Owned

[TrollFunk]

No warhammer beta for Adida meh thinks

[Bulor]

you guys are monkeys.

mythic will still be mythic, just all their profits will go into EA pockets.

mythic will still handle the creation of the games, just with a larger budget to back the things they actually want to do.

[Tingtong]

However, EA pretty much will have full control on what happens by 2nd quarter of next year...

edit: 'preem said it already.

Except that by 2nd quarter of next year, the game should be close to release (perhaps already released, I'm not sure if they're referring to the fiscal year or not) and since EA isn't actually controlling any aspect of development other than pumping money and marketing into the game, they will have had little to no control over content whatsoever up to that point. Nice try though..

Supreem said what already? Actually we don't know whether the game will be delayed and to say EA will have no controll over the final release is ludacris. For a lot of MMO's it's make or break on release in terms of actually keeping subscribing customers. You can pump as much marketing into a game as you want, but if you release an unfinished and underdeveloped game no one is going to play it.

It's part of the reason why they had such a hard-on to acquire a successful development house in the first place. It's also the reason Mythic had so much leverage.

Again Mythic wasn't even a blip on the radar which is one of the reasons no publisher wanted to pickup DAOC when it released. Ever since DAOC has been released they haven't been able to increase their subscriber base. Not to mention release an expansion which destroyed their game.

Now if the game fails and Mythic crashes and burns, then all bets are off. EA will step in and do a Gordon Gecko on them. But the company wouldn't have survived Warhammer failing whether EA was involved or not, so I see it as a calculated risk....

I agree it's a calculated risk on EA's Part. I can't blame them to trying to get a piece of that 5million subscriber base WoW has. As for Mythic? It's a safety net into retirement because if they release a flop both Mark and his investors don't loose a thing and can safely backout as Mythic gets absorbed by EA. Then they can start another studio as so many have done in the past.