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Dev claims Codemasters staff ‘horribly mistreated’

An ex-developer who worked for a Codemasters studio has claimed that the publisher operated ‘illegally’ and ‘threatened’ staff after ‘accidentally’ over paying them. Semi Essessi, who once worked on last year’s not so great FPS Bodycount, has claimed that after shutting down the Guildford studio Codemasters ignored hundreds of hours of unpaid overtime promised to staff.

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StraightPath4910d ago (Edited 4910d ago )

that is just awful working standards. I see it happening all the time, but people dont stand up fear to losing their jobs.

hiredhelp4910d ago (Edited 4910d ago )

Well good on him for speaking up, more should do so without these devs publishers would have nothing.
Also shame considering how a company such as codemasters started in retro days of 8bit now companys change grow expand get bigger then get greedy.

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EA Isn’t Changing Pricing Strategy for Now After Nintendo & Xbox Announce $80 Games

EA just hosted its quarterly financial conference call, and its executives have been asked to comment about the recent price hikes for games.

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Electronic Arts Claims "Strong" End of Fiscal Year as Split Fiction Has Sold Nearly 4 Million Units

Today, Electronic Arts announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2025, alongside the full year.
Split Fiction has sold nearly 4 million copies, and the next battlefield is confirmed for a release by March 2026 with a reveal this Summer.

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EA SPORTS™ WRC - Development Update

An update on EA SPORTS™ WRC.

Dear Rally Community,

Every great journey eventually finds its finish line, and today, we announce that we've reached the end of the road working on WRC.

Knushwood Butt55d ago

'It marked the first time the studio had used the license in 18 years since 2022’s Colin McRae Rally 3.'

Can you not get AI to do proofreading?

TheColbertinator55d ago

Weird article written by a bot.

In any case I knew EA would ruin Codemasters.

badboyz0954d ago (Edited 54d ago )

Codemasters will likely close soon😞