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An update on its official website reveals things are slowing down in the realm of rally games from Codemasters. The EA-owned studio says it has "reached the end of the road working on WRC", suggesting its time with the official licence is over. Furthermore, post-launch support for EA Sports WRC has ceased.
After launching in 2023, the game received several content updates, bringing the 2024 season as well as the recent Hard Chargers pack to the rally title for free. The latter DLC will be the "last expansion". Perhaps most notable is that Codemasters will be "pausing development plans on future rally titles".
This means a follow-up to its work on the officially licensed rally game won't be seen for a long time, if at all. EA Sports WRC itself won't be going away, though — it'll "continue to be available for existing and new players". Working with the WRC licence was a "culmination of sorts for our Codemasters journey with off-road racing, spanning decades through titles like Colin McRae Rally, and DiRT", the statement reads, ending with a thank you to the fans.
This update follows news of significant layoffs at EA , though it's not been explicitly said whether these have affected anyone at Codemasters. However you slice it, though, it's a bit of a bummer story. As the message says, Codemasters has been making rally games for decades, many of them among the best in the sub-genre, so it's a shame to see the studio having to put its rally expertise on ice.
Hopefully the team can have another chance at it, even without the WRC licence — we'll have to wait and see what happens. Are you a fan of Codemasters' rally games? Were you still enjoying EA Sports WRC and hoping for more? Tell us in the comments section below..
