Comment on Former BioWare lead writer reads the runes on EA-Saudi deal and speculates that 'guns and football' are in, 'gay stuff' is out, and the venerable RPG studio may be for the chop

rustyfish@piefed.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Fret not, anything they aren’t going to actively milk will likely be sold off to try and pay back the $20 billion dollar loan they took to make this purchase.

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  • Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As far as i understand this deal. No property will be sold. EA will be on the hook for the 20b just like ToysRus. EA is getting nuked and a new name and face but the ip is not going anywhere.

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    • NoodlePoint@lemmy.world ⁨32⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      They’ll just sit on some of those titles that were never developed any further. Like Command and Conquer.

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• WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The team behind the only good Mass Effect game was disbanded almost immediately after its release. I had no hope for the new one.

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  • goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I had small hope for Andromeda but then they put so much behind either future dlc or sequels and canceled it completely.

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