as i made the original in the wrong thread...whoops..re-posting here i was watching some old need for speed underground 2 footage and got nostalgic,
so i thought a moment of silence and remembrance for these fallen giants, bought out and murdered by EA over the years. in today's age of loot box controversy its easy to forget that EA's crimes against gaming are vast and lengthy.
1.Bullfrog Productions (1987 – 2001) - Populous, Syndicate, Theme Park, and Dungeon Keeper
2.Westwood Studios (1985 – 2003) - Command & Conquer series
3.Origin Systems (1983 – 2004) - Ultima series
4.NuFX (1990 – 2007) - NBA Street series
5.Pandemic Studios (1998 – 2009) - Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Destroy All Humans!, and Full Spectrum Warrior
6.PlayFish (2007 – 2013) - Facebook games
7. Black Box Games (1998 – 2013) - Need for Speed, skate
8. DreamWorks Interactive (1995 – 2013) - Medal of Honor, The Lord of the Rings, James Bond
9. Phenomic Game Development (1997 – 2013) - Settlers series, SpellForce franchise
10. Victory Games (2010 – 2013) - made and killed before it had made anything
11. Mythic Entertainment (1995 – 2014) - Dark Age of Camelot
12. Maxis Software (1987 – 2015) - The Sims, sim city.
13. EA Salt Lake (1992 – 2017) - the premiere golf simulator developers
14. Visceral Games (1998 – 2017) - CyberTiger, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, MySims,The Simpsons Game, and ofc Dead Space
I have put in bold the studio's they killed off and stripped of ip that particularly stung for me.
i think we can all agree the list of dead company's and ruined franchises EA has left in its wake, as its greedily gobbled up competition is staggering for the age of the company. make me wonder who is next on the chopping block? is the flop that was battle field 5 the herald of DICE's doom? or will Bioware fail to save itself with anthem? only time will tell who joins the list.
what studio's were you most upset to see ended? what franchises have been buried or ruined that most upset you? at least lets all take a moment to remember some cracking Dev studios and games. R.I.P