Codemasters acquires Swordfish Studios

Codemasters has acquired Birmingham-based developer Swordfish Studios.

The new studio will be lead by founder of Swordfish, Trevor Williams, and will create new content for Codemasters using the firm's EGO Engine.

"We are committed to growing our studio operations across multiple facilities and increasing the internal capability of Codemasters’ creative resource," said Gavin Cheshire, VP of Codemasters Studios.

"There is a strong heritage and a compatible skill set, which has enabled us to fast track growth plans and allows for ease of management. Codemasters has ramped up as a UK games development powerhouse with a scalable support infrastructure that allows for rapid deployment of the highly versatile EGO Engine."

Swordfish's Manchester studio was acquired earlier in the week by Monumental Games.