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Did you play Lord of the Rings: Conquest? How about Mercenaries 2: World In Flames?
Neither game was particularly well-received critically or commercially, so when Electronic Arts announced Pandemic Studios as a studio was being axed, the news was unfortunate but not necessarily surprising. EA CEO John Riccitiello said Pandemic's closing had nothing to do with the quality or sales of either game, however, despite Kotaku poking him in that direction.
Riccitiello placed much of the blame on the state California fault, calling the state "bloody expensive" to keep employees in. Compounding matters was having the larger EA LA studio just 10 miles down the road, explained the executive. Key ex-Pandemic staff are now located there.
At no point did the quality of Pandemic's games become a reason for the decision to shutter the developer. Instead, Riccitiello focused on the number crunching and Pandemic's future.
Pandemic remains a brand within EA LA. The next Mercenaries game, Mercs Inc., will be labeled Pandemic. Riccitiello is also hopeful gamers will want a sequel to The Saboteur.
Still, like I said: did you play Lord of the Rings: Conquest?
Source: Kotaku
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Tmidiman
I loved both of the Merc games. i'd like to get more, but now that it's fully EA I'll pass.
piglet102970
Where did you get that picture for the article from? It looks like some game set in India with the Moguls are something. Maybe the Mongols in eastern Persia. I'd be very interested in that kind of game.
-pseudo-
I very much disliked Lotr:Conquest. Especially out of the fact that while the handhelds have gotten 2 SW BF games, consoles haven't gotten any in so long. I want SWBF3!!!!!!
GameTech37
Those games were terrible anyway
FightOn72
It's only a matter of time before California, with all of its excessive taxes and regulations, drives every business out of the state.
gravy666
LoTR Conquest was... bad. Waaayy too laggy, and believe it or not a game that's basically Star Wars Battlefront with swords actually isn't as easy as it sounds.
SG_17
If Lucas Arts would have never taken away their SWBF license then Pandemic would be a top-dog right now.
Nightshade386
Did I play LotR: Conquest? Not for very long.....
pumathehero
should have stuck with battlefront for the consoles.
xxapocolipticxx
well i like how they will still use there logo for the games that were in development maybe thats a sign they may reopen pandemic eventually also i loved mercs 1 and 2 and again while not perfect there marketing was omg i loved that song for mercs 2\"o no you didn't\" hell when they made a full version of the song for free download that's when i told myself i wasn't just guna rent it im buying this game
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