EA aquires Mythic

doc rob

http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/060620/20060620006061.html?.v=1

Now when you guys want to bash EA, you won't have to pick on Daz so much - you'll have plenty of targets to choose from

Matabus

Weeeeeee!


... psyche!

Daz

LMAO!

Hah, sorry guys.

Todd Dinosaur

have fun, if you can.

e_x

This mean we all get new shirts, right..... RIGHT?

Rhinokey

i'm interested in seeing where this goes, we also get discounrs on madden football games!

MoP

Heh, crazy stuff.

Xenobond

Can I get my ball n chain plated in gold, now?

cholden

omg I work here.

It's actually quite exciting. We shall see!

Jeff Parrott

What the fuck? Since this is on Yahoo! and it's from DR I'm guessing it's not a joke. But seriously? Mythic and EA don't seem like a match. But I guess that's why EA bought. Mythic definately fills out an area that EA was lacking in. I really hope it works well for all the PCers there.

aesir

My dream is one day to create a company that EA will buy...

Matabus

It's a good thing for us in a handful of ways.

Rhinokey

jefro, if its a joke its an elaborate one! considering the company wide meeting we had about it an hour ago

sinistergfx

Hello.

StartTday

Hello is right...

swampbug

As long as they let you guys do what you were doing. No drastic changes for the worse.

I hope things go well for you guys. Maybe it will be exciting?

arshlevon

<u>congrats</u>

Luxury

holy macaroni. I knew a lot of people from here worked here, but I didn't know that freakin 2/3s of PC worked there!

best of luck ya'll (as they say in VA)

Joshua Stubbles

Good luck, guys

Josh_Singh

So do you guys all get raises now? or did any of you have any stock? If so, show us what you buy with your stinky cash!

SouL

Hmm. I hope this raises the price of my stocks!

flaagan

I guess this is what EA meant by that press release a while back about getting new content into their production line.... I dunno whether to say "ouch" or "congrats"... but I guess that's up to the individuals working at Mythic and the powers that be over at EA. Regardless, hope this is for the best for you guys at Mythic!

doc rob

We just found out today, so we'll see what more we learn in the next few weeks. It definitely seems like a good thing in the short term - lots of resources from EA and all. We shall see what the future brings.

Striff

I don't know if I should say congrats, or I'm sorry. So I guess I will say....something like..."sorats"....or something....

Daz

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you guys at Mythic!

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Call it by its proper name flaagan! Apparently the official studio name is now 'EA Mythic'.

(I wonder how long it takes to become 'EA Virginia' ;-p)

spacemonkey

In the spirit of fun!!!!!!!!!!!11

Thegodzero

All i got to say is...

aesir

lol spacemonkey. I drive by that building all the time!

KDR_11k

I think the word "owned" was never more appropriate.

AstroZombie

oh crap, sorry guys.

Rhino, can you hook me up with your price on some of those sweet madden titles or is there a limit on the number that you can buy?

flaagan

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you guys at Mythic!

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Call it by its proper name flaagan! Apparently the official studio name is now 'EA Mythic'.

(I wonder how long it takes to become 'EA Virginia' ;-p)

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shhhhhh, i'm tryin not to hurt their feelings, they're probably already suicidal!

Toomas

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(I wonder how long it takes to become 'EA Virginia' ;-p)

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Wont happen, they will propably get relocated to Cali or something anyways. To work on the 7000th expansion pack for UO.

Xenobond

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you guys at Mythic!

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Call it by its proper name flaagan! Apparently the official studio name is now 'EA Mythic'.

(I wonder how long it takes to become 'EA Virginia' ;-p)

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shhhhhh, i'm tryin not to hurt their feelings, they're probably already suicidal!

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Wasn't there already an EA - Virginia some years ago? Wonder what happened to that one.

Lee3dee

now i know where to get discounts on EA games

just make sure to have your wives blog about you working long hours and not getting paid. hehe

Rhinokey

actualy i don't know anyone here in the comapny that is upset about this, and definately not suicidal. most peope seem to be in pretty good spirits about the deal, even optimistic. i know i am.

sledgy

How the hell did you take the picture with both hands flipping the bird?

sinistergfx

Xenobond: there was EA Baltimore, was part of Origin. It was closed in 2000.

(thank you Wikipedia)

EDIT: aha.

doc rob

There actually was an EA Virginia for a while, although I'm not sure if that was the official name. It was formerly Kesmai, bought by EA and eventually shut down. Kesmai, like Mythic, were one of the original old school online games innovators.

Even with that history and the fact that several old Kesmai guys work at Mythic now, this deal went through and is being seen as a good thing.

Matabus

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best of luck ya'll (as they say in VA)

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You are thinking of West VA ... only person around here with a drawl is Rhino and he's from the DIRTY. We are about 10 miles from DC.

Marcus Dublin

I just hope EA doesn’t start letting people go in some corporate restructuring move. Personally speaking this is a double edge sword for Mythic, they'll have access to EA's huge clout with retailers and also the marketing muscle needed to compete with the likes of Blizzard. Of course the other side of the blade could have Mythic fall victim to EA's history for gutting highly talented development houses. I could see some of the key staff members leaving and starting their own studio. Who knows what the future holds, my best wishes to Mythic!

Marcus Dublin
Artist / Kaos Studios

KDR_11k

I have a feeling they'll decide that WoW is successful and try to turn Warhammer into WoW.

spacemonkey

KDR_11k , I think thats the whole point of this anyway... Wow makes lots of cash - EA goes oH! - buys mmorpg developer currently working on a rival title to Wow!

sledgy - look no hands! :P

Daz

EA have wanted a slice of MMO pie for ages. That's obvious yeah.

sinistergfx

Turn it into? How about 'make it better than'?

That's kinda the plan...

Thank you captain obvious.

KDR_11k

Turn it into? How about 'make it better than'?

We're talking about EA here. They see WoW sells therefore the game should be as much like WoW as possible.

Xenobond

Don't worry. We'll personally make sure that all players with Anime-inspired character names have a -10 to all their stats, and have a 50% less drop rate on all their loot.

KDR_11k

Oooh, free ganking of DBZ kids! Can you do something like that for farmers, too?

Matabus

They are trying to rival WoW, of course, but we and EA don't want a clone any more than any consumer does. We are still the developers. I wish I could get more into it but I don't know what I'm allowed to say.

sinistergfx

Yes, we just -might- know more about what's going on than outside speculators (especially outside-the-industry speculators).

Marine

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Don't worry. We'll personally make sure that all players with Anime-inspired character names have a -10 to all their stats, and have a 50% less drop rate on all their loot.

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and account deletion for anyone who creates a character named after someone from lotr?

seantree

please god do not let this destroy WAR!!! This is the one game I've been drooling over for months and then I read this. The majority of posters on the warhammer alliance forums are scared to death after reading this news. Matabus' post gives me hope though.