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Post by jaegerbane on Jul 31, 2017 18:50:56 GMT
2. Them (Motive, BioWare Montréal and Montréal Frostbite team) started moving to the new office last January, it's old news for Jorgensen... See French local article on the matter. 3. EA always kept all their Montréal divisions under the same roof as far as I know. Until 2013, EA Visceral, EA Mobile and BioWare shared 3 floors in La Place Ville Marie (where EA had offices from 2004 until this year). When EA Visceral Montréal was closed down in 2013, they downsized the space they were renting keeping mostly just the BioWare floor. When Motive was started, they moved in with BioWare and the other EA folks until the new place was ready earlier this year. Jesus christ... I don't know why I'm surprised by the media anymore. This move has been since January and it's been dressed up as the studio being dissolved now? Honestly, fuck these 'news' services.
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Post by OdanUrr on Jul 31, 2017 18:52:59 GMT
Okay, now what's the problem with the two merging?
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Post by linksocarina on Jul 31, 2017 19:06:04 GMT
Okay, now what's the problem with the two merging? None really. Only downside is it might put the kibosh on DLC for the game.
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Post by kino on Jul 31, 2017 19:21:06 GMT
What story? This story
To quote the confirmation we received from EA: So yes, the merger is real. We got it right from the horse's mouth. Basic reporting really. Forbes reported the same quote in May, though your quote has a change to it.
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Post by linksocarina on Jul 31, 2017 19:29:19 GMT
This story
To quote the confirmation we received from EA: So yes, the merger is real. We got it right from the horse's mouth. Basic reporting really. Forbes reported the same quote in May, though your quote has a change to it. We got that from EA about an hour ago, it seems that the merger may have been a recent development.
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Post by kino on Jul 31, 2017 19:39:20 GMT
2. Them (Motive, BioWare Montréal and Montréal Frostbite team) started moving to the new office last January, it's old news for Jorgensen... See French local article on the matter. 3. EA always kept all their Montréal divisions under the same roof as far as I know. Until 2013, EA Visceral, EA Mobile and BioWare shared 3 floors in La Place Ville Marie (where EA had offices from 2004 until this year). When EA Visceral Montréal was closed down in 2013, they downsized the space they were renting keeping mostly just the BioWare floor. When Motive was started, they moved in with BioWare and the other EA folks until the new place was ready earlier this year. Jesus christ... I don't know why I'm surprised by the media anymore. This move has been since January and it's been dressed up as the studio being dissolved now? Honestly, fuck these 'news' services. BioWare and Motive being in the same space has been known for a while. That's why people misinterpreting the statement from Q&A surprised me. This whole thing is mind boggling.
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Post by Arcian on Jul 31, 2017 20:04:37 GMT
So maybe now it's time for everyone who was a dick to Qolx and basically called him an idiot to apologize?
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Post by Qolx on Jul 31, 2017 20:09:34 GMT
Arcian No, I was wrong, too. I said I did NOT expect a merger.
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Post by kino on Jul 31, 2017 20:14:17 GMT
Arcian No, I was wrong, too. I said I did NOT expect a merger. I'll do this; I apologize for letting things get heated between us, Qolx. I shouldn't have let it carry on like that.
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Post by Fen'Harel Faceman on Jul 31, 2017 20:19:48 GMT
Forbes reported the same quote in May, though your quote has a change to it. We got that from EA about an hour ago, it seems that the merger may have been a recent development. Does this mean all should wait until it's actually declared that Bioware Montreal is being dissolved? The language is getting hazy here.
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Post by Qolx on Jul 31, 2017 20:20:27 GMT
kino it's fine, no feelings hurt. I'm just confused by these events. Why would EA merge them? I get BW Montreal only had maintenance duties but they could still serve their primary purpose as a BW support studio...
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Post by JRandall0308 on Jul 31, 2017 20:22:52 GMT
This story
To quote the confirmation we received from EA: So yes, the merger is real. We got it right from the horse's mouth. Basic reporting really. You say you got the quote from an EA spokesman. Who? The person's name? Surely if he/she is a spokesman we can know his/her name.
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Post by vonuber on Jul 31, 2017 20:24:24 GMT
kino it's fine, no feelings hurt. I'm just confused by these events. Why would EA merge them? I get BW Montreal only had maintenance duties but they could still serve their primary purpose as a BW support studio... Have you never worked for a large corporation? There will be an organogram somewhere with 'jones' pencilled in one column and 'Smith' earmarked for another but they need to keep 'Brown' happy but need to sideline 'rivers' and then there's young 'roberts'..
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Post by Fen'Harel Faceman on Jul 31, 2017 20:24:47 GMT
This story
To quote the confirmation we received from EA: So yes, the merger is real. We got it right from the horse's mouth. Basic reporting really. You say you got the quote from an EA spokesman. Who? The person's name? Surely if he/she is a spokesman we can know his/her name. CFO Blake Jorgensen techraptor.net/content/bioware-montreal-merge-ea-motive
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Post by linksocarina on Jul 31, 2017 20:25:30 GMT
This story
To quote the confirmation we received from EA: So yes, the merger is real. We got it right from the horse's mouth. Basic reporting really. You say you got the quote from an EA spokesman. Who? The person's name? Surely if he/she is a spokesman we can know his/her name. Spokesperson had no name. The name on the email was Brad Hilderbrand. He basically forward the official statement by EA to us after we requested clarification and any information they can give us.
