Ne0 Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, Joe Cool said: DONE Electronic Arts Reaches Agreement for Recommended Acquisition of Codemasters Group Holdings PLC Need for Speed, Burnout, F1, Grid, Project Cars, and Dirt all under the same roof. what a waste., did codemasters games even make that much money in the first place F1 / Dirt, what other codemasters game is well known ? I dont think cricket was that famous as compared to these two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, HundredProofSam said: EA has a special talent for that though. EA is bigger than T2 and had/has many studios under them. So the number will always be high compared to others. 9 minutes ago, HundredProofSam said: At EA, when it comes to racing, nothing is bigger than NFS. Worst case scenario: they keep the F1 license alive and put everyone else on to NFS. Best case scenario: They bang a top notch racing IP now that the Codemasters team will be free from their production budget limitations. Built on SMS engine. Only time will tell. Hoping they succeed. 5 minutes ago, Ne0 said: what a waste., did codemasters games even make that much money in the first place F1 / Dirt, what other codemasters game is well known ? I dont think cricket was that famous as compared to these two. What a waste to who? F1 is big $$$ potential with yearly release and getting more popular. Revive/fix their NFS franchise. GRID/DiRT/Project Cars can still use more titles. Buying experience, low cost development, IPs, etc,. Codemasters is publicly traded company. They are just paying their market value + $200M so T2 doesn't get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 In other news, Tencent will acquire Leyou Technologies, parent company of Warframe devs, for 1.5 billion after approval of shareholders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyofx Posted December 14, 2020 Report Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Joe Cool said: EA is bigger than T2 and had/has many studios under them. So the number will always be high compared to others. Only time will tell. Hoping they succeed. What a waste to who? F1 is big $$$ potential with yearly release and getting more popular. Revive/fix their NFS franchise. GRID/DiRT/Project Cars can still use more titles. Buying experience, low cost development, IPs, etc,. Codemasters is publicly traded company. They are just paying their market value + $200M so T2 doesn't get them. This is true, but I have a feeling they're overpaying a bit. T2 paying market cap itself seemed like a lot for a company that specializes in a waning genre and that makes less than $100M a year before expenses (assuming market cap/10). Also. F1 as a series has been in decline for the past few years losing both revenue and TV viewers. I doubt there's potential to do crazy numbers there, but I could be wrong. It's like the WRC license Codies just picked up - these are niche series. The way they're overlapping brands is also slightly worrying. Why go arcade with Project Cars when you have GRID for that? Doesn't really make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 Take-Two officially pulls its offer for Codemasters following accepted EA bid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animus Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Maybe rename the thread to EA's shopping basket https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-02-08-ea-acquires-glu-mobile-in-usd2-1-billion-deal EA acquires Glu Mobile in $2.1 billion deal EA offers Glu shareholders a 36% premium on stock price as it tries to scale up its mobile business Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Animus said: Maybe rename the thread to EA's shopping basket https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-02-08-ea-acquires-glu-mobile-in-usd2-1-billion-deal EA acquires Glu Mobile in $2.1 billion deal EA offers Glu shareholders a 36% premium on stock price as it tries to scale up its mobile business Every big publisher is buying these days. Embracer bought Gearbox for over a billion. EA bought Codemaster and now Glu mobile for over a billion each. Nintendo bought Next Level Games. Last year Microsoft bought Zenimax/Bethesda. etc,. The competition will eventually be just big 4-8 publishers playing. EA/Activision/SONY/Microsoft/T2/Nintendo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Electronic Arts - Welcoming Codemasters to the Family Quote We love racing games. As interest in playing them grows across the world it’s clear that you love them too. Over the years our existing franchises such as Need for Speed, Real Racing and Burnout have become some of the most beloved games. During this time we’ve followed and admired our colleagues at Codemasters, who have created some of our favorite racing franchises such as Formula 1®, DIRT, Project CARS and GRID. We have seen the team innovate racing game technology and make some of the most fun games we’ve ever played. We couldn’t be more excited to welcome them to the Electronic Arts team. United in our passion for this genre, our goal is to create a powerhouse in racing entertainment for all of you, ushering in the next era of car and racing games. We’re thrilled by this new opportunity to bring you even more racing games, more often. The union also unlocks the potential for us to create new innovative ways to interact with each other and enjoy our passion for racing games together. With the greatest minds in racing entertainment all under one roof, you’re going to see even more innovation and we’re going to bring all new ideas to life. We can’t wait to share more with you soon. Stay tuned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarbonCore Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 We love racing games "Our" franchise such as Burnout 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloy Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 F for Codemasters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aercy Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Cricket from EA again soon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushab oswal Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 12 hours ago, Animus said: Also.... Yeah something ea Would do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushab oswal Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 8 hours ago, Aercy said: Cricket from EA again soon? Would love to have one, but aint happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aercy Posted February 19, 2021 Report Share Posted February 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, rushaboswal said: Would love to have one, but aint happening Won’t pay big money to have the game pirated 100x times ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AnK Posted July 7, 2021 Report Share Posted July 7, 2021 Codemasters Leadership Departs Four Months After EA Acquisition "We are incredibly thankful to Frank and Rashid for everything they have done for Codemasters and Electronic Arts, and we all wish them the very best," EA said in a statement. "We know the culture they have created and their innovative spirit will very much live on at the studio through their outstanding leadership team." A few weeks ago someone was asking me where have I seen this trend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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