In the midst of all the ruckus surrounding Modern Warfare 2[*1], Electronic Arts have announced that they will be shutting down Pandemic Studios, creators of the Mercenaries series and the Star Wars: Battlefront games. The brand name and intellectual properties of the studio will continue, while their projects will be delegated to a different, EA-related team. Their last published project was The Lord of the Rings: Conquest [*2].
(via Gamasutra.com)
TL;DR version:
Truth be told, I was never Pandemic's biggest fan and their only game I've ever really enjoyed was the first Mercenaries, while I always found the Battlefront games and the Mercs sequel, World in Flames, to be sloppy and also rather dull.
Still, it's never good news when a gaming company closes its doors, especially in this day and age when it seems to be happening all too often.
[*1] A game the appeal of which I'll never really get
[*2] A thoroughly mediocre game
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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