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Long-rumoured but still unconfirmed Pandemic game failed to capture current Batman buzz
Read More »EA confirms new LOTR blockbuster
EA’s Pandemic studio has announced The Lord of the Rings: Conquest – an action-packed ‘blockbuster’ created by the same team behind the Star Wars: Battlefront games. Set in The Lord of the Rings universe depicted by Peter Jackson’s Oscar-winning films, EA says that players will enjoy ‘epic battles’. The publisher …
Read More »Microsoft: Were not interested in buying Take Two
Microsoft Game Studios’corporate VP Shane Kim has said that the firm is not likely to challenge EA’s $2 billion acquisition bid for Take Two because MS ‘doesn’t have any past relationship’ with the firm and is put off by the price it would have to pay. Answering GameDaily readers’ questions, …
Read More »Mercenaries 2 gets new release date
EA-owned development studio Pandemic has confirmed that Mercenaries 2: World in Flames will be released on September 5th for PC, PS3, PS2 and Xbox 360. The developer announced the date through GameSpot, following a trailer that revealed a US launch date of August 31st. The game, which follows the misadventures …
Read More »Pandemic working on LOTR title?
A recent analyst report from EA has let slip that recently-acquired development studio Pandemic is working on a Lord of the Rings title, according to Kotaku . Pandemic rose to fame following its sterling work on war zone sandbox title Mercenaries and multiplayer shooter Star Wars: Battlefront. Nothing is known …
Read More »Riccitiello: EA made mistakes with studio acquisitions
Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has admitted the company made mistakes when it acquired well-known developers. Speak at DICE last week, he said that integrating the teams at independents such as Bullfrog, Westwood and Origin ultimately stifled the creative talent there: "We at EA blew it, and to a degree …
Read More »EA deal for BioWare Pandemic completed
Electronic Arts has confirmed the acquisition of BioWare and Pandemic holding company VG Holdings for $860m. The two studios have now officially joined the EA fold under the EA Games label and bring ten new franchises, based on six wholly-owned IP, to the publisher. These include Mercenaries and Saboteur. For …
Read More »EA completes BioWare Pandemic acquisition
Studios' ten new franchises join the EA stable and execs get VP roles
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Studio to use character animation tool in upcoming titles
Read More »EA snaps up BioWare and Pandemic for $860m
Develop reports Electronic Arts has acquired independent developers BioWare and Pandemic from investment firm Elevation Partners. Described as a move which fills up a gap in our genre line-up” according to EA CFO Warren Jenson, the buy sees EA obtain two huge development resources with a raft of owned IP …
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