The company specialized in racing videogames takes the official rights to the World Rally Championship, now in the hands of Bigben.
Codemasters, the developer company specialized in driving and racing videogames, has announced the acquisition of the official rights to the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for five seasons and that will go from 2023 to 2027, to be in charge of the annual deliveries of the videogame WRC official, currently in the hands of Bigben Interactive with KT Racing.
Return to official licenses
Thus, Codemasters returns to the official licenses of the World Rally Championship from the distant Colin McRae Rally 3, which will allow the current developer of the official F1 video games to return to the races on dirt, asphalt and snow of the WRC. This agreement includes all the official WRC categories with the WRC 2, WRC 3 and Junior WRC Championships of the next seasons between 2023 and 2027.
In a recent statement to the VGC media, Codemasters has assured that "we are committed to rallies and the Dirt Rally team is already working on their next project in advance of the agreement with the WRC in 2023." After the announcement, it is established that Bigben Interactive together with KT Racing will continue to develop the next installments of the series until 2023, the year that will pass into the hands of Codemasters.
When asked why Codemasters has chosen to acquire the WRC license despite currently having the Dirt saga as the main claim for speed fans, “we have discussed bringing our passion and world-class gaming experience to the WRC to represent the the main rally championship in the world on many occasions ”.
"We believe that we can grow the franchise in the same way that we do with Formula 1. We are excited to finally bring WRC to our racing game portfolio, something that our passionate gaming community has been asking for for a long time," they conclude. from Codemasters.
Codemasters is currently working on Dirt 5 for the current and next generation.
