Who here still loves a good RTS, city builder, grand strategy or 4X game, Arpgs?

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TomaTito said:

EA has bought and killed so many promising developers. Ones that stand out for me are the sim/strategy ones:

• Maxis (SimCity) - bought 1997; closed 2015.
• Mythic (Dark Age of Camelot) - bought 2006; closed 2014.
• PlayFish (The Sims Social) - bought 2009; closed 2013.
• Phenomic (SpellForce, BattleForge) - bought 2006; closed 2013.
• Black Box Games (Need for Speed, Skate) - bought 2002; closed 2013.
• DreamWorks Interactive/Danger Close/EA Los Angeles (Medal of Honor) - bought 2000; closed 2013.
• Pandemic (The Saboteur) - bought 2008; closed 2009.
• NuFX (NBA Street) - bought 2004; closed 2007.
• Origin (Ultima, Wing Commander) - bought 1992; closed 2004.
• Westwood (Command & Conquer) - bought 1998; closed 2003.
• Bullfrog (Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper) - bought 1995; closed 2001.

Source: http://kotaku.com/an-updated-list-of-studios-ea-has-bought-and-then-shut-1689498614

Bullfrog, Westwood, even Maxis which was a big part of the company.

Also EA LA was the other half of Westwood that stayed with EA and were closed down once C&C 4 ended up bombing, then EA created Victory studio to work on C&C Generals 2 for a few eyars and eventually merged it with another form of Bioware (not the same one that works on ME) to call them Bioware Victory, needless to say they were also closed down 2 years into Generals 2 development. EA so far has killed quite a few studios and IP's over the years which is a shame because it also shows how out of touch they are with the industry that they would rather destroy and dismantle than learn and construct.