What are the chances that EA has archived pre-release builds?

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Last I heard they are really good, at least the Sims team was. But that was a few years back, havent talked to anyone since. They had the ability to basically pick a date and build the game from there.

 

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Its not so much that the build is compiled, but that they can compile it at will. Who knows how long EA keeps the archive, but I havent heard as many complaints about them as I have other companies.

 

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I can actually confirm this, they archive their perforce stuff pretty neatly

 

I dont have any details but I heard some rumors that the source code to older games in the C&C series has been lost or gone.