Insider Claims Codemasters Main HQ Will Be Shut Down, Employees Moved To New Need For Speed Game

Things
are
going
from
bad
to
worse
for
the
people
employed
by
EA.

Cliffhanger
Games
has
just
been
shut
down
and
their
Black
Panther
game
cancelled,
but
if
that
wasn’t
bad
enough,
an
insider
is
reporting
that
Codemaster’s
main
headquarters
is
also
going
to
be
closed.

The
source
of
this
news
is
eXtas1s,
an
insider
with
a
decent
track
record
when
it
comes
to
Xbox.
Outside
of
that,
his
record
is
spottier,
so
I
strongly
suggest
grabbing
a
handful
of
salt.

👀🔥
EXCLUSIVA
a
propósito
de
lo
de
EA
❌️

La
cancelacion
de
Black
Panther
NO
será
lo
único.

He
podido
conocer
que
se
aproximan
unos
400
despidos
más
en
EA,
CIERRE
total
de
la
sede
principal
de
Codemasters
y
que
esos
devs
se
integrarán
en
EA
Sp
(F1)
y
en
un
nuevo
Need
For…

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—
eXtas1s
🎮
Noticias
&
Rumores
(@eXtas1stv)

May
28,
2025

According
to
eXtas1s,
he
has
learned
that
around
400
more
layoffs
will
hit
EA.
This
will
include
“the
complete
closure
of
Codemasters’
main
headquarters”.
Codemasters
suffered
a
massive
blow
recently

when
EA
announced
that
they
would
no
longer
be
making
rally
games,
opting
to
give
up
the
official
WRC
license.
With
this
license
and
their
other
franchises
like
DiRT
on
ice,
this
left
Codemasters
with
just
the
annual
F1
games.

eXtas1s
goes
on
to
say
that
Codemasters
main
headquarters
will
be
shut
down
and
that
the
staff
there
“will
be
merged
into

EA
Sports
(F1)
and
a

new
Need
for
Speed
that
is
already
in
development.
Whether
this
means
Codemasters
will
be
formally
shuttered
or
are
being
moved
to
a
much
smaller
location
remains
to
be
seen.