Racing game specialist Codemasters today announced layoffs at the company, as it looks to realign and remove its operations that are no longer delivering value.
In a statement to Gamasutra, the UK-based company noted that the proposed restructure is not company-wise, and will therefore not affect certain titles that are in development, such as GRID 2 and its F1 racing series.
Codemasters did not state how many employees will be affected by the move, simply noting that it has "entered into a period of collective consultation with the affected employees." Eurogamer reports that around 80 people may have been affected.
I hope its not a harbinger of the studios end. As someone rather driving in the real world I like Codemasters semi-realistic/arcade approach in their games a lot (Dirt/Grid at least, F1 is the most boring "sport" in the universe so I avoid it in general). They are now the only one left that competes with EA.
Still love their rewind-system they introduced in GRID (OK Carmageddon did had that too but well)
Still love their rewind-system they introduced in GRID (OK Carmageddon did had that too but well)