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EA Buys Into DI

by Maarten Goldstein, Feb 12, 2003 7:37am PST

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According to this press release on Yahoo Business Wire, Electronic Arts has signed a multi-year publishing agreement with Digital Illusions (the guys behind Battlefield 1942). Besides the publishing contract, EA has also purchased a minority interest in the company.

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Uh oh...

Feb 12, 2003 2:50pm PST

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- You said a mouthful... * O R I G I N J A N E S W E S T W O O D ' D * : CrimsonHandHiro
- yep this meens the end of good stuff : supermonkeyballz

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I thought it said ID and I freaked.....

Feb 12, 2003 7:42am PST

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I thought it said ID and I freaked..... : sharkII
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- heh...same here. : KungFuKenobi
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    - Newer and faster PCs will always be useful to me if for no other reason than MAME. :) : cap0rale
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BF1942 was brilliant in design, pretty flawed in execution. I guess this is bad news if you're a fan of this company, but personally I think BF1942 was a letdown.

MP only games shouldn't have crappy netcode.

Feb 12, 2003 9:53am PST

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BF1942 was brilliant in design, pretty flawed in execution. I guess this is bad news if you're a fan of ... : cap0rale
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Don't no wether to be happy or mad, they made Rallisport challenge and BF1942, but the way both games were made were different. I own both and love BF1942 but rallisport challenge just seemed more polished then bf1942 when it was released.

allthough DICE has released more patches for bf1942 and has said they will continue supporting BF.

dunno if this is a good or a bad thing

Feb 12, 2003 7:44am PST

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Don't no wether to be happy or mad, they made Rallisport challenge and BF1942, but the way both games wer... : stgdz
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    Yeah, fuck missionpacks for $15-$20. Godamn commies! NOT! : timm
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      I just hope they don't turn this game into the sims : stgdz
- Better watch out, EA is gonna merge other studios with DICE to form a new uber studio in the red light di... : noxjon

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Digital Illusions..

hrmm

Pinball Dreams
Pinball Fantasies
Pinball Hyper Ultra Champion Edition Illusions
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They rocked \m/

Feb 12, 2003 12:40pm PST

Digital Illusions.. hrmm Pinball Dreams Pinball Fantasies Pinball Hyper Ultra Champion Edition Il... : Toraz Chryx

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As long as dice is given teh cash, they will make teh good :D

Feb 12, 2003 7:45am PST

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As long as dice is given teh cash, they will make teh good :D : Silent Wolf
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EA is probably getting some console games out of this as well. Other than BF1942 and Codename Eagle DICE has done a series of console games and is doing Midtown Madness 3 for Microsoft.

Feb 12, 2003 11:13am PST

EA is probably getting some console games out of this as well. Other than BF1942 and Codename Eagle DICE ... : Fyunch Click

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you would hope they would purchase interest in the company..since without those guys there would be no game.

anyone know if game publishing is similar to music publishing? ie, how much of the $50 actually goes to the coders?

Feb 12, 2003 9:36am PST

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Interesting since they also work very closely with Microsoft...

Feb 12, 2003 7:45am PST

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and then after releasing BF 1943, ea sells off DICE.

No no more like 'EA DICE studio sets up'.

Feb 12, 2003 8:01am PST

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and then after releasing BF 1943, ea sells off DICE. No no more like 'EA DICE studio sets up'. : xphil
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I didn't play bf1942, so this shouldn't bother me much... Still, though... It pains me to see any company purchased by EA.

Feb 12, 2003 7:39am PST

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I didn't play bf1942, so this shouldn't bother me much... Still, though... It pains me to see any compa... : myLeftTesticleofFury
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- Yep, I guess Dice's days are numbered. : mgs1000

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By: Carnivac x Show Full Post

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Anyway how about a new Pinball Dreams game eh?

Feb 12, 2003 7:46am PST

Anyway how about a new Pinball Dreams game eh? : Carnivac