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Rasputin
 Post subject: EA Acquires Mythic
PostPosted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:01 pm 
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Ray
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Owned.
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Pika
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So welcome to the machine.
Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
What did you dream? It's alright we told you what to dream.


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Well, so much for Warhammer Online then.
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Hutch
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Get ready for WAR!

*graphic montage of greenies and stunties in combat, brooding dark elves, wacked out chaos humans, and goblinpults *

Coming in November for the 360 and PSX!
WARHammer 07!

EA Games.
Challenge Everything.

(edit: simond beat me to the post button)

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Septa Scarabae
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Simond wrote:
Well, so much for Warhammer Online then.


Indeed. :?

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Enjoy the money hat, Mark.

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In the interests of being politically correct, all I'll say is that I have "concerns."

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J.TheYellow
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It was a pretty good deal for Lord British, once upon a time.

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I'm SO glad Lum got out when he did.

As I said on his blog, this totally blows.
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Kiler
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This doth not bode well. I won't support EA or SOE in any way and there's a sizable group that feels that way. That's going to be a decent revenue hit.
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daslog
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I really feel bad for the employees at Mythic. EA just uses up these acquired companies and spits them out in 3 or 4 years. Westwood, DICE, and Origin come to mind.

Good luck to the refugees.

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jiffy
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I was interested in Warhammer before, I think Mythic had the ability to pull it off. Sure DAoC wasn't perfect, but any game by a developer that holds my interest for 1.5 years, is a developer I'll come back to. Not anymore.

Stormwaltz wrote:
In the interests of being politically correct, all I'll say is that I have "concerns."


Since I have that luxury....

Fuck EA.

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MrJoshua
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Guesses on price? It should be discernible in EA's next 10Q filing to some degree.

Assume 150,000 subs X 12.95 X 12 = $23 million revenues

Assume 50% gross profit margin = $11 million

Assume an 8 multiple on gross profit = $88 million

Then add a Warhammer fudge to get to $100 million.

The next quarter will be the first quarter so whateve number is on the cash flow line as Acquisitions could be it. I have not heard of any other major acquisitions for EA since March 31.
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Argh Im A Pirate
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They are pry going to beat Daoc like a dead horse for the next 6years. And thats the last we'll hear about it. It being mythic. DOOM I SAY! DOOOOOOOOM!
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Pika
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Argh Im A Pirate wrote:
They are pry going to beat Daoc like a dead horse for the next 6years. And thats the last we'll hear about it. It being mythic. DOOM I SAY! DOOOOOOOOM!


Nah. They'll have a Japanese themed expansion pack out by Christmas.

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Choose rotting away at the end of it all, pishing you last in a miserable home, nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish,fucked-up brats You have spawned to replace yourself.
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illuminaughty
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Yikes! This sure seems like bad news for Mythic.

I can just see the next press release -

EA redesigns Warhammer Online to capitalize on the success of its popular football games. EA is proud to unveil a remake of the classic Pigskin Footbrawl! Online connectivity has been maintained through the ability to trade scores with other players, though there are no plans for online multiplayer support.

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Mandella
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illuminaughty wrote:

EA redesigns Warhammer Online to capitalize on the success of its popular football games. EA is proud to unveil a remake of the classic Pigskin Footbrawl!



On the other hand, a Bloodbowl suppliment would be welcome...
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illuminaughty
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True dat. Bloodbowl would rock. I also loved that Pigskin game.

Edit: Is it frowned upon for me to be posting pics?
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Rasputin
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pics are ok.

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