Coming off its best year ever in which sales were up 38%, Codemasters is very confident in its future. GameDaily spoke with CEO Rod Cousens about targeting the U.S. market, the online space, Clive Barker, strategic acquisitions, the console war and more.
GameDaily: When evaluating Codemasters' own IP, if you look at something like Clive Barker's Jericho, the reviews just weren't very good. Clive Barker is obviously a hugely important figure in the horror genre, and attaching his name to a poorly received product couldn't have been a good thing for Codemasters. What's your take?
Rod Cousens: I think that's a fair observation. We see it as a category that we want to continue to support, and we believe we will build a longer term relationship with Clive Barker resulting in other franchises that we create working off his ideas. Because that was our first foray into that market, I would give us a tick for good effort, but we have more work to do. I'm also mindful that certain products like the first two Grand Theft Autos didn't do so well and then exploded on the third. That's obviously a different analogy, but what I'm saying to you is that we're committed to that genre of product and as we get more sophisticated development and experience we'll continue to improve.
GamerU is a horror fanatic, so for me October is a full 31 days of terror filled to the brim with nothing but scary movies, creepy books, and gore-splattered video games. For those who prefer to keep their fright contained to one single evening however, there's no shortage of excellent horror games covering just about every genre that will fit right in with your Halloween festivities.
"SimplyCDKeys are hosting an eight day Steam sale. Each day a new game will be added to the sale. So far the games on offer are as follows:
Damnation - £1.99
Clive Barker’s Jericho - £0.79"
SteamFirst: How often do you log onto your Steam client and see in the top right corner your wallet balance with only a few dollars left. Oh how I hate having Steam cash just sitting there going to waste. There are always some excellent FTP titles available such as Team Fortress 2, Warframe and DOTA 2, but sometimes you want to branch out from free to play. This article is a list of my personal top 5 Steam titles that you can spend your last five bucks on.
Imo Dota 2 tops everything out there right now and its free. Sure it has items you could buy for the game but those are purely cosmetic.
I personally love the Glados kill announcer in dota 2, hilariously funny.
Ahh, yes. My next article which is pending is my top 5 free to play and dota 2 is number one. This is inexpensive, but not free games. Feel free to comment and suggest other titles which you prefer. We all have our own opinions. Right.
I just downloaded the Steam App last night for the first time. WOW. I cant believe what I've been missing. The Mods alone make it so much better than console. And with the Big Picture mode it plays just like a console. The dashboard is actually better than X1 or PS4. I just ordered a GTX 670 graphics card so I can rock the Skyrim upscaling mods. I had no idea what I had been missing.