• EA closes Pandemic, Franchises will live on
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[url]http://kotaku.com/5406830/confirmed-ea-closes-pandemic-studios-says-brand-will-live-on[/url] [quote]Early this morning we broke the news that Electronic Arts planned to close down Pandemic Studios, laying off 200. Now we have confirmation. An internal Electronic Arts memo confirms that Pandemic Studios was shut down today with a "core IP team" being moved to Electronic Arts' Los Angeles office. Among those let go were the studio's top three employees: Andrew Goldman, formerly the studio's CEO; Josh Resnick, formerly the studios president; and Greg Borrud, vice president of product development "I want to make it clear that the Pandemic brand and franchises will live on," Nick Earl, EA Games Label Senior Vice President, wrote in the memo. "In the months ahead, we will announce plans for new games based on Pandemic franchises. "This type of change can be difficult. But the situation calls for us to act decisively, to take control of our destiny and to run a stronger, more focused development operation. That's how we will continue to make great games in our LA studios." Earl said that the move was made to "improve our cost structure, ensure quality and build schedule integrity for this studio." Electronic Arts confirmed that about 200 people were let go. Pandemic was formed in 1998. Following on the success of Full Spectrum Warrior, Mercenaries and Star Wars: Battlefront, they were purchased in 2007 by Electronic Arts. After the purchase Pandemic released a succession of lacklustre sequels culminating in the cancellation of the costly Dark Knight game, which resulted in the closure of Pandemic's Brisbane studio. These cuts appear to be part of EA's latest cost-cutting measures which includes the elimination of 1,500 jobs, cutting a dozen in-development games and closing "several facilities." According to multiple sources, those cutbacks include studios like Pandemic, Maxis and nearly the entire Command & Conquer team. We first heard of the Pandemic layoffs a week ago. The same sources told Kotaku that the team working on Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight was warned of its fate last week, with almost the entire team expected to be let go after the real-time strategy game ships some time in 2010. Also said to be affected heavily are Spore and former-Sims studio EA Maxis, social network gaming acquisition Rupture Studios, and Mercenaries and The Saboteur creators Pandemic Studios LA. Those development studios are said to be hit with substantial layoffs, according to a source, with remaining employees relocated to EA headquarters in Los Angeles and Redwood Shores. EA is rumored to have already laid off staff at Tiburon, Mythic Entertainment and Black Box, reports which the company has yet to confirm. The closing of Pandemic Studios is the latest in a long line of acquisitions and then closures or "integrations" in the company's long history. Over the years EA has acquired and later closed or absorbed employees from Origin Systems, Bullfrog Productions, Black Box Games, Maxis, Westwood Studios and Pandemic's Brisbane, Australia and Los Angeles locations. [/quote]
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Ohhhh this is bad. Bad bad bad bad...
How would they be able to do that with the lack of vaccines going around?
oh god oh man oh god oh man [B]oh god oh man[B][/B][/B]
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I will cry if this interrupts Battlefront 3 in any way.
What good games are they known for?
All I want is a star wars BF for the 360 but I guess thats not gonna happen
dark reign was great
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Oh why god, FUCKING WHY. WAHAHAHAHAHA, i want my battlefront 3! :suicide:
Well if EA didn't do this sooner we'd all be chanting how we love Valve.
[QUOTE=Billiam;18428199]I will cry is this interrupts Battlefront 3 in any way.[/QUOTE] There is no Battlefront 3, it was canceled a while back.
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;18428276]There is no Battlefront 3, it was canceled a while back.[/QUOTE] What... Wh... :frown:
[QUOTE=Billiam;18428294]What... Wh... :frown:[/QUOTE] yea dude didn't you hear [url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.84228[/url]
This was already posted in the General Games Discussion, is it entirely necessary to put this here?
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;18428317]This was already posted in the General Games Discussion, is it entirely necessary to put this here?[/QUOTE] Sorry i don't stalk the forum 24/7
Shut down everything
They never really made any notable games, in my opinion. The Battlefront series was nice, but not great. And, of course, they're responsible for the [I]travesty[/I] of Mercenaries 2.
[QUOTE=BagMinge101;18428167]How would they be able to do that with the lack of vaccines going around?[/QUOTE] Great job not reading the OP.
W-what? Why, oh god why.
Tragic. I was looking forward to Saboteur. [QUOTE=postmanX3;18428391]And, of course, they're responsible for the [I]travesty[/I] of Mercenaries 2.[/QUOTE] And the awesomeness of the first one, don't forget.
Oh god, EA is gonna run their franchises down like they did with C&C when they shut down Westwood.
Oh you fuckers. You destroy the mercenaries franchise and now your delivering the killing blow. I'm surprised they haven't fired the guy who makes the decisions to close all these studios down (even if the development team has been forced to change the entire fucking game, mercenaries 2 is a prime example).
I'm not too butthurtt about this.
Good thing I wasn't a big fan of EA's games. They had a few fun titles but they spread their work-force out too much, which resulted in mediocre games mixed with a shitload of 2 second sports games and this is what happened. Oh well.
[QUOTE=postmanX3;18428391]They never really made any notable games, in my opinion. The Battlefront series was nice, but not great. And, of course, they're responsible for the [I]travesty[/I] of Mercenaries 2.[/QUOTE] Dark Reign kicked arse. Both of them.
goodbye my lover goodbye my friend you have been the one for me
[QUOTE=Wii60;18428322]Sorry i don't stalk the forum 24/7[/QUOTE] I know how to use this lovely thing called the search button.
The fuck is going on? :(
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