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Saboteur 'sent out to die,' Pandemic closure was 'right'

It was incredibly surprising to hear that Pandemic -- a studio hard at work on the The Saboteur -- had been eradicated by Electronic Arts during a wave of layoffs. Despite the surprising turn of ...
Rumor: Pandemic Studios to close soon

If sources have it right, then EA is to make Pandemic Studios no more after this afternoon.According to a Kotaku report, several unnamed sources have said that the studio responsible for Mercenar...
New screens for The Saboteur do not have any sex in them

If you thought that Pandemic's The Saboteur was all about brothels and boobs, then you're going to be faintly disappointed, because apparently there's more to it than that. While there's plenty o...
Confirmed: The Saboteur can destroy planes, smack Nazis

Our brains are now jammed with thoughts of big October games like Uncharted 2 or Borderlands. And it doesn’t look like November will be easier on ye’ old big pile of pink mush with Le...
Watch The Saboteur's Devlin do things in recent vids

There’s more to The Saboteur than Naahzi killing and color restoration. As an open-world action title, the game’s protagonist, Shaun Devlin, has incredible freedom in his environment....
The Saboteur smacks a Nazi, rides a train in new screens

Sean Devlin is something of a bruiser. Lacking a symbiote, and to our knowledge, not carrying some sort of mutagenic virus, the protagonist of the The Saboteur has to handle his business with the...
Leaked vid shows The Saboteurs pre-order blade in action

Today, spies slipped me an unreleased promo trailer that shows off The Sabotuer's pre-order item -- a Nazi dagger -- in action. From GameStop.com: Reserve your copy of The Saboteur toda...
Pandemic: Everyone should beat The Saboteur for its story

What's worse, a videogame that is so easy it becomes a chore to play, or one that is so cheap, so frustrating, that you never get to see how the narrative plays out? It's a tough call, and one we...
GC 09: New The Saboteur trailer is oddly upbeat

For a game that’s supposed to be set in Paris during World War II, where the main character is out for revenge, a trailer using Flogging Molly’s “The Seven Deadly Sins” fe...
Pandemic's The Saboteur hits shelves December 8

Electronic Arts has announced that it will ship Pandemic Studios' The Saboteur to retail on December 8, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Taking place during the 1940s Nazi-occupation of Franc...
Pandemic tells us about The Saboteur's setting

The Saboteur’s story takes place during World War II. It’s en vogue to call Pandemic Studio’s choice of time period mundane. There’s some merit to it: after all, we have e...
The Saboteur's main story will take 12-18 hours to complete

I left The Saboteur E3 2009 demonstration impressed by Pandemic Studios’ commitment to making its open-world action title different. There aren’t any mutants or a twisted protagonist....
E3 09: First peek at The Saboteur

The Saboteur looks hot from what we've seen this afternoon. Pandemic's Tom French took the stage today at Los Angeles' Orpheum Theater during EA's press conference to show off their latest in a q...
E3 09: New The Saboteur screens show the dark side of Paris

Everything is darker in Paris, or at least when the Nazis are around. Unless you consider the glow of their blood on the walls to be brightening. Pandemic's title has been buzzing about the offic...
The Saboteur is feeling good, proves it in new trailer

Now this, my friends, is how you do a trailer. It's stylish, it's classy, and it features Nazis being thrown off buildings and covering other Nazis in their blood. What more could you need for a ...
Destructoid Interview: Tom French on The Saboteur

As I mentioned yesterday; I'm back with yet another exciting round of interviews for Pandemic's newest title; The Saboteur. This time we spoke with Tom French in order to discuss the game's ...
Destructoid Interview: Christopher Hunt on The Saboteur

When I first heard of the unique use of color involved with The Saboteur, I kept a keen eye out for an opportunity to sit down with the art director. I got the opportunity to do just that during...
The Saboteur is looking sexy in these new images

Electronic Arts has revealed some brand new screenshots and artwork for Pandemic-developed Nazi-punching game The Saboteur. Taking the open-world style of game to Nazi-occupied Paris is an intere...
'The' added to Pandemic's The Saboteur, site launched

While approving and proofreading last month's exclusive interview with Pandemic's Tom French about their upcoming The Saboteur, I ran into a problem. Wasn't the game just called Saboteur? Where d...
Star Wars Battlefront III not at Pandemic

"As of right now I can say Battlefront III is not currently at Pandemic,” wrote a Pandemic representative on the studio’s official message board. “While I know the title se...
Rumortoid: Pandemic still has Battlefront, Rebellion worked on PS2 version

If you’re keeping track -- I’m not sure how you are -- Star Wars: Battlefront III might have changed hands several times. Initially, it was Free Radical’s game. The leaked alpha...
Free Mercenaries 2 'Blow it up Again' DLC is all about explosions, patriotism

[video]114547:871[/video]Mercenaries 2: World in Flames was fun while it lasted, but after I beat the final mission and completed virtually every optional quest, I let the game sit on my shelf, p...
Sequels "R" Us: EA says Mercenaries 3 is in the works

Not to outweigh the announcement that sequels are coming for Dead Space, Army of Two, and Battlefield: Bad Company, we are now being told that Pandemic is going to be making a third entry in the ...
Cheats, more playable characters, and cross-region co-op headed to Mercs 2

After doing practically everything there is to do in Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, I put the game back on my shelf and started on a different game. But as I was beating the last few missions, I...
Nab a Mercenaries 2 achievement by playing with Pandemic starting this Friday

One of Mercenaries 2: World in Flames' achievements calls for players to hook up with a Pandemic developer in an online co-op session. Although the achievement spreads virally like an STD -- if s...
EA Showcase 08: Hands-on with Mercenaries 2: World in Flames

There I am, pointing my laser pointing device to signal where the Nuke should be dropped. I'm pretty close to my intended target to the point that I start to worry about getting hurt from the Nuk...
Don't like in-game ads? Mercenaries 2 lets you blow that sh*t up

I don’t really have a problem with advertisements and product placements showing up in something like a free, browser-based game. I only tend to play them a few times anyway, so the ads don...
If this Mercenaries 2 video doesn't sell you on the game, nothing will

If this latest video for Mercenaries 2: World in Flames is anything to go by, Pandemic's decision to delay the game was a brilliant one. Hit the play button to catch a glimpse of the fun to be ha...
Mercenaries 2 catches the Duke Nukem Forever virus, gets delayed even further

If you're as anxious to play Mercenaries 2: World In Flames as I am, this news is going to sting badly: the game has been officially delayed again. Shacknews has gotten word straight from EA that...
EA acquires Bioware and Pandemic Studios

EA announced today that it has successfully gobbled up both Bioware Corp. and Pandemic Studios as part of its balanced breakfast, as the company has completed its acquisition of VG Holding Corp. ...
Hilarious Mercenaries 2 mockumentary: 'Eat a man's heart, you own his soul!'

What happens when Will, the PR guy for Pandemic, invites a real Mercenary to the Pandemic studios? Pure chaos. Jim Holston is a Mercenary who has been through it all. He's been stabbed in the nec...
Chavez fears Mercenaries 2 as imperialist psyops ... somewhere, an eagle smiles

Even the most Bible-thumping arch-conservatives have by now realized that America is the 800lb gorilla in a global room filled with tiny, angry monkeys. In recent years our stars have developed p...
BioWare and Pandemic comment on EA deal through new platinum teeth

After everyone and their dog reported on the news that Electronic Arts purchased BioWare and Pandemic earlier today, GameDaily.biz apparently went directly to the source to see what the developme...




 
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