We waited like patient puppies for titles from Codemasters. It seems that wait is never to end.

Codemasters France has confirmed that their parent company have halted all game development for our beloved GameCube. Cue tears.

Colin McRae 3 was promised for the Cube but will be absent from our hitlist. With no justifiable reason, Codemasters have cancelled all if any Cube projects for the forseeable future.

If this news is devastating for anybody who enjoys a decent racing game, it is worrying for the Gamecube, from which a worrying trend is starting to develop. Publishers and developers are shifting focus from our Cubic lovely, with Sega, Codemasters, Electronic Arts all falling guilty.

Lack sales to blame? Or Microsoft dropping a spanner in the works? It isn't a great loss. Their recent efforts were lacklustre at best, and were by no means superlative. It's a shame we won't see Colin on the Cube, admittedly. More as it develops.

Thanks to Kévin for the heads up!