Electronic Arts Purchases BioWare, Pandemic

Mr. Analog · October 11, 2007, 03:08:44 PM

From the dept. of Holy @%&#

QuoteKotaku is reporting that EA has purchased BioWare and Pandemic Studios, having offered some $620 million in cash to the Elevation Partners group to buy up VG Holding Corp. From the press release:
Quote"'We are truly excited by John Riccitiello's new vision for EA,' said Ray Muzyka, Co-founder and CEO of BioWare Corp. 'This vision is consistent with BioWare's focus on crafting the highest quality story-driven games in the world. It will enable us to further the careers of the passionate, creative and hard working teams at BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Austin.'"

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ea/ea-buys-bioware-pandemic-309937.php

Remember Westwood, Origin, Bullfrog, Maxis and DICE!? The end is nigh gentlemen!

Game over man! GAME OVER!

Lazybones · October 11, 2007, 09:20:28 PM

damn that sucks

Melbosa · October 12, 2007, 05:03:30 AM

Oh stit my ass!

Thorin · October 12, 2007, 09:10:07 AM

Quote from: Melbosa on October 12, 2007, 05:03:30 AM
Oh stit my ass!

Stit? I looked in dictionary.com and the only entry was a lookup in Acronym Finder. So I clicked it and went to Acronym Finder:

Quote from: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=STIT&p=dict
STIT Scientific & Technical Information Team
STIT Sindicato de Trabajadores de La Industria Textil (Spanish)

Neither one of those make sense to have anything to do with your ass...

Mr. Analog · October 12, 2007, 09:14:24 AM

Quote from: Thorin on October 12, 2007, 09:10:07 AM
Quote from: Melbosa on October 12, 2007, 05:03:30 AM
Oh stit my ass!

Stit? I looked in dictionary.com and the only entry was a lookup in Acronym Finder. So I clicked it and went to Acronym Finder:

Quote from: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=STIT&p=dict
STIT Scientific & Technical Information Team
STIT Sindicato de Trabajadores de La Industria Textil (Spanish)

Neither one of those make sense to have anything to do with your ass...

Scientific & Technical Information Team Model Year Acid Sulfate Soils

Thorin · October 12, 2007, 09:22:55 AM

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Okay, nice save, Mr. A.

Darren Dirt · October 12, 2007, 02:06:39 PM

Quote from: Mr. Analog on October 11, 2007, 03:08:44 PM
http://kotaku.com/gaming/ea/ea-buys-bioware-pandemic-309937.php

Remember Westwood, Origin, Bullfrog, Maxis and DICE!? The end is nigh gentlemen!

Game over man! GAME OVER!

Hey what are you talking about, they've never been indie, haven't they ALWAYS been "owned" by a megacorp, you know like Bungee etc.

Oh, and thanks SO MUCH for making "Aliens" start a playback loop in my brain. It's a Friday; I'm unmotivated enough as it is

Melbosa · October 13, 2007, 10:21:02 AM

Quote from: Thorin on October 12, 2007, 09:10:07 AM
Quote from: Melbosa on October 12, 2007, 05:03:30 AM
Oh stit my ass!

Stit? I looked in dictionary.com and the only entry was a lookup in Acronym Finder. So I clicked it and went to Acronym Finder:

Quote from: http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=STIT&p=dict
STIT Scientific & Technical Information Team
STIT Sindicato de Trabajadores de La Industria Textil (Spanish)

Neither one of those make sense to have anything to do with your ass...

Stit = @%&# but nicely put and beats most word filters. Also doesn't sound as bad.

Shayne · October 14, 2007, 09:49:49 AM

Bad news for gamers in every way. The only hope is that EA treats Bioware the same as Microsoft treated Bungie in that they are under the corporate flag but still can do what they want and how they want.

The days of the indie developer look pretty over

Thankfully Mass Effect won't be effected by this news.

Electronic Arts Purchases BioWare, Pandemic

Shayne