EAMythicBioWarePandemic Now Official: Takeover Deal Complete

 EA has announced today that BioWare and Pandemic Studios are now officially part of the family:

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 7, 2008–Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of VG Holding Corp. and has officially welcomed BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios to the EA Games Label. The addition of these studios vaults EA into a competitive position in the RPG, action and adventure genres. The two studios have been recognized for creating some of the highest-quality games in the industry and will bring ten new franchises to EA, based on six wholly-owned IP.

Source: http://investor.ea.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=88189&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1092283&highlight

 With EA Mythic working on WAR, in addition to having assumed control over Ultima Online late last year, and BioWare Austin toiling away on their top-secret maybe-Star-Wars-maybe-not MMO, EA looks to become one of the largest publishers of MMOs in the genre in 2008.

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