Line #3 Creator/Codemasters


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3	The Codemasters Software Company Limited, trading as simply Codemasters, is a British video game developer and publisher founded in 1986 by Richard and David Darling. In their early years, they mostly published budget games for 8-bit computers such as the Platform/ZXSpectrum and Platform/Commodore64. Many of their early releases had "Simulator" or "Stuntman" in their titles, though practically none of these had any relation to each other or qualified as {{Simulation Game}}s (which those were Codemasters' first attempts back then, due to hardware limitations). They also entered the Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem market through Camerica, who published them as an unlicensed third-party, as well creating CheatCode devices like MediaNotes/GameGenie and MediaNotes/AladdinDeckEnhancer. Later they were known for the ''VideoGame/ColinMcRaeRally'' series and other motorsports titles, also known for get the UsefulNotes/FormulaOne {{license\|dGame}} since TheNewTens. In 2020, Creator/TakeTwoInteractive announced its intention to buy Codemasters but by December of that year, Creator/ElectronicArts outbid Take-Two with an $1.2 billion offer to buy them which led to Take-Two giving up in January of that year with the sale to EA being completed on February 2021.
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7	!!Video Games developed:
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9	* ''MediaNotes/AladdinDeckEnhancer'' (co-created with Camerica)
10	* ''VideoGame/BigNoseFreaksOut''
11	* ''VideoGame/ColinMcRaeRally''
12	** ''VideoGame/{{DiRT}}''
13	** ''EA Sports WRC''
14	* ''MediaNotes/GameGenie'' (distributed by Creator/{{Galoob}})
15	* ''VideoGame/{{GRiD}}''
16	** ''VideoGame/GRIDLegends''
17	* ''VideoGame/{{Heatseeker}}''
18	* ''VideoGame/MicroMachines''
19	* ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnbound'' (assisted Creator/CriterionGames in development)
20	* ''Operation Flashpoint: Red Hammer'' (main game is published-only and developed by Bohemia Interactive Studios, see below)
21	* ''[[VideoGame/OperationFlashpointCodemasters Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising]]'' (SpiritualSuccessor to the original ''Operation Flashpoint'')
22	** ''Operation Flashpoint: Red River''
23	* ''VideoGame/OverlordFellowshipOfEvil''
24	* ''VideoGame/TheUltimateStuntman''
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26	!!Video Games published:
27	* ''VideoGame/Bodycount2011''
28	* ''VideoGame/BulletWitch'' (Australia-only)
29	* '' VideoGame/CliveBarkersJericho''
30	* ''Dance Factory''
31	* ''VideoGame/{{Damnation}}''
32	* ''VideoGame/{{Dizzy}}'' (also developed some games in the series)
33	* ''VideoGame/{{Fuel}}''
34	* ''VideoGame/GhostHunters''
35	* ''VideoGame/HighSeasHavoc'' (Europe publisher)
36	* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' (acquired from Creator/{{Sierra}})
37	* ''VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint''
38	* ''Videogame/{{Overlord}}'' (''VideoGame/OverlordFellowshipOfEvil'' is developed by Codemasters, see above)
39	** ''VideoGame/OverlordI''
40	** ''VideoGame/OverlordRaisingHell''
41	** ''VideoGame/OverlordII''
42	** ''VideoGame/OverlordDarkLegend''
43	** ''VideoGame/OverlordMinions''
44	* ''VideoGame/{{Perimeter}}''
45	* ''VideoGame/PsychoPinball''
46	* ''VideoGame/RockStarAteMyHamster''
47	* ''VideoGame/SeveranceBladeOfDarkness''
48	* ''VideoGame/TurningPointFallOfLiberty''
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50	!!Subsidiaries
51	* Creator/SwordfishStudios
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Context Creator / Codemasters