DCT: Alright were the hell did you get the whole "syndicate wasn't even initially planned to be released here" thing because if it's what Paul Barnett said in that giant bomb bombcast then you really need to find a better source because Paul Barnett is known to talk out of his umm rear plus given that he is just a creative director of a small sub company of Bioware which in turn is a small part of EA I seriously doubt he has anything more then knowledge about what EA's plans are or their deals then the rest of us,plus most of what he said is mostly BS from what I gathered anyway.
tfishell: Well when EA first came aboard around June 2011, I believe it was Trevor Longino that basically said in several interviews, "Sorry folks, we didn't get System Shock or Syndicate." However, that changed towards (again, afaik) the end of year, presumably to promote the new FPS Syndicate.
But yes, that Bombcast really got my hopes up for the EA expansions, and that apparently fell through and made me a sad man. :(
Yeah I was dissapointed too but that's what happens when you listen to Paul as because Paul had no clue what he was talking about especially since he had little to no real involvement with the actual deals with GOG, he may of had a hand in pushing certain people to push certain people to get a deal going but outside of that he has jack on what went down.
But as for Syndicate well keep in mind when EA was signed that the deal was only for what 25 or so games? Most of which were Ultima's and Wing Commander(Ultima 1-7 Black Gate and Serpent Isle+ Underworld 1+2= 10 and Wing Commanders 1-3 and Privateer = 4) which from what I gathered was to end with Wing commander 4 then a new deal must of been inked, the current deal adjusted or whatever since we got Metal of Honor, Bioforge, Ultima IX, Worlds of Ultima 1+2 and Lands of Lore 3 shortly after leading to around 30 or so games(31 if you count Ultima 4) it just shows things change, hell for all we know TET could of been mistaken on Syndicate wouldn't be the first time. So yeah it's possible to see Syndicate Wars here unless there is concrete proof from either GOG or someone high up in EA to say otherwise