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"Codemasters, the developer and publisher of acclaimed videogames including Colin McRae: DiRT and Race Driver: GRID, was honoured at the 2009 Develop Industry Excellence Awards winning the coveted Grand Prix Award. The ceremony was held last night in Brighton, UK, as part of the Develop Conference 2009."
"In the second of Electronic Theatre’s brand new Sunday Specials, part of the new Weekly Features presentation available on the brand new Electronic Theatre website, we today bring you another session of easy reading for that lazy Sunday afternoon. After last week introduced the series by highlighted the Top Ten Multi-player Games according to the Electronic Theatre team, today we discuss a more localised area of videogame development the Top Ten Current-Generation Racing Games."
"Codemasters today announced that Colin McRae: DiRT 2, the sequel to the acclaimed best-selling off-road racer of 2007, is now in development at Codemasters Studios for the PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system, Xbox360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games For Windows LIVE with further editions for Wii, NintendoDS and PlayStation Portable system due for simultaneous release in 2009..."
"Facilitating an accelerated expansion of its development talent base, Codemasters today announced it has reached an agreement with Activision Vivendi to take over Swordfish Studios, the Birmingham-based games development house..."
BioShock this, Call of Duty 4 that. High-profile software releases aside, what about those independent game developers working hard to improve the industry in 2007?
The TIGA awards are here to slap all the necessary developer backs, and the official list of final nominations has today been revealed ahead of the awards ceremony, which will take place in London on January 30.
The two consoles of the year go head to head again, being compared by the consoles output and graphical power. Which of the two consoles will be victorious? They take a look at these games on both consoles.
As before, both the European and North American PSN Stores are being updated with brand new content, some of which, that will make your mouth water:
North American Store
European Store...
Along with 500k demo downloads, the recently releases Colin McRae: DIRT sold 500,000 copies worldwide within it's first week, half of them within the US. The article attributes this to good teamwork within it's various departments.
GamePro's review of the first truly next-gen racing game for the Xbox 360. PROS: Fantastic dirt-churning graphics, good handling simulation, adequate variety of race types, cars, and surfaces.
CONS: Hopelessly inadequate multiplayer options, some irritating boundary reset issues, big rigs don't feel right.
"DiRT takes gamers off-road in a multitude of mud-splattered races, and the demo delivers three events to experience right now. There are Crossover, Hill Climb, and C.O.R.R. (Championship Off-Road Racing) events in the Xbox 360 demo.
The first event is a Crossover race with players competing against Colin McRae himself. Players and McRae will battle in a pair of Subaru Impreza WRX STI spec Cs. Then, with nine other racers aggressively competing for position, gamers will compete in a C.O...."
![Box shot of DiRT [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvUGxheXN0YXRpb25fMy9SYWNpbmcvQ2Fy/dirt_frontcover_small_HldpsPiDzs4i5BD.jpg)