The developers behind Bodycount are being shut down by parent company Codemasters, or at least that is what it is "proposing." Confirming the news with Computer & Videogames, a company representative said that, while it is "proposing" shutting down the Guildford, England development facility, it will be expanding its "on-campus studios in Warwickshire (DiRT, GRID, F1 Online, Central Technology/EGO)."
The publisher issued the following statement:
"Codemasters' future product development strategy will see additional studio resource invested to extend its world-class racing portfolio. The company is increasing the size of existing development teams at its on-campus studios in Warwickshire (DiRT, GRID, F1 Online, Central Technology/EGO) while forming a further team to work alongside the F1 2011 team at its Birmingham studio on a new racing title."
"As Codemasters looks to take greater leadership in the racing category, the company is proposing a studio structure that adds resource and strengthens our best-in-class racing teams," a Codemasters spokesperson told C&VG. "The output from the studios on the Warwickshire campus and in Birmingham is on the increase with multiple continuing game series, brand extensions and new racing IPs in production. Both the Warwickshire and Birmingham studios have won BAFTAs for their critically acclaimed, multi-million selling titles and the company is adding resource to ensure they constantly over achieve in this competitive sector."
The company has also said that it will shift affected developers to other studios within its system - if that is what they so desire.
Source: C&VG
