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Codemasters Buys Swordfish From Activision

12:40AM Mike Fahey | And the Activision Vivendi trimming continues as the gigantic, Blizzard-infused behemoth trims off the redundant bits and passes them on to the needy companies of the world. Earlier this week Ubisoft made off with Massive Entertainment, and now Codemasters has procured a new Birmingham, England based studio in Swordfish Studios. Swordfish is responsible for the hit sports titles Brian Lara International Cricket 2005 and Jonah Lomu Rugby. Well I didn’t say they were popular here. They were also responsible for the creation of 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, if that helps. More »