If picking up one racing game developer before Christmas wasn't enough, then why not grab two, as iRacing acquires Monster Games just days after they announced the acquisition of Orontes Games. The plan for both developers is for them to continue as standalone development studios working on their own projects, while the iRacing dev team remains focused on their own racing … [Read more...]
iRacing Acquires DRAG Developers Orontes Games
Announced just before the festive break, iRacing acquires DRAG developers Orontes Games in an interesting move for the sim racing organisation. We've seen a number of acquisitions over recent years, but this is the first announced by iRacing. Orontes Games was founded in 2016 by Christian and Thorsten Folkers. And the German developers had built their own propriety game … [Read more...]
NASCAR and iRacing Announce A New Partnership
It's not really a surprise as NASCAR and iRacing announce a new partnership. But it should reassure fans of American oval racing about the future, as iRacing is now the "official simulation partner of NASCAR", which is a step up for a licensing relationship that's been around for more than a decade. The partnership agreement is probably more about rubber stamping the current … [Read more...]