The purchase of Codemasters by Electronic Arts last year has led to some organizational changes. Just yesterday we learned that the subsidiary Codemasters Cheshire was integrated into Criterion Games, while Codemasters Birmingham would continue to work alone on the Formula 1 saga. Now, in that sense, we have learned that F1 2023 and Project Cars 4 are already in developmentas pointed out by a rumor made known by the well-known journalist Tom Henderson (via GamingBolt). The first of them would be in charge of the aforementioned studio, while the second would be in charge of Slightly Mad Studio, also belonging to the Codemasters parent company and responsible for the driving franchise for years.
Henderson points out that Project Cars 4 It will come to next-gen consoles and PC and that it will once again opt for a more focused approach on pure simulation. At the moment from the study they foresee that the game can see the light at some undetermined time of the year 2024. the saga WRC of rallies, for its part, plans to start launching annual deliveries from 2023 and until 2027, using Unreal Engine as a graphics engine. The merger between Criterion Games and Codemasters Cheshire will be dedicated to working on the Need for Speed saga, which aims to return to its roots and achieve the popularity it once had.
Revealed the first gameplay of F1 2022 in the Miami circuit
Finally, the main section of Codemasters is already working on F1 2023, while F1 2022 has yet to be released. According to Henderson, F1 2023 will be the true new generation title of Formula 1, with important improvements in the game engine. Also, the feature F1 World, which will serve to expand F1 LIFE, the main novelty of F1 2022, even with the addition of private jets. Remember that F1 2022 arrives on July 1, 2022, halfway through the season of the real competition.