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Electronic Arts To Aquire Mythic Entertainment

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the dark-age-of-ea dept.

Pika writes "According to the Business Wire, Electronic Arts is to acquire Mythic Entertainment, makers of the popular MMORPGs Dark Age of Camelot and the forthcoming Warhammer Online. With EA being well known for killing MMORPGs, even those with loyal and sizable followings, how does this bode for Mythic's titles?"

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  1. Jane's Simulations, Westwood... by Runefox · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yep. EA has destroyed some good companies in their time. Jane's used to make the absolute best military simulations on the market (unless you count DID) before being sunk and long-forgotten by EA, and Westwood, well... Westwood doesn't even exist any more. At least with Red Alert 2, they let them keep the name. Now it's all EA. Maxis survived, I guess (their logo is plastered all over The Sims), but Bullfrog and Origin are, AFAIK, gone, too.

    I remember when EA used to present these brands and logos with pride, as though it were simply a representative of them. That was a long, long time ago. I think I was still using my P166 back then, and Jane's Combat.net was still up. Those were the days.

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  2. the old days by NuShrike · · Score: 3, Informative

    I remember when Electronic Arts was EOA and stood for Electronic Arts. Arts such as Deluxe Paint *, Pinball Construction Set, Chuck Yeager's Flight Simulator..

    Now it's nothing more than Electronic Sports and goddamn if it has anything that tries to be anything else.

  3. Re:Poor Mythic Employees by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    bye, bye Mythic...

    Origin Systems in Austin, Texas - acquired in 1992, closed in 2004
    EA Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland - established in 1996 as part of Origin, closed in 2000
    EA Seattle in Seattle, Washington - formerly Manley & Associates, acquired in 1996, closed in 2002
    Maxis in Walnut Creek, California - acquired in 1997, closed in 2004 (moved to Redwood City location)
    Westwood Studios in Las Vegas, Nevada - acquired in 1998, closed in 2003
    EA Pacific (known for a time as Westwood Pacific) in Irvine, California - formerly part of Virgin Interactive, acquired with Westwood in 1998, closed in 2003