EA Offers $1.2 Billion to Outbid Take-Two For Codemasters

[Steve_OS]

Just over a month ago, it appeared Take-Two was in the driver's seat to acquire Codemasters,...

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[jr86]

Re: EA Outbids Take-Two For Codemasters

...Looks like this years F1 game is gonna be a keeper....

[UFCMPunk]

Re: EA Outbids Take-Two For Codemasters

Wow.... so this pretty much confirms the NFL sold out the exclusive license just because EA offered more money for the simulation license. This needs to be illegal ASAP as monopolizing in any form needs to be seen with hefty fines for out bidding the competition to eliminate any competition.

F1 2020 will be the last good F1 Game..... EVER.

[1CK1S]

Welp the evil corporation is gonna win again 

[brandon27]

Re: EA Offers $1.2 Billion to Outbid Take-Two For Codemasters

Very disappointed to see this news.

[Dirkk1974]

Then we can look forward to pure arcade racing in the next 10 years with scripted races and momentum for 9 year old customers. Shocking news in a bad way.

[leafs nation]

This is awful.

[Saro1]

Re: EA Offers $1.2 Billion to Outbid Take-Two For Codemasters

Very bad news.

[michdb8]

Take-Two at least have some good game but EA don't have any good one  so this could be thew end of f1 games

[bransen]

Re: EA Offers $1.2 Billion to Outbid Take-Two For Codemasters

This is awful news. EA will ruin this franchise, just when it was getting better. Sigh...

[mdiggitydawg]

Sorry to see F1 go ....I mean they will market such a game but I doubt it will ever be the same.
Now we get to hear all the stories about the limited time teams can work on their game in a yearly turn around...the same whining we see in Madden, NBA and any other venture EA puts out during the past 4 to 5 years...
Looks like I'll get to buy this current iteration at a bargain price and will enjoy it for years to come, or if EA ever gets their act together....which I sincerely hope they do.

[misterkrabz2]

EA killed video game football now it looks like racing is DOA as well.....I really liked Codemasters games like GRID. Horrible news for gamers. 

[timisone]

Re: EA Offers $1.2 Billion to Outbid Take-Two For Codemasters

Ea is going kill video gaming. RIP codemasters.

[BannaCricket]

I just hope they don't turn F1 into a toy, where you have to collect cards for your idiotic ultimate team. Or that they dumb it down, and turn F1 into another PC3. Obviously, I have no earthly idea what their plans are, but when EA is in the mix, you never know.

[Heat_Fan]

Re: EA Offers $1.2 Billion to Outbid Take-Two For Codemasters

Many here are forgetting that EA once had the F1 license and made games for the consoles. On the PC side it was geared more towards simulation. Their last entry back in 2003 was F1 Challenge '99-02 and at the time it was one heck of an F1 sim for the PC. It was based on the ISI engine and it was highly modifiable. Even today, the game has quite the following.

So lets wait and see. Hopefully EA leaves Codemasters alone and allows them to continue producing excellent F1 games.