Thinking more on the sudden, very gutting, cancellation of #EASportsWRC by EA, it would seem to me that with the stage design changes in the new DLC - how dirt and snow mounds respond to contact, and the light bouncing off snow, I think it's likely we'll find out new stuff was being developed, and maybe even started for the game before it would seem probably very recently the stop was put on it.
Maybe the decision occurred during the DLCs and they kept it silent while releasing it, but they could have just added cars and be done without any new stages at all if it was, so it feels like there will be 'lost content' people will eventually find out about.
Also, I do like the idea going around that iRacing might be the new developer the WRC works with - when looking at the other rally developers in the recent past - but we still haven't seen what their NASCAR game will actually feel and race like to judge what they could do with a dirt-based game.
Very disappointed is an understatement reading that EA and Codemasters have decided to call it quits to EA Sports WRC with two years of the contract left, and all rally design to be rested.
I was hoping to see - and made videos on it - the three 'missing' cars and the real-life Rally GT cars return. And after the most recent DLCs, more new real-to-life stages (like the full Ouninpohja). Then the new 2025 rallies.
But now it's all over with. And we have to hope someone new will create a game with these cars and real-to-life stages, with similar physics. So not KT Games.
All those hopes gone. If Forza Horizon 6 isn't in Japan too, I think I'll stop dreaming.
https://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-wrc/wrc-24/news/wrc-development-update
EA and Codemasters no longer making WRC (World Rally Championship) games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ea-and-codemasters-no-longer-making-wrc-world-rally-championship-games/
Looks like a few EA #Codemasters titles have been delisted from #Steam - for those who are keeping track in #PCGaming
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Toybox Turbos
Rise of the Argonauts
Maelstrom: The Battle for Earth Begins
Damnation
Hospital Tycoon
It's a strange move, especially considering these are #RetroGaming titles now, but still a sad one to see them unavailable (legally)
Slicks is one of my favourite #Commodore64 racing games of all time by #Codemasters, but did you know that there were also conversions on the cards for #ZXSpectrum, #Amiga and #SEGA #MegaDrive? Unfortunately, all were never to see the light of day.
„Grid Legends“ kommt im Dezember aufs iPhone
Feral Interactive bringt das Rennspiel „Grid Legends“ von Codemasters im Dezember auf iOS- und Android-Geräte. Die Deluxe Edition kann bereits im App Store vorbestellt werden und wird für 12,49 Euro als Premium-Version erhältlich se
https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/grid-legends-kommt-im-dezember-aufs-iphone/
#iPad #iPhone #News #Arcade #Codemasters #DeluxeEdition #DLC #FeralInteractive #GridLegends #iPad #iPhone #Motorsport #Rennspiel
Premiering today, ZX Spectrum: The Next Generation explores the weird and wonderful world of software available for the much-loved Sinclair (later Amstrad) ZX Spectrum, an 8-bit home computer from the 1980s, and it’s modern successor the ZX Spectrum Next.
ZX Spectrum: The Next Generation. Program: Dizzy. https://theorkneynews.scot/2024/04/14/zx-spectrum-the-next-generation-program-dizzy/ #Codemasters, #Computing, #Dizzy, #OliverTwins, #RetroGaming, #ZXSpectrum, #ZXSpectrumNext
@geerlingguy Was a Nintendo console kid, NES and SNES. So when I was given a Sega Game Gear as a present for Christmas I was very wary. That quickly changed when I turned it on and was blown away by the colour and graphics and never looked back. Played Micro Machines by #Codemasters endlessly.
So, the #Codemasters #megadrive cart that I found yesterday at the #fleamarket piqued my interest enough for me to take it apart and begin reversing it.
Here are the equations for the PAL16R4 that does address decoding and gamepad selection. It works, already tried.
https://github.com/hkzlab/JCart_Megadrive_RE/blob/main/jcart_PAL16R4_reversed.eqn
The only thing that annoys me is that the /PAD_SELECT registered output starts negative on a PAL and positive on a GAL after powerup. Couldn't find a way to force it (ping me if you know of one). Luckily, this is completely meaningless for this circuit.
Schematics will follow in the next days. #reverseengineering #sega
Codemasters just had a rough go of it
Codemasters hit with a layoffs - Desk Chair Analysts
Abusing my position as a volunteer @rmcretro 's The Cave by putting on all my favourite games. #codemasters #btcc #retrogaming
The Dizzy Fansite tweets:
It was 35 years ago this month when Dizzy's first adventure was released.
Happy Anniversary!
#dizzy #yolkfolk #dizzy35 #olivertwins #codemasters #zxspectrum #amstrad #commodore64 #retrogaming