EA Chicago is ded :(

[Kire]

Bad for Fight Night / NBA Street fans, less employment options in the Chicago area for me. All around, just not a good thing to hear. I hate what they did to Def Jam though.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/breaking/ea...ing-319516.php

[Caciss]

Re: EA Chicago is ded

I thought those game franchises were big sellers?

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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i guess that studio wasnt being managed as effectively as ea wanted. not sure about the non profitability thing seeing as some of those are big names, but looks to be something to do with using too much money and resources to produce the same results.

[Kire]

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Apparently, Fight Night was picked up by EA Vancouver, so we'll see how that goes.

[highwind]

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vancouver is cooler anyway - you should go there!

[Gustaff 13]

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Totally. You can hang out with SERGE and get gay-married.

[Valkysas]

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less employment options in the Chicago area for me

You've heard the horror stories about EA, and you would still want to work there?

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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You've heard the horror stories about EA, and you would still want to work there?

desperation warps perception: "its not so bad."

im starting to consider options i wouldnt even think about now that ive been unemployed for 6 months. perhaps he just had one scotch too many to be considering working at ea?

also 150 people not working at ea means thats 150 people trying to get a job you want.

[DarkwingChuck]

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I was looking forward to that Marvel fighter. Hopefully somebody else will pick it up.

[Kire]

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You've heard the horror stories about EA, and you would still want to work there?

Eh...I've lived through those horror stories elsewhere, and I'm sure they went into making that better after the aftermath. Besides, I'm working 10 hour days (if not more) for the past 2 months and will be until December, so I'm sure every company goes through something like that.

[Goufunaki]

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I thought those game franchises were big sellers?

That was BEFORE Kudo got his untalented hands on the franchises, at least Fight Night and Def Jam as far as I know.

[Chad]

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You kidding me? Fight Night Round 3?

[Biggie]

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Weren't they handling the next Marvel fighting game? Dammit, I was looking forward to that too.

I hope that doesn't mean the end to Fight Night either.