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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. Re:Off topic, but.. by RaboKrabekian · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's a command line option to skip the opening videos for BattleField 1942, and I assume the same for Vietnam.

    Add -restart 1 to the shortcut to start the game and you're set.

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  2. Re:Selling your company by AltaMannen · · Score: 2, Informative

    You are forgetting that in addition to their pinball games DI has also developed a number of rally games (Motorhead, rallisport challenge series, midtown madness 3) and some sort of horse-game series and a military sim (battlefield or something). They also made Shrek 1, let's not forget that!