F1-2011 posts

The developer's behind Codemasters' latest racing game F1 2011 want to hear from you. Specifically, they want to see you ask questions to a camera, and they will pick their favorite questioners to give a tour of the studio. This trailer is just the information for this PR bit: make videos, get a tour. It's as simple as that. Not really worth it for anyone not into F1 2011 though.

Codemasters' newest racing sim game franchise will get a second installment in September. MCV reports that F1 2011 will be released on September 23 for the PC and other platforms. Since that's on a Friday it's likely that the game will be released in the US a few days earlier or later.

Codemasters first released its first PC Formula 1-based racing game, F1 2010, last fall. Despite some issues with the game's AI that were fixed via patches later (along with post launch support for DirectX 11 graphics) MCV reports that the game was the most successful in Codemasters' history

With five days to go before the BIG DAY, the Steam PC game download holiday sales event has now gone live. This is the third annual event and it's usually the biggest sale of the year for Valve's download service as nearly all the game in its library have at least some kind of price cut from now until January 2. In addition there are publisher game bundles and indie game packs that save you even more money. Mac gamers are not excluded; over 125 Mac titles are on sale as well.

There are simply too many deals to go over in this one news post but we will mention the price cuts that are in place from now until 1 pm Eastern time on Tuesday. That includes the launch of the promised Oddboxx bundle of the four Oddworld games, including two that are new to the PC platform.

F1 2010 - $19.99
Super Meat Boy - $3.75
Titan Quest Gold Edition - $4.99
Battlefield Bad Company 2 - $6.79
The Oddboxx - $12.49
Deus Ex/Deus Ex Invisible War - $2.49
Peggle/Peggle Nights - $6.99
Lego Batman - $4.99
F.E.A.R/F.E.A.R. 2 - $9.99
Fallout 3 Game of the Year Edition - $20.09
All Prince of Persia games - 75 percent off
Portal - $3.74 or $2.25 if you own Half-Life 2

F1 2010 (shown above) was released less than two months ago but the official Formula 1 racing simulation from developer-publisher Codemasters already has a sequel in the works. MCV reports that F1 2011, due out sometime in, well, 2011, will have some major changes compared to this year's versions.

At least that's the word from Codemasters' CEO Rod Cousens who stated that the next incarnation of the game would "definitely not be a few new tracks and a few new drivers." In addition to the main game, Cousens stated that Codemasters would also release a Formula 1-based browser game along with a version made for "very young kids".

The release last week of Civilization V was expected to be a major event for PC gamers and as expected the turn-based strategy game stayed on top of Steam's weekly top 10 best selling PC games for the week. In second place comes a surprise entry: F1 2010, the new Formula 1 racing sim game from Codemasters. In third place comes Serious Sam Gold Edition collecting both the original and HD versions of the first two games in the shooter series.

The full list is as follows:

1. Civilization V - Firaxis Games/2K Games
2. F1 2010 - Codemasters
3. Serious Sam Gold Edition - Croteam/Devolver Digital
4. Darksiders - Vigil Games/THQ
5. Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix
6. Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Digital Illusions/EA
7. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
8. Garry's Mod - Facepunch Studios
9. R.U.S.E. - Eugen/Ubisoft
10. Dead Rising 2 - Blue Castle Games/Capcom

This week PC gamers get its single biggest release since StarCraft II shipped out in July with another installment of a classic series. There's also an MMO launch, a game that was first released for consoles back in January and much more for gamers to check out this week.

Sid Meier's Civilization V - Developer Firaxis Games and publisher 2K Games bring us the latest game in this long running turn-based strategy series. While the game uses a new graphics engine and changes some aspects of the gameplay (no more square tiles; this game goes all hexagonal on you) the early reviews of the title have already proclaimed it to be a worthy addition to the franchise.

While we aren't really one for racing games, Codemasters sure does give us a good selection to choose from. Now comes the latest in their F1 franchise, and it's only a week away from release. To celebrate, they've given us another trailer that shows off the sunny streets of Singapore. It's nothing particularly special, but it does show a good amount of tracks, in-game graphics, and gameplay. If you're looking for a faithful Formula 1 racer, you might be interested in this trailer.