Gute Nachrichten für Codemasters: Wie die Briten bekannt geben , konnte man sich mit Bernie Ecclestone über eine mehrjährige Verlängerung der Formel 1-Lizenz einigen - offensichtlich haben auch andere Studios und Publisher Interesse angemeldet, sich die Rechte zu sichern.

Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One group CEO, said:

“Codemasters has created some of the best and most successful FORMULA ONE games to date. We and the teams work closely with them and look forward to creating more award winning games together in the future.”

Rod Cousens, CEO, Codemasters said:

“We got off to a strong start with FORMULA ONE but we harbour ambitions to do much more. FORMULA ONE is front of mind at Codemasters and we give it the focus and attention it deserves. We have established close links across the sport and they know that, in Codemasters, they have a great partner.

“We remain ambitious with our plans and want to take the series forward. We want to take it to new geographies, make it available on new platforms to new audiences. We are taking FORMULA ONE to a new online platform this spring and our portfolio will be extended with a FORMULA ONE experience that will address a younger video game audience later in 2012. Our teams are hard at it, creating world class FORMULA ONE games across multiple genres for players irrespective of location or gaming platform and now, for many years to come.”

Zwar wird nicht konkret gesagt, über welchen Zeitraum sich das neue Abkommen erstreckt, doch kann man davon ausgehen, dass auch in den nächsten Jahren die Versoftung des F1-Zirkus exklusiv in den Händen von Codemasters bleiben wird.