Updated 26 May, 2012, 3:49 pm IST

EA to Acquire BioWare, Pandemic

12 Oct, 2007, 12:23 pm IST | by Nikhil Singh |

Electronic Arts has just announced that it's acquiring VG Holdings Corp – parent company to BioWare and Pandemic Studios – by January 2008. Here’s what studios thought about the acquisition:

Josh Resnick, President and Co-founder of Pandemic Studios:
"Pandemic Studios remains focused on attracting the best talent and creating blockbuster action games. As a worldwide publishing leader, EA represents the ideal partner to bring our titles to market as global entertainment events."

Ray Muzyka, Co-founder and CEO of BioWare Corp:
"We are truly excited by John Riccitiello's new vision for EA. This vision is consistent with BioWare's focus on crafting the highest quality story-driven games in the world. It will enable us to further the careers of the passionate, creative and hard working teams at BioWare Edmonton and BioWare Austin."

EA bagged the two studios by offering $620 million along with $155 million in equity to VG Holdings Corp. Let’s hope that both BioWare and Pandemic continue to give us great titles under their new owners.

[Via 1up.com]

Tags: EA , BioWare , Pandemic

Struggling British video games retailer Game, denied new titles by suppliers, has put itself up for sale and warned shareholders their equity in the firm could

Trends of 2011 - Digital goes mainstream

The best video game trailers of 2011

Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand Impressions

Game of the Year 2011 - First Person Shooter (FPS)

Battlefield 3 DLC out today

Game of the Year 2011 - Action

MORE VIDEOS

22 Dec, 2010, 10:47 pm IST

EA - Upcoming Games

24 Apr, 2012, 05:30 pm IST

EA Crysis 3 | Official Announce Gameplay ...

12 Apr, 2012, 05:31 pm IST

EA Medal of Honor Warfighter Official Ga ...

28 May, 2011, 01:41 am IST

Battlefield 3 - EA PWNED Footage

Leaked Images, Availability, Pricing,
Specs, Pre-order

iPhone 5

Samsung Galaxy S III

Intel Ivy Bridge

Aakash Tablet

Karbonn officially launches the A9 Android smartphone

14 May, 2012, 06:14 PM IST

Supreme Court website hacked in response to TPB, Vimeo block

17 May, 2012, 04:46 PM IST

Sony Xperia P up for pre-order on Infibeam, launching on 25 May

19 May, 2012, 04:32 PM IST

Samsung Galaxy S III pops up on eBay India for Rs. 44,770

22 May, 2012, 11:19 AM IST

Max Payne 3

16 May, 2012, 11:57 AM IST

High Court Order - Madras

17 May, 2012, 04:22 PM

2.3

Trials Evolution

12 May, 2012, 10:33 AM

Sniper Elite V2

09 May, 2012, 10:04 PM

3.3

MORE PHOTOS

Padmini Harchandrai

Facebook may let 13 year olds in. Big whoop.

The latest "should they-shouldn't they" event with Facebook is the lift of the minimu...

India's war on piracy - real or pretentious?

Rossi Fernandes

MORE OPINIONS

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime TF201 Review

26 May, 2012, 09:48 AM IST

7.0

Every now and then we come across a gadget that raises the bar for products in that segment. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer definitely classifies as one

Dell XPS 15z Review

Transcend StoreJet Cloud Drive (32GB)

FIFA 12: UEFA Euro 2012

Canon PowerShot G1 X Review

ZOTAC GTX 670 Amp Edition Review

MORE REVIEWS

Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V Review