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Digital Illusions Won't sell to EA

Posted by Zonk on from the hell-no-they-won't-go dept.

KBV writes "Games Industry.biz reports that EA won't be able to buy Digital Illusions, the makers of Battlefield 1942. The reason is that 28% of the shareholders do not want to make DICE a part of EA, saying that they believe that the developer's performance and future prospects are strong enough to make remaining independent a more attractive option. In particular they cite the planned launch of Battlefield 2 on the PC and Battlefield: Modern Combat on current and next-gen consoles next year."

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  1. resistance is futile by the_unknown_soldier · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No one can beat ea, production costs are just too high now and without big contracts a game developers future is finite. On the bright side though, i for one welcome our sweatshop overloads :)