The partnership concerns the distribution of the NDS titles History: Great Empires Rome, Ico Soccer and Astrology, the adventure game Diabolik: The Original Sin, released for home consoles, Black Bean’s motorbike annual racer SBK09 World Championship that will be published for PS2, PS3, PSP, Xbox 360 and PC, while Superstars V8 Racing will be launched on the PS3, X360 and PC. All the titles are due by the end of Q2 2009.

“We strongly believe in this collaboration” commented Virgilio Bixio, President of Black Bean Games, “Codemasters represents a strategic partner in a period of growth for us as a publisher. Black Bean Games is working on a variety of very high quality IP, moving forward we are looking to acquire further strong licenses in order to establish our position in the international publishing arena. We’re working hard to create a real synergy between Black Bean Games, as part of the Leader Group, and Codemasters in order to develop a strong and highly fruitful partnership for the future.”

“Codemasters has a network of established European offices and distribution bases that will extend Black Bean’s product reach through key territories,” said Axel Herr, Senior Vice President, Publishing EPAC, Codemasters. “This will be a very positive partnership given that Black Bean Games offers a diverse range of original and established titles for the European market.”