june gloom on 22/2/2008 at 01:29
While I have grunted skeptically, I have noticed them acting like they actually gave a shit recently.
EvaUnit02 on 22/2/2008 at 01:35
Yeah, EA has been gradually moving in the right direction for the past year. The recent game, Skate, is reportedly genre redefining -they even refused to release any downloadable content for it.
icemann on 22/2/2008 at 07:44
Wow. Cant believe I`m hearing that from EA. I hope they stop gobbling up developers now.
Just imagine what Bullfrog, Origin and Westwood could have released if they`d not been bought out.
The Wingcommander and Ultima serieses would have continued. Of that I am absolutely sure. We`d also have got the third game in Crusader series that had been in development.
Matthew on 22/2/2008 at 10:19
Wing Commander Prophecy II: Just Shut the Fuck Up and Watch It? :p
van HellSing on 22/2/2008 at 13:37
Quote Posted by icemann
Just imagine what (...) Westwood could have released if they`d not been bought out.
No real need to, Petroglyph is pretty much Westwood. And they released two rather mediocre games - Star Wars: Empire at War and Universe at War: Earth Assault. EA's C&C3 is quite a bit better.
icemann on 24/2/2008 at 05:31
Since they own the IPs for those games
Sinister_Evil on 24/2/2008 at 11:19
meh. had C&C3 not actually been C&C3 IP-wise it would be down the gutter. though i enjoy it for bringing back some of that oldschool C&C strategy it aint getting no cake from me. same goes for EaW though the actuall mechanics are a bit better just not that polished/balanced. you should check out some of the "realism" mods released that balance it out.
though i dont have EA with such passion that most of you do, i'd feel safer if the SS IP was someone else's copyright ;)
that being said i've got a new found support for EA for supporting mass effect in that sex scene flop though the potential loss of money was behind it.
CCCToad on 24/2/2008 at 21:06
The answer is no.
They just tried to buy out Take 2.
