Readers of Kotaku can discern this week that EA CEO John Riccitiello covered many topics during his recent interview with this site. One of those, of course, was EA’s Pandemic Studios , which was all…
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One Of Pandemic’s Biggest Problems Was Being In California [Ea]
Readers of Kotaku can discern this week that EA CEO John Riccitiello covered many topics during his recent interview with this site. One of those, of course, was EA’s Pandemic Studios , which was all..
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One Of Pandemic’s Biggest Problems Was Being In California [Ea]
Less than a day after the game’s existence was leaked, EA confirmed that a new Mercenaries is in development. The publisher announced the title as the next release from Pandemic, the studio that was all but shut down last week.
The new game is in development at EALA, the studio where a core group of Pandemic team members were relocated following last week’s closure of Pandemic’s offices and departure of its top executives.
EA offered no gameplay detals, release date or platforms for the new game.
The existence of Mercs Inc — which EA refers to as a “working title” — first surfaced yesterday on website Bitmob, which ran a video of the in-development game and referred to the game as a multiplayer project.
The video showed classic shoot-em-up-for-cash Mercenaries paramilitary action, though it did not display much of the environmental destruction that was the original trademark of the series.
“We are very excited to announce a new instalment [sic] in the popular Mercenaries series because it demonstrates our continued commitment to Pandemic’s rich catalogue of intellectual properties,” EA group general manager Nick Earl said in a statement. Last week, Earl had the less pleasant duty of announcing the fate of Pandemic to EA employees.
Earl noted that a “core creative team is forging new ground and conceptualizing new ideas for this exciting franchise.”
The first Mercenaries was released in 2005, developed by Pandemic and published by LucasArts. A sequel, Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, was released last year, again developed by Pandemic but published by new studio owners EA.
[UPDATE: EA declined to provide any more details about when the game is coming out our what it will be about. As for whether the company announced Mercs Inc today as a reaction to the leaked video of the game that surfaced online yesterday and started the rumor of its existence, an EA spokesperson said, "We don't comment on rumors." The company has not responded to a follow-up regarding whether anyone who worked at the Pandemic offices as of last week is currently involved in the new project.]
Less than a day after the game’s existence was leaked , EA confirmed that a new Mercenaries is in development. The publisher announced the title as the first release from Pandemic, the studio that..
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EA Makes Mercs Inc, A New "Pandemic" Game, Official [Ea]
A recent Square Enix press release has dropped some rather unfortunate news in our laps: Just Cause 2 won’t be hitting North American store shelves until March 23, 2010 (or March 26 for Europe,… Visit Grevs.com for more info
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Just Cause 2 grapples onto March 23 release date
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A leaked video that’s rumored to show gameplay of a pre-production, multiplayer version of Mercenaries — titled Mercs Inc. — has been unearthed by Bitmob . The project is reportedly in…
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Rumor: Leaked video shows Mercenaries multiplayer sequel
According to game site Bitmob, this trailer for Mercenaries Inc., a multiplayer entry in the Mercenaries franchise is a few months old, but real. The game has not been announced and is apparently… Visit Grevs.com for more info
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This Appears To Be A New Mercenaries Game [Clips]
We’ve got a little more perspective on the closing of Pandemic , which was rumored earlier today . Though the studio will physically close, and the majority of its staff (some 200 people) will be… Visit Grevs.com for more info
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Pandemic closes physical doors, brand lives on
MCV reports that Microsoft has been showing Project Natal off to UK publishers this week, and filling them in on the launch plan. According to the site’s unnamed sources, Microsoft plans to release..
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Rumor: Project Natal launch details leaked
