MGM and EA Agreement

MGM and EA Agreement is the story on November 20, 1998, and it is one of those late-1998 PC gaming updates that says exactly where the scene is right now. MGM Interactive, a unit of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. , and Electronic Arts, have entered into a worldwide development and distribution agreement for MGM's next slate of interactive titles, it was announced Friday by David Bishop, president, MGM Home Entertainment, and John Riccitiello, president and COO, Electronic Arts. The new agreement capitalizes on the resources of both companies, with MGM creating and developing interactive titles for current and next-generation video game consoles and PC CD-ROM, and Electronic Arts handling all sales, marketing and distribution efforts for those titles in the global marketplace and advising on product development.

For players keeping track of patches, demos, hardware drivers, online events, and retail releases, this is the sort of news that can change what gets installed tonight. The business side keeps moving, and sometimes those deals decide what we actually get to play next year.