Electronic Arts Shuts Down Origin Systems?

Posted by simoniker on Monday February 23, 2004 @05:43PM from the passing-to-the-other-side dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Waterthread.org has picked up the following on the studio that brought us the popular Ultima and Wing Commander series: 'Game company Electronic Arts is expected to tell its Austin employees this week that the company will be shutting down Origin Systems, its Austin operations, according to sources. Employees will be offered an opportunity to relocate to California or accept a severance package. Company officials could not be reached for comment. Austin is the #3 location in the U.S. for game development with more than 50 companies making major contributions to the game industry, including game development, publishing, tools and middleware and chips and hardware." The Wing Commander CIC has also posted a epitaph for Origin."

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OK. And... by Snar+Bloot · 2004-02-23 17:48 · Score: 1, Troll

I really, REALLY don't mean to sound callous here, but that's the way any business works. They decide to consolidate, to move, whatever...at least they're giving those blokes the choice to relocate (or more likely...take the severance and find other employement).
Re:OK. And... by Snar+Bloot · 2004-02-23 17:51 · Score: 0, Troll

I should have added, "Yeah, they did make some kick ass games...but..." the rest still rides. So they want to move.