Monday, January 7th, 2008
A highly anticipated deal, months in the making, just became official: EA has taken Bioware/Pandemic studios under it's corporate wing. This boost in development talent and resources comes at a good time for EA, considering the recent Activision/Blizzard merger and I think it will indirectly affect Mythic's project, Warhammer Online, ...
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
There were several interesting WAR-related stories posted today and I thought you'd enjoy them:
Darren, over at the Common Sense Gamer writes about Fighting the WAR. He speculates on what existing a soon-to-be-released MMOs will need to do to remain competitive with WAR, the most highly anticipated game in its genre ...
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
It seems like Activision has dethroned EA and assumed the title of "king of the game-maker mountain." This past November, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock held the #1 and #2 sales positions and Activision actually owned 5 of the top 10 ...
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
I'm sure this is being covered all over the place and I don't really like duplicating such obvious news at The Greenskin, but I couldn't let it slip by without giving EA Mythic a big high five:
Congrats, dudez! ;)
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
I just read an interesting article over at Computer and Video Games which addresses a new third-party game developer rivalry bubbling up between EA and Activision.
Here's a brief quote:
"...We're always at our best when we have a clearly defined competitor," said an EA rep. "[The Activision/Vivendi merger] doesn't change our ...
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
The task is simple: Buy a calendar containing original artwork from 13 major MMORPGs for $12.95 and all profits go towards the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. You'll also be entered in a draw to win prizes from each of the games, include a beta key for Warhammer Online: Age ...
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Friday, November 2nd, 2007
According to a recent article over at Games Industries, EA is reporting a net loss of $195M for the quarter and the closure of a UK game shop. That's a big Ouch! considering Madden and Tiger Woods '08 were released during the Q2 reporting period. In fact, EA released five ...
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