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weblogs.variety.com - 11/19/2008

Electronic Arts shuts down Blueprint, making Boom Blox 2

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With the latest round of layoffs, EA has killed its mysterious, always undercover Blueprint division. A former employee who worked on Blueprint confirmed to Variety that all the corporate employees who worked on the project have either quit, been laid...

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EA Folds Blueprint
Blue's News — Variety.com reports that Electronic Arts has shut down Blueprint, observing this means we may never know what it was: As Neil Young, who started Blueprint mid-2007 and led it for around a year before leaving this spring to head an iPhone gaming company, told me at GDC, Blueprint was intended to be a new way to develop fresh properties across multiple media. In fact, it was originally called Transmedia internally before adopting the name Blueprint. In addition to its charter to work on new stuff, Blueprint also got ownership of several existing projects at EA, most notably the ...

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GoNintendo — ... Blox” was made, people are working on it together from all over the world. “Everybody is integrated, regardless of whether they’re in the same physical location,” explained the ex-Blueprinter. “It’s truly the spirit of what Blueprint was going to be.” If you are wondering what Blueprint is…it’s some sort of idea/section/collection of games/developments inside EA. It’s not very clear what goes on with EA Blueprint, but the important thing is, we have a confirmation of Boom Blox 2! Link This entry was posted on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at 9:32 pm and is filed under ...

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Joystiq [Nintendo] — Filed under: NewsA sequel? From Electronic Arts? No way. In an otherwise pretty sad story about the closure of EA's shadowy, innovative Blueprint division, Variety mentioned that one of the titles being developed in the style of Blueprint (development distributed around the world, coordinated online) is a sequel to their wonderful puzzle-action game, Boom Blox. It's been mentioned before, but this is the first direct acknowledgement of work being done on a followup. Even though the ...

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Report: EA shuts down Blueprint, Boom Blox sequel carries on
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EA working on Boom Blox 2, shutting down Blueprint
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GayGamer.net — ... my brother and his wife purchasing a Wii of their own, and every family gathering is an excuse to play through the game's amazing multiplayer modes. If there is in fact a sequel in development, hopefully word of mouth will turn the game into a bonafide hit. If only EA would confirm the game was actually in development I could start getting really excited. Until we know more, cross your fingers and toes that EA sees the value in an IP that appeals to hardcore and casual fans. Electronic Arts shuts down Blueprint, making Boom Blox 2 [Variety]

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MTV Multiplayer — [image] Longtime Electronic Arts exec. Neil Young spearheaded Blueprint, a mysterious division of the publisher that never quite revealed exactly what it was working on. We’ll never know, either. EA decided to shutter the Blueprint program last week. Young left EA earlier this year to form an iPhone-focused company, ngmoco:) . While on the phone with Young about his iPhone endeavors, MTV Multiplayer asked Young about the closing of Blueprint.“Look, I love EA,” said Young. “I grew up at EA. I read those same reports, and I know some people there. I’m delighted that ‘Boom ...