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• New Mercenaries 2: World in Flames Screens

  Published: July 27, 2007, 9:08 pm

  Tags: Sony, Electronic Arts, Gamer Life, Microsoft, Game Consoles, Games, Computer, Game Companies, Cooperative Multiplayer, Electronic Arts, Mercenaries 2 World In Flames, Mercenaries Playground Of Destruction, Pandemic Studios, World In Flames, Xbox 360

  oil supply. Developed by Pandemic Studios, World in Flames is a sequel to the popular Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. “While the original Mercenaries’ high-octane, go anywhere, do anything and blow the crap out of everything style was a hit with gamers, the whole experience was screaming to run on next-generation game

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• Politics: Pandemic Responds to Angry Venezuelans

  Published: October 4, 2007, 3:00 pm

  Tags: Mercenaries 2, Original, Pandemic Studios, Politics, Venezuela Solidarity Network

  Josh Resnick, president of Pandemic Studios, took a second to shoot out this quick response about the VSN and their claims that the game's plot has been made more fictional due to pressure from the group and part owner Bono: Pandemic Studios never has and never will be intimidated by tyrants.  Our invasion is on schedule: Mercenaries

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• EA to buy Pandemic Studios and BioWare

  Published: October 11, 2007, 1:30 pm

  Tags: Bioware, Electronic Arts, Mass Effect, Masseffect, Mercenaries 2, Mercenaries2, Pandemic, Pandemic Studios, Pandemicstudios

  VG Holding owns both Pandemic Studios and BioWare, which means the deal nabs both developers for EA. Electronic Arts will be paying up to $650 million in cash to the stockholders of VG Holding, with up to $155 million being paid in equity to specific employees. Pandemic is currently hard at work on the excessively violent sandbox title,

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• Electronic Arts buys both BioWare and Pandemic Studios for $810 million!

  Published: October 11, 2007, 6:10 pm

  Tags: News, Electronic Arts, Bioware, Pandemic Studios, Mass Effect, Mercenaries 2, Saboteur, Game, Videogame, Industry, Buyout, Million

  of both BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios. This acquisition gives EA a strong competitive position in key genres in interactive entertainment: action, adventure and role-playing games. The two studios have been recognized for creating some of the highest-quality games in the industry. BioWare Corp. and Pandemic Studios have ten franchises

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• EA Gobbles Up Pandemic Studios and BioWare

  Published: October 11, 2007, 5:01 pm

  Tags: Electronic Arts, Star Wars, Bioware, Sony, Microsoft, Game Platforms, Games, Game Companies, Bioware, Lucasarts, Mass Effect, Mercenaries, Pandemic Studios, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Knights Of The Old Republic

  of big name game developers Pandemic Studios and BioWare. This is the largest deal in EA's history. “This deal brings incredible talent to EA,” Frank Gibeau, president of EA Games. “It puts us in categories where EA historically has not had a strong competitive position.” BioWare is the developer best known for Mass

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• Acquisitions: Private-equity firm Elevation Partners -- ...

  Published: October 11, 2007, 5:28 pm

  Tags: Acquisitions, Bioware, Bono, Elevation Partners, Pandemic Studios, Videogames

  gaming companies BioWare and Pandemic Studios to Electronic Arts for $860 million. Elevation Partners, which is named after the U2 song, was a natural for EA to do a deal with. One of the founding partners, John Riccitiello, is the CEO of Electronic Arts. Elevation purchased the two game companies in late 2005 for $300 million. Not bad for less

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• EA to Buy Developers From Bono's Firm

  Published: October 12, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Buy, Developers, From, Bono S, Firm, Electronic Arts Inc, Elevation Partners Lp, Frank D Gibeau, California, Pandemic Studios Llc, Jeff Brown, Microsoft Corporation, Austin Texas, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Roger Mcnamee, Warren C Jenson, Australia, Canada

  Electronic Arts agreed to buy BioWare and Pandemic Studios, makers of such video games as "Baldur's Gate," for about $825 million.

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• Mercenaries 2 Officially Delayed By EA [Pandemic Studios]

  Published: January 31, 2008, 5:40 pm

  Tags: Mercenaries 2, Mercenaries 2 World In Flames, Original, Pandemic Studios

  2009 shipping window for the Pandemic Studios shooter. EA execs did not clarify a more specific date in today's quarterly earnings conference call. The company provided the same window of release for Battlefield: Bad Company, a Digital Illusions co-op shooter originally slated for a 2007 release. We'll, of course, let you know when we hear

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• Video: Let's have a Mercenaries 2 walk-through

  Published: July 4, 2008, 10:30 am

  Tags: Mercenaries 2, Mercenaries 2 World In Flames, Pandemic Studios, World In Flames

  Filed under: News, Videos Mercenaries 2 news has been lacking a bit lately, so we were rather excited to see a new trailer pop up on the old Gametrailers.com. Actually, it's a developer walk-through video with the game's lead designer Scott Warner who shows actual level gameplay but played three different ways with all three Mercenaries 2

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• Gary Oldman Confirms Dark Knight Game [Rumor]

  Published: July 22, 2008, 11:00 pm

  Tags: Rumor, Gary Oldman, Hollywood, Pandemic Studios, The Dark Knight

  date. Rumor has it that Pandemic is working on the title. Neato. 'Dark Knight' Game Leaks [The Feed]

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