Codemasters has announced they’ve stopped work on their last game, raising questions about the future of the studio.
They shared this update for EA Sports WRC on their website:
“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.
After releasing EA SPORTS WRC in 2023, the 2024 season, including the recently released Hard Chargers Content pack, will be our last expansion.
For now, we are pausing development plans on future rally titles. Rest assured, EA SPORTS WRC will continue to be available for existing and new players. We hope it remains a source of joy, excitement, and the thrill of rally racing. We’ve poured our hearts into making it for fans, and we know you’ll keep the passion alive.”
As shared by Fidkler_2K on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, as this news arrived Codemasters has mysteriously closed their Twitter acoount.
They also made this announcement just after a report came out that EA laid off between 300 to 400 employees. Respawn Entertainment announced that they had layoffs the other day. To be clear, Codemasters did not make this exact same announcement. At least, not for now.
As of this writing, EA themselves have yet to either confirm or deny the report. It is unfortunately credible that EA may have continuing business struggles that’s forced them to cancel projects, and even have layoffs or close studios. But we should respect these developers enough to let them make any such announcements in their own terms.
Codemasters was founded all the way back in 1986, as one of many fledgling British game studios founded by one or two people, in this case, brothers Richard and David Darling.
Codemasters first made their name with arcade action games on 8-bit microcomputers, and then became household names with the Micro Machines racing games. They also developed the infamous Game Genie cheat hardware for the NES. Eventually, they would become most famous for their racing franchises, including WRC, F1, and Colin Mcrae Rally/Dirt.
We will note that Codemasters still has F1 25 slated to release at the end of this month, May 30, 2025, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. While we can’t account for the deletion of the studio’s Twitter account, there could be reasonable explanations we’ll find out later. For example, they could be rebranding to a new studio name, or they may actually be quitting Twitter.
We wouldn’t say that fans should hope against hope for the best, but at the same time, we shouldn’t also jump to conclusions quite yet. We wish the people working at Codemasters the best and hope to hear from them soon.
