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NEWSFLASH - EA Buys Bioware, Pandemic
2007-10-11, 10:01 PM #1
http://kotaku.com/gaming/liveblogging/eas-bioware-pandemic-conference-call-309944.php
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6180866.html

If you were anxiously anticipating Mass Effect, I would stop. I predict that it will be delayed at the very least.
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2007-10-11, 10:02 PM #2
Oh god, whats gonna happen to mercenaries 2?


OH MY JESUS WHAT ABOUT THE FREEFORM EXPLOSIONS?!
(Oh, EA is evil lulz)
2007-10-11, 10:16 PM #3
Well that sucks.
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2007-10-11, 10:19 PM #4
NOOOOOooooooo!!!!

EA ****s up EVERYTHING they touch! this sucks!
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2007-10-11, 10:28 PM #5
Originally posted by Freelancer:
NOOOOOooooooo!!!!

EA ****s up EVERYTHING they touch! this sucks!

I dunno if that's so true anymore. Command and Conquer 3 was ace, and might not have even come out if not for EA.

We'll just have to see how it works out.
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2007-10-11, 10:54 PM #6
So much for NWN3.
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2007-10-11, 11:29 PM #7
NWN2 wasn't Bioware.
2007-10-11, 11:48 PM #8
I don't understand why Mass Effect would be delayed.

On the other hand, I'm quite confident now that Mass Effect 2 will suffer to some degree from KotOR2 Syndrome.
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2007-10-12, 12:13 AM #9
Blah!

Then again, I'm not really sad because I already got bitter when they announced Mass Effect was Suxbox-exclusive.

Good riddance.
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2007-10-12, 12:30 AM #10
Why does EA buy all other game companies one by one?

It's madness. Madness, I tell you!

Doesn't the USA have any competition regulators / authorities?
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2007-10-12, 12:31 AM #11
Originally posted by lassev:
Doesn't the USA have any competition regulators / authorities?


Hahahahahahaha
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2007-10-12, 1:07 AM #12
It's sad how much I agree with freelancer. God I hate American economy.
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2007-10-12, 2:06 AM #13
Jeez.

EA: We own sports now.

9 months later

EA: We own those games you like. We're going to put paly by play from John Madden in them.


NOW YOU SEE WHAT YOU GOT HERE. WHAT YOU GOT HERE IS AN ALIEN WITH A GUN. THIS ALIEN, HE HAS A GUN. AND HE'LL SHOOT AT YOU SOMETHING FIERCE WITH THAT GUN HE HAS. AND WHAT THAT IS GOING TO DO IS TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTH

That was exaggerating.. but really, John Madden is a funny guy.
2007-10-12, 3:56 AM #14
Originally posted by Dj Yoshi:
I dunno if that's so true anymore. Command and Conquer 3 was ace, and might not have even come out if not for EA.

We'll just have to see how it works out.


BF2 is a cluster****.
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2007-10-12, 4:08 AM #15
When EA came for Bioware,
I remained silent;
I didn't work for Bioware.
2007-10-12, 5:19 AM #16
Beware. Jack Thompson is behind EA. Guess what he's up to. D:
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2007-10-12, 5:39 AM #17
Oh God, I hope EA won't **** up SW:Battlefront 3 now.
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2007-10-12, 6:05 AM #18
Originally posted by petmc20:
Oh God, I hope EA won't **** up SW:Battlefront 3 now.


The first two sucked, why would the third be in any better shape, EA or not. :master:
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2007-10-12, 6:45 AM #19
Originally posted by Jep:
The first two sucked, why would the third be in any better shape, EA or not. :master:

Thank you. That's what I have always thought.

Oh yeah, :master:
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2007-10-12, 7:39 AM #20
It is, of course, wishful thinking, but maybe they'll just play publisher and mostly leave them the hell alone.

Otherwise they've pretty much just killed two amazingly good companies.
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