EA absorbs Mythic
EA absorbs Mythic: "In business, there are two main avenues for growth: internal expansion and acquisition. Electronic Arts has chosen the latter strategy fairly often in its history, buying out companies such as Origin, Westwood, Bullfrog, Digital Illusions, and Jamdat Mobile, to name a few."
What's so terrible about this you ask? Ok, you probably didn't ask because everyting is spelled out right there for you. Origin! Westwood! Bullfrog! These are legends in the gaming industry. Wing Commander alone is probably the reason that I bought an Apple 6200. I can't even begin to explain the countless weekends of co-op play that Krieger and I spent getting Killraven the Avatar through Ultima VII. Hell, it took us over a year to get BACK to the storyloine. And Theme hospital, well, if you don't get it you never will and you're missing out no some fine gaimng there friend.
Too bad then that EA, who's only shining star that comes readily to mind is Madden's Football which I last played in...94?, has decided to kill off another legend. Wait I mean buy, acquire, no I mean lay out to pasture. Hope springs eternal though. WAR is the next MMO on my horizon (Ug der Klan-hai!) and now those dreams are as uncertain as shopping in east Brittania. EA PK's DAoC FTW!
What's so terrible about this you ask? Ok, you probably didn't ask because everyting is spelled out right there for you. Origin! Westwood! Bullfrog! These are legends in the gaming industry. Wing Commander alone is probably the reason that I bought an Apple 6200. I can't even begin to explain the countless weekends of co-op play that Krieger and I spent getting Killraven the Avatar through Ultima VII. Hell, it took us over a year to get BACK to the storyloine. And Theme hospital, well, if you don't get it you never will and you're missing out no some fine gaimng there friend.
Too bad then that EA, who's only shining star that comes readily to mind is Madden's Football which I last played in...94?, has decided to kill off another legend. Wait I mean buy, acquire, no I mean lay out to pasture. Hope springs eternal though. WAR is the next MMO on my horizon (Ug der Klan-hai!) and now those dreams are as uncertain as shopping in east Brittania. EA PK's DAoC FTW!
3 Comments:
EA killed Air Warrior didn't they. I remember at the 2000 convention, the developers talking about console games under their breath, while they showed pics of "in the pipeline" and so forth, then the game was dead.
Merc88
EA had another good game, it was FIFA Football 94
It those bastards kill WAR, i'll blow EA HQ.
Theme Hospital... Man, you know that game is still played ? Wish they could revive it...
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