A little over a month ago, the publisher Take-Two has announced that it has agreed to buy Codemasters, a British-blooded company well known for its races and on Corsican, among which we can see this year's game dedicated to Formula 1 (of which we leave you our review). This would have helped the company fill a gap in its production in this genre, since Take-Two isn't producing anything in the way of racing games currently. However, in the past few hours a very relevant fact has come to light: those plans could be suspended due to an apparent offer made by Electronic Arts. Second Sky News, EA would have made an even wider offer than the 725 million pounds (nearly $ 1 billion) offered by Take-Two, and will likely be made public starting tomorrow. It does not appear that Codemasters has accepted EA's offer yet and the publisher has declined to comment on what Sky News was asked of it.
Take-Two could potentially rekindle its famous franchise Midnight Club with the talent of Codemasters, but acquiring such acclaimed racing studios would make sense for Electronic Arts as well. Although Criterion GAMES have been successful with Need for Speed And has taken over the lead in the development of the franchise, the series as a whole has had some particular difficulties in recent years. More racing experts to contribute to the next game could be very valuable to EA.
The acquisition of Codemasters from one of the two companies would undoubtedly be great news, even if this year we have seen both cooked and raw: Microsoft products agreed to buy Bethesda Softworks for $ 7,5 billion. This makes it the second largest acquisition in the video game industry of all time, only after the purchase of Supercell by Tencent for $ 8,6 billion. Microsoft's deal isn't officially closed yet, meaning Bethesda must legally operate as a separate entity for now, but it will provide Microsoft with one of the best gaming studio lists in the world.
