Codemasters has released what’s looking to be one of the finest F1 racing game ever. The trailer above was released at TGS, the game however, is scheduled for release on September 21.

While Stuart Black’s forthcoming first person shooter, Bodycount may feel like a previous title he’s worked on, Black, I’m sure gamers are a bit more curious how it will stack up against another heavy hitting title namely, the Call of Duty franchise. Well, according to Black, that’s the latest of his concerns:

“I’m not interested in beating CoD, I’m not interested in pulling people away from it, I want to give them something else to play as well.”

So, either this means the game doesn’t even compare to CoD or it’s so kick ass awesome that it will leave CoD in the dust.

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It was just announced that Codemasters, the guys behind games like DiRT2 and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, have sold off 50% of their business to an Indian firm called Reliance Big Entertainment. The guys in charge of the Codemasters investment will be Reliance’s gaming division entitled Zapak Digital Entertainment. If you’re not familiar with them don’t fret, I wasn’t at first either, but they are apparantly one of the largest gaming companies in India, specializing in things like MMOs, physical distribution and gaming cafes.

There’s no telling what will come out of this partnership but let’s hope it’s in Codemasters’ favor.

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It’s been quite some time since Dirt 2 was released so it would only make sense that Codemasters was working on a sequel. However, up until now we didn’t hear anything about it. Now, Codemaster’s VP Gavin Cheshire sat down for an interview with Edge and said the following, “there’s some really great stuff coming from Birmingham that’s going into Dirt 3.” As you can see, he didn’t even really announce it he just casually mentioned it like we all already knew it was coming.

So, any bets on when Dirt 3 will be released?

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Codemasters has been talking about a brand new IP that they are developing for some time now but hadn’t confirmed anything solid. Not long after they filed a trademark for Bodycount which made even more rumors fly. Now, the studio has officially announced that Bodycount will in fact be their newest IP and will be dropping sometime in 2011.

The game will be an FPS and is described as all sorts of badass. The game will have players gunning down countless eneimes and blowing up pretty much everything in their path. And yes, it will be including some form of multiplayer.

Again, Bodycount will be dropping sometime in early 2011 for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

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About 10 days ago we let you know that Codemasters was planning to unveil their currently unannounced FPS title sometime next month. There has been much speculation over what this title will be but some new evidence has been brought to the table. It seems that Codemasters has recently filed a trademark for the title Bodycount.

Does this mean that their new game will be called Bodycount? It could be, but it could also be a move by Codemasters to throw off the press. If, however, it is called Bodycount one could assume that they will be killing large amounts of enemies.

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If you weren’t aware, Codemasters is currently working on an unannounced FPS title. No one knows what this title is to be like but that is all set to change very soon. It was recently made known that the new FPS title will be officially announced in the Official PlayStation Magazine next month.

What we do know about the title, however, is that it is being made by the masterminds behind the PS2 title Black and that it will run on Codemasters’ Ego game engine.

Check back sometime next month and we’ll have the full lowdown for you.

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If you’re a fan of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising you’ll be disappointed to hear that Codemasters has recently confirmed that they will no longer be releasing patches or DLC for the game. The reason for this being that the studio has now completed the Dragon Rising chapter and has moved onto bigger and better things.

Of course, this most likely means another game in the series but we will wait for official word before we pass judgement.

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Before Criterion Games started working on the Burnout series, they made an interesting FPS called Black, which was released on the PS2 and Xbox. One of the creators of Black, whose name is Stuart Black, is now working with Codemasters on a new FPS. They already have an 80 person team working on the game, which is quite substantial.

Codemasters‘ Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising only just hit store shelves on October 6th but according to the game’s Executive Producer, Sion Lenton, that is only the beginning:

“It’s a really different type of market now; I remember five or six years ago, you’d get a game, finish it, put it back on the shelf and that was it. But now it’s almost as though the game’s release is just the beginning, really. Ours is a game that lends itself very well to expansion – there will be weapons packs, map packs – all sorts of things we can do to get our product out there.”

He then further elaborates on the game’s DLC future:

“We’ve got some very ambitious plans with DLC – our first pack is coming up in a matter of weeks,” Lenton said. “We’ll also have title updates coming up because once the game’s out there, we’ll need to get feedback from the people who are playing it, and if need be make a few adjustments and tweaks.”

So basically, instead of shipping the full game this new market gives developers the tools needed to continue to exploit support gamers for as long as they want.

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