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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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Old Days
Feb 27, 2004, 08:36

Parallax Abstraction

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Old Days Feb 27, 2004, 08:36

Feb 27, 2004, 08:36

Parallax Abstraction

I too remember having to use different boot disks to play the Wing Commander games. Though the worst was Ultima 7. I remember spending about 4 hours trying to put the boot disk together. The game would only run with Expanded Memory (not Extended Memory), but also required so much Base Conventional Memory that if you didn't load your TSR drivers (memory, mouse, etc.) properly, you wouldn't have enough of that for the game to start either. The game came with a boot disk maker, but it didn't work right on half the machines out there. The disk I made was a work of art by the time it was finished.