Kotaku: formula 1

Codemasters To Release Two Formula 1 Games

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:30:00 MDT

While we've long known Codemasters have been working on a new Formula 1 game - and also that it would be serious - the company have today come out and made some official announcements.

Seems there is not one, but two F1 games currently in development. The first will be out this year, and will be for the PSP and Wii. The second will be out 360, PS3 & PC and, presumably because the bigger machines need longer development cycles, won't be on shelves until 2010.

Both games are of course officially licensed, meaning they'll feature real cars, real drivers and real tracks, while the 360, PS3 and PC version will be built on the Grid engine. Still no word on those Nazi sex dungeon minigames, though.

Codemasters unveils F1 line-up [MCV]

Relax, Codemasters' F1 Game Is A Sim

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:30:00 MDT

Despite the fact the last few Sony F1 games were fairly forgettable, some people are worried now that Codemasters hold the Formula 1 license. Worried they'll make a forgettable game. Worried that, being Codemasters - the team behind Grid and Dirt - their F1 game will be some kind of arcade racer. Well it won't! Responding to such fears on the official boards, the official response from Codies is:

GRID and DiRT are aimed at an arcade audience and they do that very well. F1 has different requirements and will get a completely different treatment from our in-house team, including full on sim options, physics, rules and regs etc. We will also have arcade requirements catered for as well. How this will be split we do not know yet, but split it will be.

No word on whether they'll also include team spying and nazi sex dungeons, but we can only hope.

This is the End of F-1 game! [Codemasters, via Voodoo Extreme] [Pic]

Formula 1 Gets Greedy, Sony Ditches License

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:20:00 MDT

Sony have been putting out the official Formula 1 racing games for years now. But if rumours at TG Daily are to be believed, they've turned down an offer to renew the partnership, after a disagreement with the sport's governing body over costs. According to TG Daily, Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone asked Sony for a "hefty increase" to the estimated $75 million deal they agreed to for the 2003-2007 seasons. Sony won't pay, and have walked away from the deal, leaving EA, Ubisoft and Codemasters to fight it out. Can't really blame Sony for this: F1 games have always had a dedicated, hardcore following, but the games have more often than not been a bit shit, and have never translated into the kind of sales Sony would expect from a sport so popular across many parts of the world.

License clash between Sony and Formula 1 Boss means no F1 games [TG Daily, via Gameplayer]

TGS06: Justify Your Game: Formula 1

Brian Ashcraft — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 11:22:05 MDT

The producer of F1 gets so carried away that he forgets the most basic JYG rule of all: Finish on time. Brian Ashcraft