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EA laughs at Activision's comment
Posted: 06.05.2008 04:53 by Kres Comments: 4
EA's vice president of corporate communications, Jeff Brown, has responded to the recent comments made by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who slated the publisher by saying it “did a very good job of taking the soul out of a lot of the studios it acquired”.

"The truth is, everyone laughed," Jeff Brown told Newsweek's Level up and continued with “It's too early to declare victory but if you talk to people like Patrick Soderlund at dice in Stockholm, Mark Jacobs at Mythic in Virginia or Josh Resnick at Pandemic - they'll probably tell you that it's working. They get a lot of resources and creative freedom. That freedom has already contributed new start-ups like Dead Space, Mirror's Edge and Boom Blox and there's a lot of others to be announced soon."

You can read the rest of the interview here.

Do you think EA is on the road of change? Let us know what you think below.

Source: News Week
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By Kres (SI Elite) on May 06, 2008
Kres
A little soul has to fly away with any purchase.
By Revan (SI Elite) on May 06, 2008
Revan
Sounds like it's hard for EA to take the truth. I agree 100% with Bobby Kotick. I haven't played a decent game from EA in ages! I can't figure out what in the heck is going on in the gaming world these days! It seems like only a few months ago when every game that EA put out was a huge hit, and almost everything Activision put out sucked. Now it's the other way around!
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on May 06, 2008
herodotus
Yeah, I'm afraid the laugh didn't carry to many gamers. EA's lost a lot of it's fanbase over the last 6 months so I'd stifle the mirth and get back to the fan forums.
By Praetorian (SI Core) on May 06, 2008
Praetorian
EA is doomed.