I’ve always had a little bit of love for Codemasters. Badass Brits Rich and Dave Darling have been kicking it old school from the days of ZX Spectrum, and they’ve had some gems in their many years. Magic Land Dizzy? (A black cat? Gobbelino!) Micro Machines? Colin McRae too, of course, God rest ‘im. But as times have changed, so has this little software house – they’re still based in Blighty, but now the’re pulling in $150million a year and churning out high-class shooters like Operation Flashpoint: Red River. Yeep.
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One thing i like about Codemasters was their comment regarding things like EA’s online pass where they said that instead of ripping gamers off even further, why don’t developers try making games that people would want to keep rather than trade-in in the first place.
Novel idea to a company like EA. Scum bags.