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Post by JRandall0308 on Jul 31, 2017 20:27:34 GMT
You say you got the quote from an EA spokesman. Who? The person's name? Surely if he/she is a spokesman we can know his/her name. Spokesperson had no name. The name on the email was Brad Hilderbrand. He basically forward the official statement by EA to us after we requested clarification and any information they can give us. Thanks. I guess this is Brad Hilderbrand senior publicist at EA... seems reasonably legit.
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Post by linksocarina on Jul 31, 2017 20:28:09 GMT
We got that from EA about an hour ago, it seems that the merger may have been a recent development. Does this mean all should wait until it's actually declared that Bioware Montreal is being dissolved? The language is getting hazy here. At this point, I think EA more or less made that call already. So I don't think Montreal will make any statement, unless it's one by Motive discussing things. If they do, it will likely just be a repeat of what was said by EA.
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Post by kino on Jul 31, 2017 20:29:59 GMT
kino it's fine, no feelings hurt. I'm just confused by these events. Why would EA merge them? I get BW Montreal only had maintenance duties but they could still serve their primary purpose as a BW support studio... I'm not sure they have. I'm not saying TechRaptor's wrong, maybe they managed to scoop this, but I would think a studio merge would have been in the FY18 Q1 reports. Honestly, there's too many dissenting reports out there with no statements from EA or BioWare.
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Post by linksocarina on Jul 31, 2017 20:33:59 GMT
kino it's fine, no feelings hurt. I'm just confused by these events. Why would EA merge them? I get BW Montreal only had maintenance duties but they could still serve their primary purpose as a BW support studio... I'm not sure they have. I'm not saying TechRaptor's wrong, maybe they managed to scoop this, but I would think a studio merge would have been in the FY18 Q1 reports. Honestly, there's too many dissenting reports out there with no statements from EA or BioWare. I hope it's not wrong, it's more or less my reputation on this now. I told my editors not to post anything unless we got a confirmation. When the email came in it was pretty much all we needed to go forward, so I wrote the article and here we are. At this point...we have EA's statement. I would expect in the coming days we see a few articles with the same statement or similar statement. I still doubt BioWare will make any mention of this.
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Post by Qolx on Jul 31, 2017 20:34:58 GMT
kino it's fine, no feelings hurt. I'm just confused by these events. Why would EA merge them? I get BW Montreal only had maintenance duties but they could still serve their primary purpose as a BW support studio... Have you never worked for a large corporation? There will be an organogram somewhere with 'jones' pencilled in one column and 'Smith' earmarked for another but they need to keep 'Brown' happy but need to sideline 'rivers' and then there's young 'roberts'.. I thought Motive was hiring and BW was just assisting for now. That's the impression that came across before today, anyways. I'm confused because it somewhat feels like a "pull the plug" on ME situation.
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Post by kino on Jul 31, 2017 20:38:20 GMT
I'm not sure they have. I'm not saying TechRaptor's wrong, maybe they managed to scoop this, but I would think a studio merge would have been in the FY18 Q1 reports. Honestly, there's too many dissenting reports out there with no statements from EA or BioWare. I hope it's not wrong, it's more or less my reputation on this now. I told my editors not to post anything unless we got a confirmation. When the email came in it was pretty much all we needed to go forward, so I wrote the article and here we are. At this point...we have EA's statement. I would expect in the coming days we see a few articles with the same statement or similar statement. I still doubt BioWare will make any mention of this. Well, shit, I'm torn now. I don't want to see BW Montreal dissolved but I certainly don't want to see you take one to the face because EA's public relations is crap.
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Post by linksocarina on Jul 31, 2017 20:40:27 GMT
I hope it's not wrong, it's more or less my reputation on this now. I told my editors not to post anything unless we got a confirmation. When the email came in it was pretty much all we needed to go forward, so I wrote the article and here we are. At this point...we have EA's statement. I would expect in the coming days we see a few articles with the same statement or similar statement. I still doubt BioWare will make any mention of this. Well, shit, I'm torn now. I don't want to see BW Montreal dissolved but I certainly don't want to see you take one to the face because EA's public relations is crap. I already got some heat by someone in the article calling me a liar. That was fun because an hour earlier I got praise for a No Man's Sky article I published for being good journalism. whatever happens, happens. All I know is I did my job. If there is a change later well make that edit as we go.
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Post by JRandall0308 on Jul 31, 2017 20:50:47 GMT
I mean, you got an email from a publicist with an official statement. If that was a lie then EA has some big problems.
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Post by linksocarina on Jul 31, 2017 20:53:38 GMT
Not a problem. All part of the hobby in the end.
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