Posted October 11, 2007 Electronic Arts just announced that they have "acquired" both BioWare and Pandemic Studios. EA cut a deal with Elevation Partners to buy up VG Holding Corp, which owns both companies. Frank Gibeau, president of the games label, said EA expects games to be created in "10 plus" franchises as well as the MMO that Bioware's Austin office is working on. Of the ten plus franchises there are many titles that have not yet been announced but will be in the near future. They do include Jade Empire, Mass Effect, Mercenaries, Saboteur, Neverwinter Knights and several others. EA said Bioware and Pandemic have several titles that have been targeted for the DS and the Wii. The dialog engine in Mass Effect which could be used for other games in the future. EA brings a lot to the table in the deal, Riccitiello says. They can "offer them the leverage of the world's best publisher", much more in the way of online and much more in the way of mobile. "We are not in the open world action adventure business, these guys are leaders. Strong intellectual properties and talent." Of the ten titles that the EA folks referenced earlier, the games are expected to be spread out from now to 2011. http://kotaku.com/gaming/ea-grabs-two-devs/ea-buys-bioware-pandemic-309937.php Forget KOTOR 3 being made by Bioware then. Mass Effect trilogy probably not Xbox exclusive anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 11, 2007 Pretty big news, not that we'll see the result of this for a while I guess. These are the guys making Sonic the RPG for DS right? Hopefully we'll see a good Wii RPG from them. The Wii needs plenty of RPG's, it's the only genre I really feel is hugely lacking now :P. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 11, 2007 DS games, they were already doing, but now they can do Wii games- HELL YEAH! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2007 Bioware making Wii games, could be great! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2007 I hope the next two parts of the Mass Effect trilogy come to the Wii and/or DS. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2007 Erhm, I'm sorry for this but AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAvvAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Several titles targeted for Wii and DS?! Oh my god. This week has been godly. I am one happy Wii-owner! Edited for excessive aaa-ing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2007 Us: EA, why aren't you making any "hardcore" games for the Wii? EA: Um..... *EA buys Bioware/Pandemic for Wii games* EA: How's that? Us: OMG! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted October 12, 2007 Well I hope this week has tauguht all those people saying that their wiis were going to become useless after E3 a lesson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
