EA Goes Hollywood in Increased Support Between Movies and Games (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Seth Gilbert posted on: July 24, 2008 | about stocks: ERTS Gaming’s love of Hollywood and Hollywood’s love of gaming seems to be blossoming into quite an affair. About a week ago, Ubisoft acquired Hybride Technologies, the Canadian special effects shop behind movies Sin City and 300. Tuesday, Paramount and Legacy Interactive revealed the first games to come from their partnership will be remakes of past Paramount films. Now Electronic Arts has signed up an agent. They’ll look to United Talent Agency [UTA] to help them navigate Hollywood and create movies from games. In a statement, EA Entertainment VP Patrick O’Brien explained “some of our teams have already made steps to expand our games into other forms of media … This partnership will help us take these efforts to the next level and match each of our titles with the... [read full story]