Codemasters
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Codemasters is a British video game developer and publisher best known for its racing game franchises such as DiRT and F1.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codemasters canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10293630 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Codemasters Context triple: [Electronic Arts, subsidiary, Codemasters]
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A.
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a prominent video game developer and publisher best known for creating the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series.
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B.
Avalon Studios
Avalon Studios is a prominent New Zealand film and television production facility known for its soundstages and post-production services.
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C.
Neversoft
Neversoft was an American video game developer best known for creating the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series and later working on the Guitar Hero franchise.
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D.
Swordfish Studios
Swordfish Studios was a British video game development company known for creating titles such as World Championship Rugby and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.
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E.
Rebellion Developments
Rebellion Developments is a British video game developer and publisher best known for franchises like Sniper Elite and for owning the iconic 2000 AD comic property.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Codemasters Target entity description: Codemasters is a British video game developer and publisher best known for its racing game franchises such as DiRT and F1.
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A.
Rockstar Games
Rockstar Games is a prominent video game developer and publisher best known for creating the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption series.
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B.
Avalon Studios
Avalon Studios is a prominent New Zealand film and television production facility known for its soundstages and post-production services.
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C.
Neversoft
Neversoft was an American video game developer best known for creating the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series and later working on the Guitar Hero franchise.
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D.
Swordfish Studios
Swordfish Studios was a British video game development company known for creating titles such as World Championship Rugby and 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.
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E.
Rebellion Developments
Rebellion Developments is a British video game developer and publisher best known for franchises like Sniper Elite and for owning the iconic 2000 AD comic property.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
video game company
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video game publisher ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Electronic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| activeIn |
PC game development
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console game development ⓘ racing esports titles ⓘ |
| country |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerName | The Codemasters Software Company Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
David Darling
NERFINISHED
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Richard Darling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedIn |
England
NERFINISHED
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Southam NERFINISHED ⓘ Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreSpecialization | racing ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | Slightly Mad Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
England
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Southam NERFINISHED ⓘ Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1986 ⓘ |
| industry | video games ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Formula One licensed games
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racing video games ⓘ rally racing games ⓘ |
| legalForm | limited company ⓘ |
| licenseHolderFor | official FIA Formula One World Championship games ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Colin McRae Rally
NERFINISHED
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DiRT NERFINISHED ⓘ F1 NERFINISHED ⓘ GRID NERFINISHED ⓘ Micro Machines NERFINISHED ⓘ TOCA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Colin McRae Rally
NERFINISHED
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DiRT NERFINISHED ⓘ DiRT Rally NERFINISHED ⓘ F1 series NERFINISHED ⓘ GRID series NERFINISHED ⓘ Micro Machines video game series NERFINISHED ⓘ TOCA Touring Car series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Electronic Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformsDevelopedFor |
Nintendo platforms
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PC ⓘ PlayStation NERFINISHED ⓘ Xbox NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.codemasters.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Codemasters Description of subject: Codemasters is a British video game developer and publisher best known for its racing game franchises such as DiRT and F1.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.