This morning Codemasters announced that the team behind DriveClub will now become a part of the DiRT Rally developer. Mike Hocking of Evolution is now the VP of product development at Codemasters, and will oversee all of the companies studios, including the Evolution team.
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Find quotes from both parties (now the same party) below. Now Codemasters has revealed that it make this possible by hiring the Evolution survivors.Sony’s Mick Hocking has also joined Codemasters as Vice President of Product Development.
As more information is announced on the new title the Evolution Studios development team will be working on we will keep you updated as always.
Mick Hocking added, “I’m delighted to be joining Codemasters at such an exciting time in the company’s growth”. He said that the two firms have a shared passion for racing, and the determination to create the largest racing community in the marketplace.
It’s wonderful seeing a studio get back up after a closure so quickly. Another great studio capable of producing successful racing games like DiRT and Grid.
Meanwhile Paul Rustchynsky, who worked under Evolution for more than a decade, took to Twitter to express his own excitement about the new beginning for both him and his team.
United Kingdom-based Codemasters, the maker of the Dirt and F1 racing games, aims to create a racing game powerhouse with the acquisition. Sony retails all the previous IPs, for obvious reasons, but don’t be surprised to hear in a few months that Codemasters is working on an AutoGale instead of Motorstorm. Developed and published by Codemasters. “It’s really exciting. It’s really the core team we’ve brought across”.
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The 30-year-old Codemaster is a reputed video game developer and publisher, in which Reliance Big Reliance Big Entertainment had acquired a 60 percent stake in 2010. The game launched in Early Access on Steam in April 2015 and officially released last December.
