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EA in Takeover Talks with Ubisoft
Voodoo Extreme has the word that EA and Ubisoft are in talks regarding a possible takover price for the French company. From the article: " The talks are still preliminary and running parallel with other approaches that family-run Ubisoft is making to broker solutions that might shake off a bid from EA but they could be the beginning of an eventual agreement between the two, the paper said, citing people familiar with the situation." Gamespot states that EA denies the topic of takeover is on the block during the talks. No word on what such a development would have on Ubisoft's relationship with the Canadian government.
Yes they develop here but they're a French company.
Bullfrog and Origin made great games. Then again, they were mostly centered around great, known, personnaes (Richard Garriot, Peter Molineux...). So, when they realized what their studio became, they just left and joined or created other companies (NCsoft, Lionhead...).
A creative industry is bound to keep smaller, more "indy" studios. They will go through editors for distribution, but the games and creative direction should stay with the studios...