Huh, that actually looks much more awsome than any of the Mercs games. A shame they got closed :/ | |
That looks a hell of a lot better than Mercs 2. | |
After the fiasco that was Mercenaries 2, people seem to forget the Merc 1 was really, really good. | |
i hope ea have the brains to make this game | |
Please let them do it. Damn EA, damn them all. Mercenaries was one of the best games for the PS2. | |
Amen, I loved that game. They'd better finish this multiplayer thingy, because it actually looks like hilarious fun. It looks done as well for gods sake! Just release it, and make lots of money. | |
What was wrong with Mercs 2? (Never played Mercs 1) OP: Stop reminding me that Pandemic is gone! I'm trying to repress the memory. *Sniff* | |
What the hell is wrong with EA? They should have closed EA Black Box. They only make shit games. | |
Man, I really hope they give this a green light, It looks like a hellova' fun time. | |
Now that, would have made mercs 2 a good game. Shame they hadn't got it finshed. | |
I actually kinda liked Mercs2. There were a few things that really got on my nerves and made me ultimately stop playing it, but I did enjoy it til that point. I loved playing the multi-player part of the game with my friend. Was a ton of fun til we figured out how to be really cheap and win easily. Granted I could have just not used those tactics, but some missions made it too hard/impossible to win if you don't. | |
Damn You EA!! Pandemic was awesome. Mercs was awesome. Pandemic + multiplayer mercs would have been epic. Well it still says former employees are working on it, so here's to hoping it gets finished and is good. | |
I'm not sure how I feel about this...I love Mercs, but EA just strip-mined it outta Pandemic and got rid of the studio...had the franchise just been bought outright it wouldn't feel so dirty...but I do kinda feel guilty for being excited about this. | |
Does the President of Madagascar know that Pandemic has been shut down? | |
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO | |
That place'll probably go into lockdown anyway, just to be sure. | |
I believe a man in Brazil is coughing, everything is still shut down. | |
Hell, Mercs 1 looked better then Mercs 2... | |
So because of Pandemic shuting down not only will we miss Battle front 3 but also a Mercenaries MMORPG? Couldn't EA have just fired the people who develop the Madden games and use the money they save from not having to pay their salarys any more to keep Pandemic running? | |
Same here. I mean I liked Mercs 2 for what it was but it was just missing so much of the original's essence that when i was done with the campaign (which went by way too fast) I didn't bother playing it again. | |
APB is going to kick this games ass... >.< | |
WHY DID EA DO THIS. I WAS JUST STARTING TO FORGIVE THEM AND I BEGAN EVEN TO BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD A HEART BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... | |
I can't really tell anything specific, because that video is "praaaivaaaht". But Mercenaries as a primarily multiplayer game? Sounds intresting. | |
Well, why wouldn't they have a multiplayer Mercs in the works? It's a wonder the first two games had no multiplayer mode. That said, R.I.P. Pandemic. I guess when EA said they "changed" they weren't banking on a recession. | |
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Pandemic Had Multiplayer Mercenaries in the Works
Out of the ashes of Pandemic's shuttering comes a demo trailer for Mercs Inc, a multiplayer game set in the Mercenaries universe.
Pandemic Studios was officially shut down last week, but that doesn't mean that its Mercenaries franchise is dead. A demo video has been leaked for a title called Mercs Inc, which was in development at Pandemic before the studio was dismantled.
The trailer comes courtesy of Dorian Compo, former visual effects artist at Pandemic, who describes Mercs Inc as a "multiplayer sandbox" game. On his website, he writes "Too bad it was cancelled because the effects were coming along," not giving a whole lot of hope for the project to still see the light of day.
However, a press release of sorts officially acknowledged Mercs Inc on the Pandemic message boards, saying that it's in a conceptual form of developmentat EA LA, though according to a Bitmob source the project may not have been given the full green light yet. The source also says that around a dozen former Pandemic employees are still working on it, but probably not any of these guys.
(Via: Bitmob)
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