Please, everyone bow your heads in sorrow

**RabidGibbon** · 10-12-2007, 01:25

On the other hand, if EA does fire all the current crew at these two admittedly rather nifty game studios what will the reaction of the actual (now fired) programers be?

I Imagine they will start up their own games companies, perhaps called Chemoware or Hyperthermic. Or go to other game companies that appreciate them. Whilst the EA's and Microsofts will alaways be around bigging themselves up, experienced nerds will always know where to go for the real games.

I think. Maybe.

**TB666** · 10-12-2007, 01:32

Originally Posted by RabidGibbon

On the other hand, if EA does fire all the current crew at these two admittedly rather nifty game studios what will the reaction of the actual (now fired) programers be?

I Imagine they will start up their own games companies, perhaps called Chemoware or Hyperthermic. Or go to other game companies that appreciate them. Whilst the EA's and Microsofts will alaways be around bigging themselves up, experienced nerds will always know where to go for the real games.

I think. Maybe.

Well most of them join other companies or start a new one.
Lionhead Studios(Black & White, Fable etc) was formed from the once Bullfrog(Theme hospital, Dungeon Keeper etc) after EA shut them down.
Westwood went on to form Petroglyph Games(Star Wars: Empire at War ).
However Origin suffered a worse fate where the staff is scattered all over the place.

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 10-12-2007, 02:21

Dear god...

**RoadKill** · 10-12-2007, 03:21

*Hides his Madden NFL 08, that he loves so much*

**Crazed Rabbit** · 10-12-2007, 03:37

Oh...crap. This is terrible.

CR

**Zenicetus** · 10-12-2007, 06:40

From a purely selfish perspective, I can't shed many tears for Bioware being bought out. I play PC games exclusively, no console, and I'm a market that Bioware has made a second class citizen with recent titles. So I just don't care anymore. BG was great, NWN was great (at least with the user content)... maybe I'll pick up NWN2 at some point. Dragon Age is taking forever to bring out.

Meh. If Bioware starts targeting PC gamers again in a serious way, for first release status, then I'll start caring again. If 2K can do it with Bioshock, then I don't see why Bioware can't. Maybe with EA's cash infusion they can manage it.

**alman7272** · 10-18-2007, 16:11

oops, nevermind didnt read completely

**Praxil** · 10-18-2007, 23:28

Oh man, I feel old. Pandemics best games are Battlezone and Battlezone II. There is good possibility that EA will make C&C FPS-strategy online game now with them, though I don't know how many people who made Battlezones are still in Pandemic.

**Husar** · 10-12-2007, 06:46

*looks at his games compilation*

Seems like I don't have a single game from either of these companies.

Something that makes me wonder is, when EA says they bought them, doesn't that mean that someone else sold them?

**econ21** · 10-12-2007, 07:56

Originally Posted by Husar

Seems like I don't have a single game from either of these companies.

Oh man, you must immediately walk - no, run - towards your nearest computer game shop and buy up the entire back catalogue of Bioware CRPGs. I promise you, you will not reject it.

**Husar** · 10-12-2007, 08:22

I found out Full Spectrum Warrior is from Pandemic, got that as a budget title.
I'm not sure about Bioware titles, they're roundbased fantasy, a combination that doesn't sound like fun to me.

**Mikeus Caesar** · 10-12-2007, 15:54

Originally Posted by Husar

*looks at his games compilation*

Seems like I don't have a single game from either of these companies.

Something that makes me wonder is, when EA says they bought them, doesn't that mean that someone else sold them?

I read that they became majority shareholders or something.

And apparently Bioware was an independent company, same with Pandemic.

I'm probably completely wrong.