Codemasters Leamington Spa is an independent games developer and publisher based in the UK. Alongside developing games, Codemasters Leamington Spa have also focused on exciting racing simulation.

Codemasters Leamington Spa have studios in Southam and Birmingham as well as Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The game developer group also recently joined the EA SPORTS family in 2021.

What Do Codemasters Leamington Spa Do?

Codemasters Leamington Spa is home to FORMUALA 1, World Rally Championship, DiRT and GRID. The company is well known for their HD motorsport titles and their passion for racing.

Codemasters started on the Commodore home computers introduced back in 1982. They then went on to capitalise on the SEGA and Nintendo platforms in the 90s and eventually PlayStation and Xbox in the 2000s.

Codemasters Leamington Spa is known for its innovative ability having explored multiple genres such as sports, platforming and FPS.

Some of the more memorable games Codemasters has made are DIRT 5, DIRT RALLY 2.0, Grid Legends, Formula 1 2022, DIRT 3, F1 2010, F1 Race Stars, Operation Flashpoint Red River, Colin McRae Dirt, GRID, Overlord and Toca Race Driver.

Codemasters Leamington Spa also has a selection of their favourite games from the 80s and 90s. Their top games from the 90s are Colin McRae Rally, The Fantastic Adventures of Dizzy, The Original Micro Machines and the Toca Touring Car Championship on PlayStation.

During the 80s, the top Codemasters Leamington Spa games were BMX Simulator, Dizzy, Grand Prix Simulator and Super Robin Hood.

Find Out More About EA SPORTS 

EA SPORTS connects viewers with their favourite sports through their video game franchises. EA SPORTS also provide a welcoming workplace with opportunities for career growth, inclusive communities and a chance to invest in the next generation of STEAM, sports and gaming professionals.

The group has over 30 years of experience in gaming with tons of fans and their partnerships with several sports leagues and organisations.

The Culture at Codemasters Leamington Spa

Codemasters prides itself on work life balance with them offering a people first attitude. They provide a welcoming work environment to ensure optimal work progress. Being part of the EA SPORTS family comes with several perks and benefits. Codemasters Leamington Spa shares the benefits offered by Electronic Arts to their employees around the world.

One of their benefits is the ability for employees to be part of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Workers also have the perk of flexible working arrangements, private medical and dental insurance, a virtual GP service, mental health support, voluntary critical illness cover and much more.

Codemasters Leamington Spa employs a diverse group with aspirational skills, talents and creativity.

The History of Codemasters Leamington

Codemasters was founded back in the 80s by both David Darling and Richard Darling. The brothers made their very first sports game, BMX Simulator, for the Commodore 64. Codemasters’ career grew significantly in the 90s during the 16-bit era with DIZZY, Micro Machines and the Game Genie.

The company has consistently followed trends up until today, ensuring customer engagement and satisfaction. Codemasters Leamington Spa has won numerous awards, broken records and built their reputation as the top racing games developer.

Their F1 2022 game won Best VR Game at the Creative Bloq Awards. Dirt 5 won Best Racing Game at the Gamescom Awards in 2020 along with GRID in 2019. F1 2019 won Best Racing Game at the TIGA Awards back in 2019.

Leamington Spa – Where It All Began

Leamington Spa is a spa town located in Warwickshire. It is known for its regency architecture, spa springs and peaceful environment.

This town has become locally known as the Silicon Spa, with it being recognised by the UKIE (The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment) as a centre of excellence for the production of computer games and games technology in 2017.

Many word class games have begun at Leamington Spa making it a hotspot for innovation of new technology and games. Big gaming companies such as Codemasters, Ubisoft, Playground and Sega Hardlight have roots in Leamington Spa.

The town is home to many popular titles that are widely known and enjoyed by consumers including Far Cry 5, Fable, Formula 1 and Forza Horizon.

Approximately over 3000 gaming professionals work in Leamington Spa. They bring a diverse background of design, software development, artificial intelligence, virtual reality and product development to the town.

The towns allure to numerous investors all started with Codemasters that was launched in 1986 by the Darling family just outside of Leamington Spa in Southam. Codemasters grew significantly over the years and became a renowned UK publisher. Codemasters was purchased by Electronic Arts in 2021 for $1.2 billion.

Once news circled about Codemasters’ growing success, other game developers began to move their studios to Leamington Spa building the elite gaming scene there today.

Big companies such as Electronic Arts, Microsoft Studios and Epic have invested in the area. While Leamington Spa is the epicentre of all things technology, gaming companies have began to expand their reach towards other cities in the West Midlands.

While Leamington Spa is a technological hotspot, the town is also known for its proximity to quality universities. Within their eight universities, there are over 87,000 science, technology, engineering and maths students. There are also roughly 8000 students studying computer science. Leamington Spa universities are working hard to continue the town’s legacy by producing the next generation of talented developers for the future.

Warwickshire is home to the UKIE Digital School House Programme. This programme works by using pay-based learning to engage students as they begin to study the new computing curriculum.

Alongside gaming, the West Midlands is also home to automotive, rail and aerospace industries. These include big names such as BMW, Jaguar Land Rover and Aston Martin Lagonda. The combination of both the gaming and automotive sectors will see the West Midlands become home to ground-breaking technologies in the future.

Codemasters in Leamington Spa is a creative organisation where talented technological developers create exciting games loved by players worldwide.