Shane Kim on Halo in September, Buying BioWare nice read

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#1 killaj2786
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Halo 3 Could Ship in September

Microsoft Game Studios doesn’t want to ship any first party game in October, when GTA IV is scheduled for release. That forces the software giant to release PGR 4 and Halo 3 in September or November.

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#2 pins_basic
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Everyone expects a November release date for H3, PGR4 will might be in September though.
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buying bioware? where? I cant find it.
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#4 pins_basic
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I don't see anything about buying BioWare, maybe I missed something.
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Shane Kim also said that the 360 would sell 10 million before the competion even ships one system. So I would not rely too much on his word.
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Halo 3 and GTA being released back to back could possibly be the biggest blow to a consoles competition ever.
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Who's buying Bioware? Shane Kim?
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Leave BioWare alone please.
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Leave BioWare alone please.ToScA-
Oh relax, just because Microsoft wants to buy Bioware does not mean you will not get Bioware games on your precious pc.
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Didn't Bioware recently entered a partnership with Pandemic under some company to protect their independence? I highly doubt microsoft will buy them
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So it's looking like Blue Dragon and BioShock in August, PGR4 in September, GTA4 in October, Halo 3 in November and Lost Odyssey in December. That bad.
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#12 ToScA-
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[QUOTE="ToScA-"]Leave BioWare alone please.Mudig
Oh relax, just because Microsoft wants to buy Bioware does not mean you will not get Bioware games on your precious pc.

That's not the point. I'd simply prefer if BioWare were more...independent. That's how much I love them, I can't stand seeing them being "owned" :)

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Who's buying Bioware? Shane Kim?Mudig
In the 1up interview Shane on Bioware...said: The company that owns BioWare, Elevation Partners, is an investment group. They purchase, invest to increase value and then resell their acquisitions. The rumors that BioWare is working on a PS3 title are true. BioWare's bosses, Doctors Ray Muzkya and Greg Zeschuk told 1UP that they were working on all next-gen platforms, in addition to the previously announced Nintendo DS team. Until now, BioWare has shipped games primarily on the PC and Microsoft platforms, is their work on a PlayStation 3 game part of a plan to press Microsoft into opening their wallet and acquiring the studio from Elevation? "Buying developers is not a panacea at all. It's not always the right answer; it can lead to more problems rather than fewer," said Kim. "I'm not a big proponent [of buying developers]. If you look at MGS, we probably do a quarter of our titles internally and the rest with external development partners. It's not about owning the talent; you can't ever own the talent." That said, Kim admitted that Microsoft tried to buy the studio: "Well, I tried, but& not everybody wants to be bought, Elevation owns BioWare," Kim said.
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#15 killaj2786
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[QUOTE="hummer700"]Forza 2, Shadowrun,Blue Dragon, Masds Effect, BioShock,PGR4, GTA 4, Halo 3, Lost Oddessy :shock: What a great line up :D


I'm gonna be broke come September....and all these games