Codemasters acquires Project CARS developer Slightly Mad Studios

Co-ordinate to a report by GamesIndustry, racing game developer Codemasters has purchased Slightly Mad Studios (SMS) for $30 million. While various clauses may make the price get even college when the deal is finalized, the acquisition is going to go through.

SMS is known for games like Demand for Speed: Shift, just lately, the company has focused on the Projection CARS franchise. According to reports, Projection CARS iii and Project CARS Become are in the works. Given the fact that Codemasters is an expert in the racing genre, hopefully, the combination of both teams will elevate the Projection CARS franchise. It still has a long way to go to compete with the likes of Forza Motorsport or Forza Horizon from Xbox Game Studios.

Codemasters head Frank Sagnier said the post-obit about the acquisition.

Codemasters' conquering of SMS will create a global leader in the racing genre. Their focus on AAA quality and the passion that they put into everything they create mirrors our own. Both companies have a number of world-renowned, successful franchises along with exciting product development pipelines, supported past leading IP and some of the all-time talent in the gaming industry. The enlarged Codemasters will have greater scale and accomplish, diversified, anticipated revenue streams and the opportunity to bring outstanding amusement to a far wider audience. Nosotros welcome Ian and his team to the Codemasters family and can't expect to start working together to create the future generation of racing franchises.

What do you hope volition happen given that both of these developers are joining forces? Let u.s. know. Wonder what'll happen to that console SMS is working on called the Mad Box.

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