Pandemic Studios Shuts Down

[geldonyetich]

Funny enough, I was thinking they'd probably get shut down when I was playing Mercenaries 2. I can't recall why the thought occurred to me, exactly. Perhaps it was because much of the game felt somewhat phoned in.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

No...Where am I gonna get funny games where you blow shit up now?

I loved pretty much everything they made...

 

[accountdeletethis]

Best of luck to the creators of Battlefront(s) in finding new employment.

 

[philzibit]

darn, i liked Pandemic

 

[Yopaz]

I blame the swine flu. The word pandemic spreads fear in the hearts of the strongest man these days... Always a shame to see a game company go.

 

[Vierran]

Sad to see another good developer go.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

Starwars: Battlefront. I weep for thee.

 

[Mcface]

No more Mercs, AND NO FUCKING SABOTEUR! that game was going to be awesome..

 

[Tiamat666]

Acquired in 2007.
Assimilated IPs in 2008.
Annihilated in 2009.

EA is truly a triple A company.

Capitalism at work.

 

[MR T3D]

Goodbye Pandemic, I salute you.

Your Battlefront and Mercenaries games will remain my favorite.

Battlefront showed that a studio other than Bioware can make an awsome Star Wars game, and Mercenaries showed that bombing the hell out of communist countries is the greatest joy of all.

Weren't they making Battlefront 3? Or was the license passed out to another studio?

its lucasarts and some other studio, i think the one who did HAZE.

Yeah, Free Radical, the creators of Timesplitters, were making Battlefront 3, then the studio got bought by Crytek.

Knowing Lucasarts and their fetish for milking the hell out of Star Wars, we may still see a Battlefront 3... hopefully.

The world is a cruel mistress...

so... possible to have battlefront3 ON MOTHERLOVING CRYENGINE?
good ridence, pandemic.

 

[RanD00M]

That makes me wonder.Where the hell will Matt go?

<spoiler=Yeah this guy.He was an employee for Pandemic><youtube=zlfKdbWwruY>

 

[The_Graff]

What, EA doing something stupidly bad for gaming in pursuit of the almighty dollar !!! whoda thunk it? (/sarcasm)

 

[Green Tentacle]

This is a pretty sad day for the gaming industry.

All we need now is for EA to shut down Maxis.

 

[orangebandguy]

Damn, Pandemic made some really good games, then EA being the shits they are destroy them.

Mercenaries, Battlefront both fantastic.

Oh, and Destroy all Humans. Damn you EA.

 

[Takoto]

Please let this be a hoax, oh please just let it be a hoax. They've made some awesome games...

 

[Doc Theta Sigma]

So no more Saboteur? Well that sucks the meat...

 

[Kiefer13]

Goodbye Pandemic. What a shame. Though Battlezone II was by far their best game. Totally underrated, that was.

 

[TheSeventhLoneWolf]

Rest in peace, Pandemic Studios.

 

[SomethingUnrelated]

NOOOOOOOOOOO!

They were pretty good, to be fair...

I'm only saying that because they're gone...

 

[SantoUno]

Awww how sad so no SW: Battlefront 3 in the future ?