Titanfall developer to be EA's latest victim.

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Electronic Arts has announced they’re going to wholly acquire Respawn Entertainment.

Respawn has put out both Titanfall games, however they reportedly have multiple projects in the pipeline – including a third Titanfall game. The other two games include something taking place in the Star Wars universe, and a virtual reality game.

The deal will reportedly see EA will pay $151 million in cash, with up to $164 million in long-term equity in the form of restricted stock units to employees, which will vest over four years. EA may be required to pay additional variable cash consideration they’re contingent upon achievement of certain performance milestones, including the development of future games, through the end of calendar 2022. An additional consideration is limited to a maximum of $140 million. The actual transaction is expected to happen near the end of this year or soon afterwards.
 
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Calling it now, Titanfall 3 is going to underperform and result in 50-90% of the Respawn Entertainment team being scrapped and replaced (if they haven't been already), followed by a closure of the studio within the next 3-10 years after that.
 
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I feel like this was The Plan all along for Respawn. It's only been, what, ten years or so since they left Activision, right? That's a pretty great payday for a decade of work.
 
Wonder how long EA will keep the titanfall servers running.
 
The is indirectly the NFL's fault. Without the sanctity of their exclusive brand name back in the day, EA would have stayed a relatively nice little company.
 
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Ted_Breakfast said:
The is indirectly the NFL's fault. Without the sanctity of their exclusive brand name back in the day, EA would have stayed a relatively nice little company.
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EA has been a tire fire since the early '80s, i.e. pretty much since its existence.
 
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AnOminous said:
EA has been a tire fire since the early '80s, i.e. pretty much since its existence.
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But M.U.LE.

And and Bard's Tale.

I'm no historian, but this seemed like some pretty brave stuff to get behind back in the day.
 
Robotron said:
Calling it now, Titanfall 3 is going to underperform and result in 50-90% of the Respawn Entertainment team being scrapped and replaced (if they haven't been already), followed by a closure of the studio within the next 3-10 years after that.
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That's safe to assume, considering EA's track record of closing studios as of late.
 
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Funny because according to spencer, who I think is full of shit and I dont believe him, microsoft is gonna go on a buying spree soon too.
Gonna be some fun times, for people who want to get bought, if somehow he is telling the truth.
 
Ted_Breakfast said:
But M.U.LE.

And and Bard's Tale.

I'm no historian, but this seemed like some pretty brave stuff to get behind back in the day.
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They did used to have good games and not to murder any franchise they got their filthy mitts on, but even then, they had often incredibly annoying and obnoxious copy protection and shit like that stupid paper code wheel you had to use to turn on a game, and if you lost it? It ripped or tore? Hey, you're fucked. Sucker.

And most of this only affected people who actually bought their products. Pirates routinely removed that shit, so you'd get a better product by stealing it than by paying them. Great business.
 
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Huh, I assumed the titanfall dev was already owned by EA.

AnOminous said:
They did used to have good games and not to murder any franchise they got their filthy mitts on, but even then, they had often incredibly annoying and obnoxious copy protection and shit like that stupid paper code wheel you had to use to turn on a game, and if you lost it? It ripped or tore? Hey, you're fucked. Sucker.

And most of this only affected people who actually bought their products. Pirates routinely removed that shit, so you'd get a better product by stealing it than by paying them. Great business.
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I thought SSX was pretty fun.
 
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And I was hoping they would jump ship. They already did with Activision.
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They will again, Infinity Ward was founded by ex employees from the company that made Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.
 
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