Electronic
Arts has completed its
acquisition of VG Holding Corp., the entity that owned BioWare and Pandemic Studios. BioWare
Corp. and Pandemic Studios will now be a part of the EA Games Label. The addition of
these studios vaults EA into a competitive position in the RPG, action
and adventure genres. The two studios have been recognized for
creating some of the highest-quality games in the industry and will
bring ten new franchises to EA, based on six wholly-owned IP.
Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games Label, will oversee the
studios within his organization. Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk of
BioWare Corp. have each been named as Vice Presidents of EA and
Co-General Managers of BioWare Corp. Pandemic Studios' Andrew Goldman
and Josh Resnick have each been named Vice Presidents of EA and
Co-General Managers of Pandemic Studios, while Greg Borrud has been
named Vice President of EA and Chief Production Officer of Pandemic
Studios.
BioWare and Pandemic will collectively develop ten titles for EA including Dragon Age and Mercenaries 2.
