Codemasters Secures the Rights to the FIA World Rally Championship License, From 2023 Through 2027

[Steve_OS]

According to Games Industry, Codemasters has signed an exclusive five-year licensing deal to develop and publish...

Written By: Steve Noah

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[PickledMink04]

I actually like this agreement.   Gives Codemasters up to 3 years to get a team together and build a great base game with out alot of pressure instead of trying to rush and push out a game in a year

[R9NALD9]

Codemasters becoming the EA of racing.
Exclusivity is never a good thing and has ruined how many genres?  NFL, Soccer, F1 and now rally as well.

[LoadStar81]

I'm no fanboy, but EA Sports this ain't.
F1 2019 had a career mode that made EA's efforts in FIFA, Madden, and NHL look practically last-gen.  (In the case of the NHL series, that's almost a backhanded compliment, but still.)
Admittedly, I'm not unconcerned about the recent streak of acquisitive behavior by CM--Project CARS, we hardly knew ye--but this is still a long, LONG way from 2005 et seq.

[brandon27]

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Codemasters becoming the EA of racing.
Exclusivity is never a good thing and has ruined how many genres?* NFL, Soccer, F1 and now rally as well.

Yeah, I'm not sure how it's ruined F1 games. Nobody else would make one anyways likely, and that's like saying the F1 series that CM puts out is trash, and it's a hell of a long ways from that. It's a fantastic game and series IMO. No complaints here