Please, everyone bow your heads in sorrow

**TB666** · 10-11-2007, 22:55

Yes it's with great sadness to inform you that EA has bought Bioware and Pandemic studios.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/071011/20071011006083.html?.v=1
2 good developers that will be sadly missed

Edit: thanks to Ace_combat over at TWC for bring this awful news to us.

**drone** · 10-11-2007, 23:01

I just saw this on Slashdot. RIP BioWare.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/ea/ea-buys-...mic-309937.php

**Tratorix** · 10-11-2007, 23:14

This sucks. Hopefully EA won't do anything stupid, like fire everyone at Pandemic and Bioware and bring in new people. The thought of Bioware helping to churn out mediocre sports games is horrible. I'm hoping EA pretty much leaves the 2 studios the way they are and takes a cut of their profits.

**TB666** · 10-11-2007, 23:17

Originally Posted by Brave_Sir_Robin

Hopefully EA won't do anything stupid, like fire everyone at Pandemic and Bioware and bring in new people..

*looks at EA's history* sorry dude

EA has never left a bought developer studio alone and has always put their own guys in.

**FactionHeir** · 10-11-2007, 23:20

I think this summarizes it best:

**AntiochusIII** · 10-11-2007, 23:24

****

Bioware doesn't deserve an end like this.

**Whacker** · 10-11-2007, 23:33

Yeah, I agree, we need to recognize what Wizkids and MS did to Battletec........

err..

oh.

Yet another good publisher bites the dust. RIP Bioware this time.

**Tratorix** · 10-11-2007, 23:36

Originally Posted by TB666

*looks at EA's history* sorry dude

EA has never left a bought developer studio alone and has always put their own guys in.

****
Well, at least I still have Mass Effect to look forward too. I don't think EA will mess with it (too much) in the month before it ships(that might cut into their profits). It's 2 planned sequels will probably suck though.

Originally Posted by AntiochusIII

****

Bioware doesn't deserve an end like this.

I completely agree with that statement.