Bioware+Pandemic=Bioware/Pandemic Studios

Jay Evans · Nov 2005

Top North American developers Bioware and Pandemic are set to merge in a $300 million deal crafted by Elevation Partners, the private equity firm headed up by former EA president John Riccitiello.

http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=12719

not many indy studios left these days

doc rob · Nov 2005

so, even though this is being termed a 'merger,' Elevation Partners now owns both Pandemic and Bioware?

Joshua Stubbles · Nov 2005

Seems that way, yea. I don't think it's a bad thing, though. Both of these studios are top-notch, so I expect this spawn many more amazing games.

rawkstar · Nov 2005

uhhhh yeah....

KDR_11k · Nov 2005

Is EP's slogan "EP: It's us or EA"?

CheapAlert · Nov 2005

heh I love both of their names. Their logos fit too heh

spacemonkey · Nov 2005

apparently Bono will be coming to meet us... arent we blessed

Ninjas · Nov 2005

A sad day indeed. A step in the wrong direction. I'm sure they will be very successful, just like EA.

doc rob · Nov 2005

spacemonkey, did you guys at least have some stock so you get a cut of that $300 mil?

spacemonkey · Nov 2005

Lots of people benefitted from this, which is great as its a good reward for all the hard work people have put into their work.

I think there is alot of confidence in the board of directors and no one expects the company to be anything like Ea. I am just amused that a midget Irish singer is my boss

Ninjas · Nov 2005

Well, that IS good news. It is great that the people doing the hard work are getting some of that back.

rawkstar · Nov 2005

can you say jade empire 2007?

Thegodzero · Nov 2005

hehe game companys owned by bono just sounds wrong...

KDR_11k · Nov 2005

Well, a law company would be funnier. "I'm working for bono!"

oXYnary · Nov 2005

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midget Irish singer is my boss

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Is he going to push for a Save the Whales game?

FunkaDelicDass · Nov 2005

Back when I was at Crystal Dynamics, and Eidos was caught in the bidding war between SCI and Elevation Partners, one of my co-workers changed his Outlook alert sound to the chorus of the U2 song Elevation. So everytime he had a meeting alert, you'd hear Bono hootin and hollerin at full blast. Even when SCI won, he never bothered to change it...

Jeff Parrott · Nov 2005

I wish they would be BioDemic though or hell even PanWare. I love combo names ever since Mr. Sparkle.

MoP · Nov 2005

PanWare would rule.

CheapAlert · Nov 2005

i hope bioware's titles don't start using the same old engine battlezone/battlezone2/clone wars used

worst collission/clipping ever

Bioware+Pandemic=Bioware/Pandemic Studios

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