Chiltonium Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) According to THIS Bioware gets a new leader, and will be put together with a few other studios, including Maxis. Good or bad? Edited September 14, 2016 by Chiltonium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallie Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 What you talking about. That is the Dark vs Light event page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiltonium Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 whoops, not sure how that happened, fixed it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bahramnima Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 new leader was or maybe still is the senior vice president of EA. she was practically in charge of all EA'S studios but she decided to take direct control of bioware for some reasons. it does not sound good to me, if bioware is doing well then why she suddenly wants to control it, is she got demoted or things are not looking good at bioware and she needs to step in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahrngrim Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Sounds like more or less normal reorganization, you know 10 Manager and one worker thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celise Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Save you the bother of clicking through several links: EA has placed several of its game studios under the banner of EA Worldwide Studios. Maxis and EA Mobile are now the foundation studios in EA Worldwide Studios with Patrick Soderlund taking the helm. In addition, EA announced that EA Senior Vice President Samantha Ryan is taking charge of Bioware. "Today, we are announcing additional updates to our organizational structure that are designed to strengthen our studios and technology platform," said EA CEO Andrew Wilson in a statement. "At a time when players are engaged in games across more devices, the tenets of making great HD and mobile experiences are converging. Our ability to blend our strengths to deliver amazing games across genres, geographies and platforms, in a networked environment, is central to our future success. EA Worldwide Studios will bring together our top creative talent in all of our great studios to work on EA's powerful brand portfolio and new IP." Bioware is currently at work on Mass Effect: Andromeda and an unannounced title and is the studio behind the Dragon Age series and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Just a typical reorganization of man power, nothing new there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andryah Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) new leader was or maybe still is the senior vice president of EA. she was practically in charge of all EA'S studios but she decided to take direct control of bioware for some reasons. it does not sound good to me, if bioware is doing well then why she suddenly wants to control it, is she got demoted or things are not looking good at bioware and she needs to step in. Reads like normal management refocus to me. EA has stated for some time now that they see a future where there are fewer (if any) seams or cracks between their product lines. They essentially did the same thing back when they put Mythic under the Bioware studio label and nuked the Mythic brand. They are actually doing this, IMO, to create more leverage and synergy between products in order to give more momentum to their mobile gaming efforts. More cross-pollination of ideas and IP so to speak. These things are both normal for companies of EAs size, and absolutely indicative of nothing one way or the other in terms of SWTOR. Edited September 14, 2016 by Andryah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Oh come on...it's not like EA is known for making any changes to the successful studios they purchase...they generally let them just go on doing their own thing...well...except for: Maxis (SimCity) - shut down in 2015. and Mythic (Dark Age of Camelot) - shut down in 2014. and Bullfrog (Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper) - shut down in 2001. and Origin (Ultima, Wing Commander) - shut down in 2004. and Westwood (Command & Conquer) - shut down in 2003. and DreamWorks Interactive/Danger Close/EA Los Angeles (Medal of Honor) - shut down in 2013. and Phenomic (SpellForce, BattleForge) - shut down in 2013. and Black Box Games (Need for Speed, Skate) - shut down in 2013. and Pandemic (The Saboteur) - shut down in 2009. and PlayFish (The Sims Social) - shut down in 2013. and NuFX (NBA Street) - shut down in 2007. ...but other than that, there's absolutely no reason to expect anything to change for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TX_Angel Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Oh come on...it's not like EA is known for making any changes to the successful studios they purchase...they generally let them just go on doing their own thing...well...except for: Maxis (SimCity) - shut down in 2015. and Mythic (Dark Age of Camelot) - shut down in 2014. and Bullfrog (Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper) - shut down in 2001. and Origin (Ultima, Wing Commander) - shut down in 2004. and Westwood (Command & Conquer) - shut down in 2003. and DreamWorks Interactive/Danger Close/EA Los Angeles (Medal of Honor) - shut down in 2013. and Phenomic (SpellForce, BattleForge) - shut down in 2013. and Black Box Games (Need for Speed, Skate) - shut down in 2013. and Pandemic (The Saboteur) - shut down in 2009. and PlayFish (The Sims Social) - shut down in 2013. and NuFX (NBA Street) - shut down in 2007. ...but other than that, there's absolutely no reason to expect anything to change for us. TUXs, you and I might be getting too old for this s... stuff! The young kids have hope and dreams and compared to Pokemon Go, this game probably looks epic, but people like you and I know better what it could have been and we see the completely terrible management at play and it makes us sad... Side note, I finally tried Pokemon Go the other day, lord that is a stupid time sink, just a treadmill to generate RMT... And yet it is the number one money maker on the app store... So what do we know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_mike Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 (edited) I finally tried Pokemon Go the other day, lord that is a stupid time sink, just a treadmill to generate RMT... And yet it is the number one money maker on the app store... So what do we know? My soccer moms went nuts with it. I can;t play it on my ipod touch unless I turn off 2 key and I;m not doing that. I haven't done it recently but I recall one of those quarterly shareholder chats was nothing but handheld games as being what EA was heading towards. Edited September 14, 2016 by dr_mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 TUXs, you and I might be getting too old for this s... stuff! The young kids have hope and dreams and compared to Pokemon Go, this game probably looks epic, but people like you and I know better what it could have been and we see the completely terrible management at play and it makes us sad... Side note, I finally tried Pokemon Go the other day, lord that is a stupid time sink, just a treadmill to generate RMT... And yet it is the number one money maker on the app store... So what do we know? Geezus TX...we are too old for this lol. I also think, I'm in the wrong business. I need to find a niche to sell something to today's youth that isn't fun, isn't new, looks terrible by my/today's standards, but it's expensive...something like bringing back the 8-track, but make it only 2-tracks. Retro worked for Pokemon and Minecraft... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiltonium Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Geezus TX...we are too old for this lol. I also think, I'm in the wrong business. I need to find a niche to sell something to today's youth that isn't fun, isn't new, looks terrible by my/today's standards, but it's expensive...something like bringing back the 8-track, but make it only 2-tracks. Retro worked for Pokemon and Minecraft... betamax was never all it could be, you could bring it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 betamax was never all it could be, you could bring it back. I *** you not, I had Betamax in there to begin with, but decided to switch it to something older so I could feel younger lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabigool Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 According to THIS Bioware gets a new leader, and will be put together with a few other studios, including Maxis. Good or bad? Well, it certainly got Eric to post a bunch of nothing in the forums today for about an hour or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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