Though Codemasters recently saw Reliance Big Entertainment acquire a 50% stake in the company, Codemasters VP Gavin Cheshire says that production hasn’t been affected, as many believed would be the case. Popular opinion on the investment was that Reliance would shift resources away from the U.K. to India in order to keep development costs down.
“This is absolutely not the case,” says Cheshire to Develop. “It’s very much about Reliance investing in our skills and abilities over here in the UK.” Cheshire sees the Reliance stake as “a good fit for both parties, which gives us financial muscle to push on to the next level.”
“In Southam it’s full steam ahead with the next iteration in our Flashpoint series, as well as the next DiRT and GRID. It’ll be interesting to see how it all pans out,” says Cheshire in regards to how the new ‘financial muscle’ is helping out.
