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.
Who cares if it was rushed out the door
Yeah, but to this day Origin is still the only company that basically said "yeah, we fucked up" and sent me new game discs once they finished all the patch work, along with a free month of UO. That's class.
Maybe EA can make a crappy RTS game with the Ultima license, with no cutscenes and broken networking. Then the addon will have cutscenes and they'll harp it as a feature! Just imagine, a guy in $12 ren faire garp telling you that you have to kill the orks. Pure gold.
God I hope that the suits don't read this and think it's a good idea....
This comment was edited on Feb 27, 00:18.
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