Entries in 'rod cousens' (17)
MCV INTERVIEW: Rod Cousens on... Wii U, Vita, EA and pre-owned
The veteran Codemasters CEO has no qualms about speaking his mind, particularly when it comes to the UK games industry.
OPINION: Happy 60th Mr Cousens
The first flash car I scored a ride in was my Uncle Joe’s
bright yellow Ferrari Dino. It was about 1976 and I was ten. He owned a chain of ...
Cousens issues pre-owned warning
Publishers must find a way to monetize sales of pre-owned software if developers are to maintain their ability to expand the potential of games – that’s the warning of Codemasters ...
Cousens: I’m not a fan of DRM
Rod Cousens, the CEO of Britsoft publisher Codemasters, has confessed that he’s no fan of DRM and has instead urged the industry to embrace new retail models based on emerging ...
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Games industry leaders score in New Year Honours
Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens, former EA and ELSPA boss Paul Jackson and Sports Interactive founders Oliver and Paul Collyer have all be named in the The Queen's New Year Honours ...
AGE RATINGS: Codemasters unworried by blunder
Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has told MCV that he is sure retailers and publishers won’t take advantage of today’s news of a Video Recordings Act loophole – as the video ...
Fewer games, higher prices this Xmas
The ghost of unprofitable Christmas past will hit consumers this Q4 – as retailers keep software prices high and publishers shunt more triple-A titles than ever to next year.
Publishers ready for download chart
The UK publishing community has called for an official downloads sales chart, headed up by GfK-ChartTrack.
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Trade braced for DSi Easter domination
The hardware launch of the year is just a week away, and the UK games industry expects Nintendo’s DSi to give retail a huge boost.
Codemasters, Konami join Change4Life debate
The UK bosses of Konami and Codemasters have added their names to the growing list of publishers unhappy with the Government’s latest Change4ife print ad.
Wigmore joins Codemasters
Former Atari UK managing director Jeremy Wigmore is on his way to Codemasters as the publisher’s new UK general manager.
Trade reacts to ‘new SKU’ effect
Publishers have applauded new Xbox 360 and PS3 console SKUs – but criticised Sony and Microsoft for indulging in ‘one-upmanship’.Advertisement
Cousens: 'Who needs a $100m game'?
Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has candidly revealed the development cost of the publisher’s biggest games – and questioned the megabucks approach of the firm’s rivals.
Cousens: ‘We’re the best buy in games’
Chief executive of Codemasters Rod Cousens has asserted that his company will be top of the hitlist of any media giant looking to acquire a games company.
Only a big bid could deflect Codemasters from road to IPO
Codemasters will be a publicly quoted company by September 1st unless a major media company or acquisitive games publisher decides to pounce on the last big privately-owned target in the ...
Codemasters guns for £100m
Codemasters will smash through the £100m revenue barrier this year and rubber stamp its position as the fastest growing video games company in the world, according to CEO Rod Cousens.
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Codemasters: ‘We’re ahead of the game’
With a fresh £50 million investment from Goldman Sachs in the bank, Codemasters is confident that its overall value will now outstrip the general growth of the industry.
