• blizzcon 2008

    BlizzCon 2008 - Servers Going Down

    Closing time, one last call for gwarghalol...okay, I got nothing. BlizzCon 2008 is over, and the press room is slowly emptying out. Just a few die-hard members of the press playing Diablo III at the convenient kiosks that kept us from waiting in line for hours to try it. Thank you so much for that, Blizzard. As you can see in the photo above, I am diligently finishing off my posts for the day and clearly not leveling my 34 paladin in Hillsbrad, no not at all. It's been a pretty big show for me, and while part of me is sad to see it go, another part of me is looking forward to a lazy Sunday of...driving to Phoenix from Anaheim. Yay!

    Be sure to check back on Monday, when I'll be tying up a few BlizzCon loose ends. Until then, it's time to sleep the sleep of the sleepy.

    11:40 PM on Sat Oct 11 2008
    By Mike Fahey
    3,018 views, 19 comments

    Most discussed bigmil87: Paladin was announced as a playable character? Thats news to me, I guess I missed it. more »

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    EA Confirms EA Chicago is Closing

    EA Chicago has gone down for the count. I can exclusively report that EA is closing the studio effective immediately. Word is that EA is working hard to place many of the 150+ employees at its other studios around the world. What does this mean for the future of the Def Jam fighting franchise and the forthcoming Marvel fighting game? I'm still looking into that, but it sure seems like those games won't be coming anytime soon.

    A source has also leaked me with the surprisingly honest memo sent to EA employees from Frank Gibeau, President of EA Games. In it he says:


    "Within the EA Games Label, we are committed to running each franchise and facility as a city/state, teams with unique creative identities as well as responsibility for product quality, ship dates and profitability....Unfortunately, EA Chicago hasn't been able to meet that standard....Closing EA Chicago is the toughest decision I've made in my career - one that in no way reflects on the talent and dedication of the people who work there."

    This was no doubt an extremely difficult decision for EA. I was at the Chicago studio this summer to tape an episode of Game Head on the new Marvel fighting game and it was a beautiful facility with very talented developers.

    Read the full memo from EA after the jump... More »

    11:15 AM on Tue Nov 6 2007
    By geoff
    28,554 views, 107 comments

    Latest by jaibe: Many people seem to be missing that the release said the main problem was that the office had not only more »

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