More Details on BioWare/Pandemic Partnership
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Carefully referred to as a "creative and management partnership," the new operation will be a holding company called BioWare/Pandemic Studios. BioWare's two co-founders, Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, and Pandemic's two co-founders, Andrew Goldman and Josh Resnick, will become shareholders and senior executives. As one might expect, Riccitiello becomes the company's CEO. The 400 employees of both studios will also receive stakes in BioWare/Pandemic, and its studios in Los Angeles, Edmonton, Canada and Brisbane, Australia will continue to operate largely as before.
I still have reservations about this BioWare/Pandemic Studios deal. What if Riccitiello doesn't like the direction a BioWare game is headed? Or what happens if BioWare or Pandemic develops a game that doesn't do well while the other company thrives? Will this really allow for more creative freedom or instead take some away?
