Codemasters Aquire Swordfish Studios
Former Sierra Entertainment studio Swordfish Studios was left up for sale by new owners Activision-Blizzard, and now today Codemasters announced that they have acquired the UK studio. Check it out:
Read the official announcement here.
Today we’ve announced that we’ve reached an agreement with Activision Vivendi to take over Swordfish Studios, the Birmingham-based games development house.
Swordfish and Codemasters have partnered previously for the development of hit sports titles Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 and Jonah Lomu Rugby. Most recently Swordfish led the creation of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand for Vivendi.
With the exciting plans we have, this will add further strength in depth to our development side, with Swordfish Studio’s development team being integrated and managed as part of our network of studios.
Carrying the Codemasters Studios imprint, the studio will create original content using the company’s proprietary EGO Engine, the technology behind racing hits Colin McRae: DiRT and Race Driver: GRID and is currently powering the highly-anticipated Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Swordfish and Codemasters have partnered previously for the development of hit sports titles Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 and Jonah Lomu Rugby. Most recently Swordfish led the creation of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand for Vivendi.
With the exciting plans we have, this will add further strength in depth to our development side, with Swordfish Studio’s development team being integrated and managed as part of our network of studios.
Carrying the Codemasters Studios imprint, the studio will create original content using the company’s proprietary EGO Engine, the technology behind racing hits Colin McRae: DiRT and Race Driver: GRID and is currently powering the highly-anticipated Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Read the official announcement here.
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