Zeenbor said:One more thing I will say: EA is totally sending Saboteur out to die. And it's a fucking shame. It's easily Pandemic's best game yet. Of course, I am a bit biased having worked on the game for so long. If you were disappointed with Mercs2 and LOTR (who wasn't) and enjoyed previous Pandemic games, give Saboteur a shot.
Gonna pour one out for my homies:
Seeing how he quit seven or so years ago, I'm sure he'll be fine?Nickiepoo said:I wonder if this will effect Matts travel plans.
I mean, he's going to have some free time, right?
Man that list is depressing.Mario said:Good luck to all those who lost their jobs
Another to add to the list of recent casualties with entries I think are correct from 2007 (if any are incorrect let me know)
Backbone Vancouver
BottleRocket
Castaway Entertainment
EA Chicago (EA)
Ensemble (MS)
Factor 5 US
FASA (MS)
Fizz Factor (Foundation 9 group)
Flagship Studios
FuzzyEyes - not sure on this one
Gamelab
GRiN
Humannature Studio (Nexon)
Ironlore
Locomotive Games (THQ)
Nexon Vancouver (Nexon)
Pandemic Australia (EA)
Pandemic LA (EA)
Paradigm Entertainment (THQ)
Pivotal Games
Pseudo Interactive
Red Tibe
Sandblast Games (THQ)
Shaba Games (Activision)
Stormfront Studios
Transmission Games
Vicarious Visions California (Activision)
Auran and 3D Realms I think have all been reduced to holding companies with just a skeleton crew and sales staff.
Publisher closures include Brash, Empire, Red Mile Entertainment, and Midway (the latter closed Aces Game Studio, Blacksite Studio and Midway Austin in late 2008 through early 2009).
Edit: added a couple, thanks Crazymoogle
DevelopmentArrested said:So is the Saboteur still coming out next month?
V_Ben said:it was only a matter of time:
Demo Video Of Cancelled Pandemic Game - Mercenaries Inc.
http://vimeo.com/7601853?hd=1
looked kinda fun. sucks that it will probably never see the light of day now :-(
Ravidrath said:Those were the people that were kept and moved to EALA.
...But they might be just taking their design and applying it to the new MoH game? Who knows.
Ninja Scooter said:looks kind of similar to battlefront only with vehicles. Could have been the spiritual next gen successor.
Ninja Scooter said:looks kind of similar to battlefront only with vehicles. Could have been the spiritual next gen successor.
This was a separate project from Mercs 3? How many teams did Pandemic have as of closing?Ravidrath said:Yeah, which is actually why it's kind of a mystery to me that they kept people from that team?
EA already has an MP-focused action series, Battlefield... why would they keep a second one?
I expected them to keep Mercs 3 over this, which is why I can only assume they have something else in store for the team.
cuyahoga said:This was a separate project from Mercs 3? How many teams did Pandemic have as of closing?
cuyahoga said:This was a separate project from Mercs 3? How many teams did Pandemic have as of closing?
It seems there must be a fourth, or at least a prototyping team.Ravidrath said:Three: Saboteur, Mercenaries 3 and Mercenaries Inc.
Source: http://supererogatory.tumblr.com/post/254975121/mercenaries-inc-developed-by-pandemic-studiosSuperannuation said:Mercenaries Inc.
Developed by Pandemic Studios
Published by Electronic Arts, Inc.
(Platform: PC, PS3 & Xbox360)
Release Date: Cancelled Winter 2009
Legends
Developed by Pandemic Studios
Published by Electronic Arts, Inc.
(Platform: PC, PS3 & Xbox360)
Release Date: Cancelled Summer 2008
http://www.linkedin.com/in/loyaltydivision
Is Mercs3 going to transfer to EALA?Ravidrath said:Three: Saboteur, Mercenaries 3 and Mercenaries Inc.
Yeah, they were closed earlier. They were also making "The Next Big Thing" (a Wii kart racing game) and the Oddball game linked above.Ninja Scooter said:wasn't there also a team in AU that was working on the Batman game?
Y2Kev said:Is Mercs3 going to transfer to EALA?
So the guy was lying when he said "In the months ahead, we will announce plans for new games based on Pandemic franchises."?Ravidrath said:No, 20 core people from Mercs Inc. were the ones that were moved into EALA.
cuyahoga said:So the guy was lying when he said "In the months ahead, we will announce plans for new games based on Pandemic franchises."?
Also, what was Magellan?
Dartastic said:I worked in the Certification department and I've played through the entire thing multiple times. I concur with this statement. The game is good, and I hope people actually play it because it's pretty damn fun.
Y2Kev said:I should say...not the Mercenaries team...but the Mercenaries 3 design/code/whatever. They can't possibly give up on Mercs3, can they? 2 sold 1.9 million copies.
Y2Kev said:I should say...not the Mercenaries team...but the Mercenaries 3 design/code/whatever. They can't possibly give up on Mercs3, can they? 2 sold 1.9 million copies.