BioWare, Pandemic Sale Closes
EA's acquisition of VG Holding Corp., the entity that owned BioWare and Pandemic Studios complete.
Date: Monday, January 07, 2008
Author: James 'Prophet' Fudge

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.

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