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Helicopters in Mercs Inc. concept art, confirmed photo

It didn’t take long for an ex-Pandemic Studios staffer to leak an unannounced project after EA handed out pink slips. Our first glimpse of Mercs Inc. followed news of the closure, but to our surprise, it was later confirmed to still be in pre-production. But that hasn’t plugged the leaks.

Artist Ton Ianiro has a few concept images he’s created for the game viewable on his Web site. These aren’t dramatic, large images. They’re thumbnails, part of a “process,” he describes, that takes him “about two to three hours to complete.”

Describing the concept, Ianiro says, “The look of the game was ‘very realistic.’ “ And he's right. Helicopters are ever present like spiders. You can't see them, but you're never more than 15 feet from one.

Tony Ianiro - Concept Artist / Entertainment Design [Tony Ianiro's Web site]

 








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Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2010 09:52
Chronic Logic
There really should be a mercenaries game set in Africa or the Middle East where you can work for various warlords factions, private military contractors, insurgents, and the government.
Nolan South's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2010 09:57
Nolan South
Mercenaries 2 was crap, they should just lay this franchise to rest.
BS3 Owner's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2010 10:11
BS3 Owner
This looks like it could have actually been good! Unlike Mercenaries 2.
(( Which the only good thing to come of that was Sarah Palin & Barrack Obama. ))

"Mercenaries 3" is still happening according to GameFaqs.
Yet to be announced of course.
Spykron's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2010 10:28
Spykron
im impressed by teh artwork. modern/realistic games are usually pretty boring in that respect.
Jon B's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2010 10:38
Jon B
I'm going to ignore the article completely, only look at the pictures and pretend this is an announcement of a next-gen Desert Strike.

That game was 15 kinds of awesome. Bloody hard though.
Butternine's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2010 10:56
Butternine
I think I'm the only one that enjoyed Mercenaries 2. Quite a bit actually. But then again, I like blowing stuff up in real life so the few problems in the game weren't as noticeable.
GamePanton's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2010 11:24
GamePanton
@Butter, I LOVE the game! Cant wait for this one!
MCChampaignMillionaire's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/18/2010 16:15
MCChampaignMillionaire
I think ChronoLogic is right...
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