Some mornings you wake up and you have a pretty good idea of what you’ll be writing about. Today was not one of those days.

EA’s plan to acquire racing game factory Codemasters may have been one of the smartest purchases that the company has ever made. With the UK powerhouse producer in its pocket, EA not only has access to IPs such as Formula 1, Dirt, and Grid, it has actual talent that it can trust with its own racing game properties as well.

Slipping through Take-Two Interactive's blind spot and taking pole position, EA's revving its engine for a potential takeover of racing games giant Codemasters.

Many of you will probably offload your old consoles before moving to next-gen, and that’s great! But please, before you do…clean your damn controllers.

Dirt 5 is a V8 hooligan with a devil may care attitude, familiar to wrap your thumbs around, and a fantastic distraction when you’re looking to get some mud on your face.

Rallying, the maddest sport on the planet because entire throngs (Throngs I say!) of people reckon that standing close enough to a track to get a full mu facial from ludicrously over-horsepowered cars, is making yet another comeback this year. Having conquered the bastard-hard simulation disciplines in the Dirt Rally series, Codemasters is preparing for another lap around the course …

Massive racing game juggernaut Codemasters has signed an exclusive five-year deal to pump out official FIA World Rally Championship games.

Surprisingly, Troy Baker and Nolan North haven’t been brought on to voice a souped-up Ford Fiesta and other assorted engine noises, but characters within Dirt 5’s narrative mode. Baker will be the managerial angel on your shoulder who guides you throughout your career, while North will be putting on a black hat as the primary antagonist in Dirt 5 who’s like totally better at you than the vroom vroom stuff.