Codies' F1 browser game announced

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 14 January, 2011

Staffing up.

Codemasters is hiring for a new, original browser-based Formula One game to be developed at its Southam, Warwickshire studio.

The as-yet-unnamed game will focus on accessibility "thanks to an innovative design approach to car control". It'll offer a "persistence and depth of gameplay for a mainstream online gaming audience".

"Formula One is incredibly popular in many countries around the world, particularly in countries where online gaming is either already big or rapidly growing such as India, Brazil, Korea and China, the potential is clear" said vice president and general manager for Codemasters Online David Solari

"We have proven F1 is a major games brand and what we have planned will build upon that".

No release date was mentioned.

You can help make the game, if you like - Codemasters has got empty jobs with your name on.

Last year Codemasters released F1 2010 on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to critical and commercial success. A follow-up is planned for this year.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • altitude2k #1 1 year ago

    I'm after a new job. And I don't live a million miles from Southam. Interesting.

  • Jay-ITFC #2 1 year ago

    Great news! Can't wait for this!

  • Beano #3 1 year ago

    I think they should concentrate on making F1 2010 playable - bugridden lagfest. Jesus!

  • Antaios #4 1 year ago

    Please fix F1 2010 first, Codies. It's a great game, but sort of broken in a few places.

  • linea #5 1 year ago

    "We have proven F1 is a major games brand"

    I'm sure the FIA are on their knees thanking you for dragging their little-known sport out of obscurity....

  • Stifler #6 1 year ago

    @Linea,

    There werent stating that F1 was an unknown brand, they were simply stating that as a brand used for selling games it has proven to shift a lot of units,(F1 2010) hence they'd like to capitalise on it.

    Your comment is therefore a bit stupid.......

  • robstar72 #7 1 year ago

    The link for the Codemasters Careers site is wrong, should be codemasters.co.uk, not codemasters.com. Either that or they've let the domain name lapse...!
    Edited by robstar72 at 14/01/11 @ 11:13

  • Findus #8 1 year ago

    I agree with Beano, expanding the brand is a good thing but when the central game (F1 2010) was filled with issues and design choices that should not have been there then codies should at least get the gamers back onside with F1'11 before doing this.

    Codies IMO have dug themselves in a bit of a hole, F1 2010 we can safely say now will never be fixed but the silence form Codemasters themselves and the slow death of the official community boards, indicates that people will be very hesitant (and I'm one of them) to put my hands in my pockets to shell out for '11's incarnation.

    Will an MMO appease those who bought an beta f1 game?

    I think they should walk before they can run.

    Edited by Findus at 14/01/11 @ 11:19

  • MrChuckles #9 1 year ago

    Do a bloody F1 management game, and give it to me to make, i've half done one anyway...

  • disappointed #10 1 year ago

    Geoff Crammond's F1GP proved F1 was a major game brand back in 1992. For more recent evidence, the F1 PS3 launch title was in such high demand that it was still commanding retail price for second hand copies right up until F1 2010 came out. So it is fair to say that "We have proven F1 is a major games brand" is redundant marketing gibberish.