Electronic Arts Purchases BioWare, Pandemic 232
Kotaku 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: "'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.'"
Re:Let me be the first to say... (Score:3, Interesting)
Carry The Torch? (Score:3, Interesting)
RIP Bioware...
Reapy
No (Score:3, Interesting)
If EA can destroy everything better than it, then the standard is lower and EA games become the most attractive thing out there.
There's hope for Bioware (Score:4, Interesting)
Pandemic on the other hand is basically borg-fodder.
There's still hope.. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:NOOO (Score:3, Interesting)
Appropriate to quote it again.... (Score:2, Interesting)