EA SE VA DE COMPRAS

Y se asocia con Elevation Partners (la compañía de Bono el de U2, que justo tenía un hueco entre un concierto y una sesión de fotos para Hola! en la que posa ayudando a unos niños enfermos de mondrulismo agudo) para adquirir VG Holdings Corp, la compañía propietaria de Bioware y Pandemic Studios.

Just as Bungie steps towards independence, BioWare and Pandemic Studios walk away from it, as Electronic Arts announced an agreement with investment firm Elevation Partners to acquire VG Holdings Corp., the parent company of the two studios. The transition won’t be finished until January 2008, but obviously the gears are already in motion to fold the companies into EA Games.

Juegos de Bioware en el pasado:

Shattered Steel (1996)
Baldur’s Gate (1998)
Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (1999)
MDK2 (2000)
Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (2000)
Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (2001)
Neverwinter Nights (2002)
Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide (2003)
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (2003)
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (2005)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic («KotOR») (2003)
Jade Empire (2005)
Dragon Age (in development)
Mass Effect (2007)

Pandemic

Battlezone II: Combat Commander (1999)
Dark Reign 2 (2000)
Triple Play 2002 (2002)
Army Men RTS (2002)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2002)
Full Spectrum Warrior (2004)
Star Wars Battlefront (2004)
Star Wars: Battlefront II (2005)
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (2005)
Destroy All Humans! (2005)
Destroy All Humans! 2 (2006)
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers (2006)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (2007)

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Al respecto, ambas compañías han declarado:

«Pandemic Studios remains focused on attracting the best talent and creating blockbuster action games,» said Josh Resnick, President and Co-founder of Pandemic Studios. «As a worldwide publishing leader, EA represents the ideal partner to bring our titles to market as global entertainment events.»

«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.»

Mientras que Bono ha dicho:

El futuro de Bioware

Mass Effect 2
Mass effect 3
Mass Effect 4: Y dos más con las que saques
Mass Effect 5: A new Hope
Mass Fifa
Fifa Effect
Baldurs Mass
Kotor Empire
Jade of the old Tiger Woods
Nevewinter Nights Online

El futuro de Pandemic

Mercenaries 3
Mercenaries 4
Mercenaries Spectrum Warrior
Destroy All Mercenaries
Star Wars: The Destroyed mercenaries

El futuro de Bono: Contar los billetes hasta que se caiga de culo.