasters adquiere la licencia de la Formula 1 y anuncia nuevo juego para 2009La editora británica Codemasters acaba de anunciar, hace escasos minutos, el acuerdo al que han llegado con Formula One Administration Limited, para la adquisición de los derechos de la Formula 1 para el desarrollo de videojuegos multiplaforma basados en esta competición deportiva. El primer juego de Formula 1 de Codemasters llegará en 2009, en principio a todas las plataformas del mercado (consolas de sobremesa, portátiles y PC) y hará uso del motor gráfico EGO Engine, que utilizará en el inminente Race Driver: GRID. Os recordamos que esta licencia ha estado en manos de Sony desde el año 2001. Podéis acceder al comunicado de prensa (en inglés), pulsando en «Leer más».

Codemasters® secures official FORMULA ONE video game licence – product line to be jewel in racing game crown.

Codemasters Studios to drive new generation of FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP games across multiple formats.

Codemasters®, developer and publisher of award-winning racing video games, has secured the exclusive video game rights to FORMULA 1 it was announced today. In a worldwide licensing agreement with Formula One Administration Limited, Codemasters will develop a new generation of the multi-million selling FORMULA 1 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 1 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 1 audience and connecting them globally,” said Rod Cousens, chief executive officer, Codemasters.

“As a world-leading creator of driving games, this alliance with FORMULA 1 is the jewel in Codemasters’ racing crown and creates an undisputed segment champion. FORMULA 1 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 1 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 1’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 1 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 30th, 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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¡¡¡¡¡Notición!!!!! Lo que todos los amantes del motor y de la F1 esperábamos durante años se ha hecho realidad. Esperemos ver pronto una nueva genialidad de Codemasters en nuestros PCs, que ya estábamos cansados del monopolio de Sony y su patético juego de F1 para la play.

Visto en HardGame2.