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EA buys Bioware and Pandemic

l_gl_g Registered User regular
edited October 2007 in Games and Technology
Press release here.

So...... thoughts?

Annual Mercenaries sequels?

Cole's Law: "Thinly sliced cabbage."
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  • DarkWarriorDarkWarrior __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2007
    Wait, wait, wait. Bioware?

    WTF?!

    Surely thats a god damn monopoly now.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2007
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    OOOOO

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  • YardGnomeYardGnome Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    I thought they were already owned by Bono.

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  • OzmodaiOzmodai Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Looks like the rich will be getting richer then!

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  • NickTheNewbieNickTheNewbie Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    YardGnome wrote: »
    I thought they were already owned by Bono.

    EA now weighs 17.8 courics.

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  • DeusfauxDeusfaux Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    arod_77 wrote: »
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    OOOOO

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    I have never seen that website before ever.
    I therefore hope that this is a filthy lie.

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  • EvangirEvangir Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    There are no words to truly express my dissatisfaction. Fuck you EA.

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  • citizen059citizen059 hello my name is citizen I'm from the InternetRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    I have lived to see the death of all things good.


    (edit: maybe the as-of-yet unnamed Bioware MMO will be switched over to The Sims Online 2! If not, they'll find some other way to make it suck.)

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Xagarath wrote: »
    I have never seen that website before ever.
    I therefore hope that this is a filthy lie.

    Sadly, reliable sites also carry it.
    Bleeding, flaming, sodomising hell.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2007
    The line has been fucking crossed! YOU HEAR ME YOU MOTHERFUCKERS?


    FUCKING CROSSED YOU WRETCHED FUCKING CUNTBAGS!

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    arod_77 wrote: »
    The line has been fucking crossed! YOU HEAR ME YOU MOTHERFUCKERS?


    FUCKING CROSSED YOU WRETCHED FUCKING CUNTBAGS!

    It was crossed long ago with Origin. EA's acquisitions almost always end in tears.

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  • BoilerbirdBoilerbird Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    l_g wrote: »
    Press release here.

    So...... thoughts?

    Annual Mercenaries sequels?

    Dammit, beaten. Though I like my OP better.

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  • eelektrikeelektrik Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    *prays that Obsidian gets a mass influx of BioWare employees fleeing EA*

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  • CheezyCheezy Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Why must you hurt me so, EA?

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Well, Bioware has made okay games since BG II, most of their releases have been pretty bleh. But still, this leaves Bethesda as the only big name maker of PC RPGS.....
    eelektrik wrote: »
    *prays that Obsidian gets a mass influx of BioWare employees fleeing EA*

    Obsidian has yet to prove they can even make a real game, rather than sloppy sequels to Bioware's.

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  • Mr BubblesMr Bubbles David Koresh Superstar Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    "Pandemic Studios remains focused on attracting the best talent and creating blockbuster action games," said Josh Resnick, President and Co-founder of Pandemic Studios. "As a worldwide publishing leader, EA represents the ideal partner to bring our titles to market as global entertainment events."
    Translation: God help us.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    I predict we'll see no fewer than five new Baldur's Gate games in the next two or three years.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Drez wrote: »
    I predict we'll see no fewer than five new Baldur's Gate games in the next two or three years.

    One of them will be a party game for the Wii. When it sales poorly, EA will blame it on Nintendo.

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  • MalkorMalkor Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Drez wrote: »
    I predict we'll see no fewer than five new Baldur's Gate games in the next two or three years.

    As long as one of them is as good as any of the previous releases I'll be fine with it.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Someone needs to suffer for this.
    And it shouldn't be me

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Drez wrote: »
    I predict we'll see no fewer than five new Baldur's Gate games in the next two or three years.

    Atari already whored out the license with those crappy ps2 games. More of the same isn't going to do any more damage.

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  • a penguina penguin Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Goddamnit. EA is second only to Fox in the "Killing things that I love" category.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Malkor wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    I predict we'll see no fewer than five new Baldur's Gate games in the next two or three years.

    As long as one of them is as good as any of the previous releases I'll be fine with it.
    When was the last RPG released by EA that was as good as BGI or II?

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Drez wrote: »
    I predict we'll see no fewer than five new Baldur's Gate games in the next two or three years.

    Interplay still owns the rights to Baldur's Gate.

    As for the acquisition, we don't really know how it's going to turn out.

    As much as everyone hates EA, they've been getting a lot better lately for some reason.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Malkor wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    I predict we'll see no fewer than five new Baldur's Gate games in the next two or three years.

    As long as one of them is as good as any of the previous releases I'll be fine with it.

    Without Black Isle, the hell they will be.

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  • arod_77arod_77 __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2007
    You know why I don't trust this? Do you guys know what happens to the employees when EA buys the company?

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Wohoooooo


    KOTOR 24 confirmed!

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  • BoilerbirdBoilerbird Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    I wonder what the hell this means for the Sonic the Hedgehog RPG that Bioware's making for the DS. EA and Sega would be pretty strange bedfellows.

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  • ChildrenChildren Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Ouch. Not fucking bioware.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Xagarath wrote: »
    Malkor wrote: »
    Drez wrote: »
    I predict we'll see no fewer than five new Baldur's Gate games in the next two or three years.

    As long as one of them is as good as any of the previous releases I'll be fine with it.

    Without Black Isle, the hell they will be.

    Which actually only published Baldur's Gate. I know its hard to believe because of their later stuff, but Bioware actually made BG series themselves.

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  • BoilerbirdBoilerbird Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    arod_77 wrote: »
    You know why I don't trust this? Do you guys know what happens to the employees when EA buys the company?

    You mean like Origin, Westwood, Jane's Combat Simulations, and Maxis? No, what happens?

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  • GreeperGreeper Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Mr Bubbles wrote: »
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  • DoctorArchDoctorArch Curmudgeon Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Coming to a computer near you, Bioware's new RPG: Dragon Age, published by Electronic Arts*

    *note, only playable for a year until the slightly revamped sequel comes out.
    **We will no longer support Neverwinter Nights, because why the hell would we support a game that's been out for almost seven years?
    ***We're also canceling Christmas.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Boilerbird wrote: »
    arod_77 wrote: »
    You know why I don't trust this? Do you guys know what happens to the employees when EA buys the company?

    You mean like Origin, Westwood, Jane's Combat Simulations, and Maxis? No, what happens?

    What happened to Kesmai and Manley & Associates.

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  • FireflashFireflash Montreal, QCRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    God dammit, the less competion they have, the less they have to care about the quality of their games. Fuck them all.

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    Seriously though BIOWARE?!


    But I loves them so!


    They're Bioware!


    And EA isn't Bioware!


    Thus it can't be any move but down!

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  • DroolDrool Science! AustinRegistered User regular
    edited October 2007
    "Ohhh shiiiiiit"

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  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    edited October 2007
    In other news, Mass Effect has been pushed back to Christmas '08
    When asked for comment, a spokesperson for the software giant said "This is not only the best method to increase Mass Effect's quality, but also allows us to better implement our existing EA brands and characters into the title in an appropriate and respectful fashion."

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