Bioware and Pandemic Merging

deadtroll writes "Gamespot is reporting that Bioware is teaming up with Pandemic and Elevation to create a mighty tri-continental juggernaut of supercoolness." From the article: "Now it has become clear the Elevation isn't done with games--not by a long shot. On Thursday, the company will announce it is backing the alliance of two major independent developers, Pandemic Studios and BioWare, into a new super-developer. Canada-based BioWare is a celebrated developer of role-playing games stretching from 1997's Baldur's Gate to the forthcoming Mass Effect for the Xbox 360. Pandemic is a much newer shop, but has enjoyed success with a string of hit action titles, including Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries, and Destroy All Humans!"

That name isn't going piss of Homeland Security

[antifoidulus]

ElevatedBiowarePandemic, perfect!

Their new name? "Avian Flu"

[elrous0]

'nuff said. -Eric

How about "BioPandemic Ware"?

[deadtroll]

It would get people's attention.

Bird Flu

[metalhed77]

Am I the only one who read the headline and thought: "Oh shit, bird flu is here and now!".

Yes

[Fr05t]

You are alone, because everyone at /. RTFP + RTFA

Re:Yes

[Goldsmith]

It may be me, but I usually read the headlines before TFP or TFA, and I had that same initial reaction.

Re:Yes

[Fr05t]

Sorry, I was just attempting to whore some +funny karma. ;)

Re:Yes

[Goldsmith]

Good effort, but you can be funnier next time. :)

Re:Bird Flu

[booch]

I was thinking that now is a VERY good time to stop using the name "Pandemic".

KOTOR, anyone?

[zarthrag]

Or maybe even FINISH kotor 2

Wow, Pandemic...

[kisrael]

I just finished "Mercenaries"...I didn't realize the same company did "Clone Wars". Both were very enjoyable "arcadey" type military games with a lot of asplodin' action. I think now I'm definately going to check out "Destroy All Humans"...

What's this Elevated thing? Just some kind of holding company?

Pandemic's Age

[MichaelKVance]

Pandemic was founded in 1998, BioWare 1995. Pandemic isn't a young company, they were spun off from ATVI long ago. Their original games were PC titles like Dark Reign and Battlezone.

m.

"merging"... that's not what I wrote

[deadtroll]

Ok, this is the first time I actually managed to get a story posted on Slashdot, but it ISN'T WHAT I POSTED! What the hoo ha? Bioware and Pandemic aren't merging, they're working together on a project. Plus they (Zonk I guess) cut my joke!
What the hell? I mean, go ahead and reject my postings, but don't completely rewrite the damn things!
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"Immature Artists borrow. Mature Artists steal."
Wes Borg [deadtroll.com]

Re:"merging"... that's not what I wrote

[Surye]

Wait wait wait..... they edit these things?

Re:"merging"... that's not what I wrote

[simtel]

Can you imagine? A Pandemic NeverWinter Nights - Mercenaries style? I get chills just thinking about it.

Re:"merging"... that's not what I wrote

[deadtroll]

Oh come on. Ok, they're "working together"... not on "a project", just "working together". My point is that I didn't write "merged", and my post turned into a giant quote from GameSpot instead of what I wrote, which was annotated and hyperlinked up the wazoo, and had at least 2 half-decent jokes.

Re:"merging"... that's not what I wrote

[Elshar]

It's not wrong... It's just that, well... It's not correct. I'm sorry. :(

Looks like their webpage is up

[deadtroll]

http://bioware.pandemicstudios.com/ [pandemicstudios.com] Oooooh.
I just hope they're hirin' [bioware.com].
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"Immature Artists borrow. Mature Artists steal."
Wes Borg [deadtroll.com]