Origin Closure Official

[Feb 26, 2004, 5:59 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Electronic Arts to close Austin studio (thanks HomeLAN Fed) has the official confirmation of reports (story) that the Austin, Texas-based offices of Origin Systems will be closed:

EA, the world's largest game publisher, has been consolidating its development operations around major "hubs" like its Redwood City, California headquarters, its studio in Vancouver and a new facility being established in Los Angeles.

A spokeswoman said development would continue on "Ultima Online" and "Ultima X: Odyssey" at the headquarters studio.

Many of the 100 or so employees in Austin were being offered the chance to move to California, while those who do not move will receive severance packages.

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Re: whelp....

Feb 26, 2004, 23:49

4D-Boxing

nin ..yeah i still have my old WC boot disc! MAn the Good old days, out numbered out gunned.... with only one gun left and after burners fighting of 15 Kilrathi ships in an asteroid field just to get back to the concordia thinking the mission was over and face a surprise kilrathi attack! THat's the only game i've played for 12 hours straight without even realizing it... used to stop when the sun came up.. ah the good old days! wc

		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Feb 26, 17:17	No subject	Nonicknameforme
	2.	Feb 26, 17:18	Re: No subject	Cutedge
	3.	Feb 26, 17:21	Re: No subject	Valtyr
	4.	Feb 26, 17:28	No subject	Unmaker
	5.	Feb 26, 17:34	No subject	RazorWynd
	6.	Feb 26, 17:54	Surprise Surprise...	Parallax Abstraction
	7.	Feb 26, 17:54	Bye Origin, we'll miss you	cecilkorik
	8.	Feb 26, 18:00	whelp....	ZzeusS
	11.	Feb 26, 18:35	Re: whelp....	Ludomancer
	12.	Feb 26, 19:57	Re: whelp....	Valtyr
	13.	Feb 26, 22:06	Moebius	TangledThorns
	14.	Feb 26, 22:06	Re: whelp....	nin
>>	20.	Feb 26, 23:49	Re: whelp....	4D-Boxing
	22.	Feb 27, 00:00	Re: whelp....	ZzeusS
	24.	Feb 27, 02:54	Re: whelp....	Ludomancer
	25.	Feb 27, 03:30	Re: whelp....	Quan
	9.	Feb 26, 18:06	No subject	03YZFR6
	19.	Feb 26, 23:42	Re: No subject	Krode
	10.	Feb 26, 18:18	EA=The Guardian	Elrix
	15.	Feb 26, 22:25	No subject	RazorWynd
	16.	Feb 26, 22:36	Aww...	Magus
	17.	Feb 26, 23:15	Re: Aww...	RazorWynd
	18.	Feb 26, 23:34	Re: Aww...	Taulin
	23.	Feb 27, 00:18	Re: Aww...	Cutedge
	26.	Feb 27, 06:25	Re: Aww...	f13
	21.	Feb 26, 23:59	Goodbye	indiv
	27.	Feb 27, 08:36	Old Days	Parallax Abstraction
	28.	Feb 27, 08:58	Ahh, memories...	Midnight
	29.	Feb 27, 11:13	Re: Ahh, memories...	Darsint

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