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This week in racing game news a monster acquisition was announced and Rocket League has some cool new customization options.
EA is acquiring Dirt, Project Cars, and F1 developer Codemasters for the gargantuan sum of $1.2 billion
In moving that will almost certainly be harmful to racing game fans, it was announced now that EA will acquire Codemasters for $1.2 billion. EA is renowned for such shenanigans as littering their games by having an unprecedented amount of micro-transactions, re-releasing identical versions of the identical game multiple years consecutively (FIFA ’20 to FIFA ’21), at top dollar, planning to intentionally confuse and make the most of their customers, and squandering licensing agreements for some of the biggest entertainment properties to ever exist in history. Codemasters, on the other hand, makes some of the most popular racing games out at this time, releasing Dirt 5, Project Cars 3, Fast & Furious Crossroads, and F1 2021 this year alone. Of course, we won’t know what this deal method for the way forward for those games for quite a while, but we’re keeping our fingers crossed and hoping for the very best. If you want to learn a bit more about how everything transpired, check out our story around the deal from earlier this week.
Rocket League is adding officially licensed car decals for those 32 NFL teams
Speaking of beloved game developers getting acquired by much larger organizations, Rocket League has announced that they’ve added decals featuring all 32 NFL teams to the game, likely thanks to the influence of parent company Epic Games, who acquired Rocket League developer Psyonix just last year. It is really an unexpected surprise, along with a welcome one for football fans. You can buy the pack for any short time in-game for 800 “credits.” For reference, you can purchase 500 in-game credits for $5, therefore the actual price for that pack comes out close to $8, pretty much. If you’re interested in those, though, you’ll have to act fast. For whatever reason, the decals will only be available until December 28th.
