EA rumoured to have closed Pandemic studio - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 14th Jan 2009, 12:19

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2009/01...emic-studios/1

EA is rumoured to have shut down the Brisbane office of Pandemic Studios, which the company bought alongside BioWare in 2007.

Sebbo · 14th Jan 2009, 14:44

hope Pandemic Brisbane doesn't close, they're a really big drive for the games industry here in Queensland and Australia, alongside Krome Studios and Creative Assembly. If they are just looking for a new publisher now, it makes sense... though EA has a HQ in Sydney they don't really have much of a presence in australia (though they've gotten the licenses for the cricket and rugby games), and Pandemic Brisbane will probably end up under THQ's wing again

C-Sniper · 14th Jan 2009, 15:05

Sounds like EA is up to their normal tactics again

UrbanMarine · 14th Jan 2009, 15:17

EA is slowly going on the MOST HATED list. Companies with talent are getting bought up or shutdown. At this point I might have to go back to reading books instead of gaming.

Grinch123456 · 14th Jan 2009, 15:18

Sounds like EA handled it well. They kept what's important- machines, a place to work, and some licenses. That means for the next half year at least, they're making money and hopefully by then, they can find a suitable publisher.

nukeman8 · 15th Jan 2009, 01:22

EA is top of the hated list already, this actually helps them a bit at least they left em with a some hope

LordPyrinc · 15th Jan 2009, 01:25

EA - Enslaving All

ChromeX · 15th Jan 2009, 01:58

Mercenaries was wank! If you liked it, fair enough. I didnt! And I couldnt care less about EA ditching them, though they left them with everything intact which really doesn't seem like an EA thing to do?

UncertainGod · 15th Jan 2009, 12:50

When EA play nice like this I fear the world may well implode at any moment.

14th Jan 2009, 12:19	#1
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Sebbo Multimodder Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brissy, Australia Posts: 177	hope Pandemic Brisbane doesn't close, they're a really big drive for the games industry here in Queensland and Australia, alongside Krome Studios and Creative Assembly. If they are just looking for a new publisher now, it makes sense... though EA has a HQ in Sydney they don't really have much of a presence in australia (though they've gotten the licenses for the cricket and rugby games), and Pandemic Brisbane will probably end up under THQ's wing again __________________ If you and dead people know hex, how many people know hex? Obligitory PC spec's: Intel Core i7 920, ASUS P6T Deluxe, 12GB Corsair Dominator PC-12800, Sapphire HD5870, WD Velociraptor 300GB HLFS, Samsung Spinpoint 1TB, Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro, Logitech G15 and G9, Logitech Z-5500 5.1 speakers, Dell 2408WFP 24" monitor

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ChromeX Ultramodder Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,364	Mercenaries was wank! If you liked it, fair enough. I didnt! And I couldnt care less about EA ditching them, though they left them with everything intact which really doesn't seem like an EA thing to do? __________________ 3Ghz P4E, asus P4C800E-deluxe, 2GB OCZ (2x1024), Sapphire HD 3850, SB audigy 2 zs

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Grinch123456 Multimodder Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 95	Sounds like EA handled it well. They kept what's important- machines, a place to work, and some licenses. That means for the next half year at least, they're making money and hopefully by then, they can find a suitable publisher.

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nukeman8 Supermodder Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 273	EA is top of the hated list already, this actually helps them a bit at least they left em with a some hope

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