Wed, Sep 26, 2012 | 17:32 BST
EA purchases Battlefield web and mobile app developer
Electronic Arts has snapped up the company that produced the Battlelog web and mobile app for Battlefield. While terms of the deal are yet to be announced, its clear the company is looking to increase the amount of online connectivity in its games.
ESN are based in Sweden, and produced the Battlefield 3 Battleog that has proven so popular over the past year. It allows access to voice chat, matchmaking, forums, statistics and leaderboards on PC and mobile devices.
The service is to be used in EA’s upcoming Medal of Honor and future titles. ESN will now focus all of its energy on working with DICE.
Thanks, Gamasutra.
10 comments
#1
GrimRita
26/09/12, 5:57 pm
LOL incoming job cuts…..
#2
ps3fanboy
26/09/12, 5:58 pm
the deal with the devil have been done… poor suckers.
#3
YoungZer0
26/09/12, 6:57 pm
I hope they are all working on their portfolio right now.
#4
DSB
26/09/12, 6:58 pm
Resistance is futile.
#5
Fin
26/09/12, 7:09 pm
In b4 people bitch about EA!
…
Goddamn it!!!
#6
GrimRita
26/09/12, 10:06 pm
@5 you simply cant defend EA. Last weeks kick in the bollocks just fans the flames of hatred. And rightly so.
#7
Fin
27/09/12, 12:28 am
@6
Well there’s the Popcap studio in Dublin closing, which Popcap explicitly said was their decision.
Oh, and there was the Mass Effect ending controversy at the start of the year, where some people thought they knew better than Bioware (not EA).
Oh, and Syndicate back in Feb.
And, uh, what else?
I think you people need a big corporate entity to hate.
#8
OlderGamer
27/09/12, 12:47 am
@Grim +1
#9
Fin
27/09/12, 12:49 am
I even went through the last week’s worth of EA news, there was that FIFA ultimate team fuckup, I imagine none of you care about that, and 300 new jobs for Galway.
Fuk EA dey suck soooo much!!!!11
Sheep.
#10
GrimRita
27/09/12, 6:00 am
@9
just search on here for all the EA job losses and studio closers. So essentially are creating zero new jobs. And I personally couldnt give a shit about the game fuck ups, but EA’s track record of buying up a studio, sacking those staff(the reason why that studio became a success in the first place), installing EA drones, studio becomes unsuccessful, studio closed.
The history is there and you can sugar coat it all you want Fin but you cant change history.