The New EA

You have heard it all before. EA is the evil empire intent on destroying gaming by releasing a version of every sport game imaginable for every platform once a year. They never make anything original. Oh, and don't forget that they ruined several great old studios like Bullfrog. Pretty much anything with that insidious two vowel logo on it is the plague and should be treated as such.

Thank goodness that is over with. Let me say something (since this is my blog, that seems like a fair request). EA has become one of my favorite companies over the last year or two. Also, they are not the evil empire any more. EA is not itself anymore and I am glad for it.

First off, let's look at my blasphemous gamer-claim (that sounds so awesome!) that EA is one of my favorite companies. How can I love a company that is so obviously terrible? Well one look at EA's recent releases should give you an idea of how they have changed. Burnout Paradise, Dead Space, Boom Blox, Rock Band, Mirror's Edge, Army of Two, Skate, Crysis, and Battlefield Bad Company are all original games, even if they came from a previously existing series. Most importantly, they are fun. Taking a look to the future you will see games like Mass Effect 2 and Henry Hatsworth (this game deserves far more attention). Sure, they still have their yearly sports titles and crappy Need for Speed games, but the amount of original, fun content from EA is definitely on the uprise.

So they have some good games. There must be a new evil empire taking EA's place. It's Activision. Why? While EA has been becoming more and more original Activision has run everything right into the ground. Tony Hawk? Dead. Call of Duty? Every other one is useless. Guitar Hero? Dying very quickly. Then there is the whole situation of Activision buying Viacom, losing every good game that Viacom was working on. The real irony of the situation came out when Activision scrapped Tim Schafer's Brutal Legend which was then picked up by EA. How beautiful it is.

Now, I hope Activision can make a similar turnaround to EA's, but by the looks of things it's not going to happen very soon. That is why, for now, EA is one of my favorite companies while Activision has become the new EA.


P.S. Check this out. I got a Firefox plug in to add what I am listening to as my blog signature. I love little browser gadgets.
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