News EA rumoured to have closed Pandemic studio

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2009/01/14/ea-rumoured-to-have-shut-down-pandemic-studios/1

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

 

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

 

Sounds like EA is up to their normal tactics again

 

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.

 

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.

 

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

 

EA - Enslaving All

 

Mercenaries was ****! 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?

 

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